France is temporarily downsizing its embassy in Iran and will bring some employees and their families home, a French official said Saturday. The move is the latest fallout from protesters’

Residents who use the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel should be aware that the MTA has shut down one of the tubes in order to replace electrical switches and feeder cables. The

A gunman wearing a fake beard open fired on two rookie cops in New York City, sending a bullet flying into a nearby dental office packed with kids, authorities said.

Washington, D.C. – Following the news that Patrick Cave, a fundraiser for Mitt Romney, has served as a lobbyist for the Arab Bank which was investigated by the Treasury Department

Two people were injured after an explosion was heard between the southern Lebanon towns of Srifa and Deir Kifa Friday – a blast that may have been caused by an

In what has become almost a ritualistic rite of passage during the 2012 GOP presidential primary, Newt Gingrich, who has surged to the top of nearly every national and state

Jon Corzine, the former head of bankrupt commodities brokerage firm MF Global, has been subpoenaed to testify about his role in the collapse before a congressional committee. Corzine hasn’t been

Lakewood Mayor Menashe Miller announced Thursday evening at the Township Committee meeting that he will be deployed to the Middle East to be with Troops this Holiday Season. The Mayor

Rabbi Menachem Stern has wanted to be an army chaplain since August 2008, when he came across a Jewish news site that got him thinking it was the right job

Mitzpe Jericho – Oded Hamdi, a 19-year old yeshiva student, was killed in a trailer fire shortly after midnight on Friday in Mitzpe Jericho, near Jerusalem. His funeral will be

Some New Yorkers may have wondered what Mayor Michael Bloomberg was smoking when he proclaimed he has his “own army” and admitted he “smoked up” in college during an unscripted

Honda Motor Co. is recalling 304,000 vehicles globally for air-bags that may inflate with too much pressure in a crash, send metal and plastic pieces flying and cause injuries or

The Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC) issued a statement regarding its upcoming Presidential Candidates Forum and as to why Ron Paul is not invited. RJC Executive Director, Matt Brooks, is reported

In response to the growing number of Jewish adults eager to learn more about their heritage, Partners in Torah has embarked on an ambitious campaign to attract men and women

Herman Cain said Thursday night he’ll decide by Monday whether he continues or suspends his campaign for president, as the allegations involving inapproiate behavior continue to pile up. Cain for

The Senate on Thursday passed a giant defense bill that includes a new policy for detaining and trying suspected al Qaeda terrorists — a policy that attracted controversy during the

Two youths attempting to escape from a police vehicle on Highway 4 ended in a fatal crash early Friday morning. The passenger, a 20-year-old man from Kfar Saba, was killed

The following is from the Jewish Chronicle: Strictly Orthodox Jews are being encouraged to take up kayaking, football and a range of fitness activities as part of a new scheme

A very confident New Gingrich asserted to ABC News Thursday afternoon that he will be the Republican presidential nominee. “I’m going to be the nominee,” the former Speaker told ABC

[PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] Kosovo authorities are investigating the desecration Tuesday of a local Jewish cemetery. Swastikas and anti-Jewish slogans were sprayed on tombstones of this old cemetery which was