Congressman Charles Rangel is talking tough in the face of ethics charges. While speaking at an event Thursday in Morningside Heights, the embattled Harlem lawmaker says he will not bow
New York City has its first confirmed case of West Nile Virus. CBS 2′s Dave Carlin reports there’s a growing number of mosquitoes testing positive for the virus and the
A 66-year-old woman was R”L killed Thursday afternoon in a supermarket parking lot when a car pulling out of a parking space hit her as she walked toward the store’s
(Click on all images to enlarge them) 8:55PM EST: The Fallsburg Fire Department is on the scene of a car which struck a propane tank at the Irvington Estates on
Despite some setbacks, al Qaeda’s core leadership in Pakistan remains the biggest threat to the United States, and the group continues to expand and strengthen worldwide, according to a new
Solicitor General Elena Kagan was easily confirmed Thursday as the next associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, completing the 50-year-old native New Yorker’s climb to the peak of the
New York State’s legislative leaders were congratulating themselves for finally passing a budget on Monday, despite the fact that the budget was a historic 125 days late. Amid the $136
12:28PM EST: New documents produced in response to a Freedom of Information Act request show that U.S. District Court Chief Judge Linda Reade met frequently with the law-enforcement team that
12:50PM EST: According to initial reports, at least 7 people – some of them Charedim – have R”L been killed, and more than a dozen injured after a train collided
As reported earlier by YWN Israel, SuperBus drivers staged a partial strike this morning, which affected mainly their Modi’in Illit-Yerushalayim-Bnei Brak routes. The strike was over after a number of
Once again Vice President Joe Biden’s motorcade has been involved in an MVA, sources tell YWN. This latest accident involved two motorcycles from the NYPD Highway Unit, and occurred on
There are many requests and appeals made within our community. Ours is unique. An appeal for a family. A family, who can open its home and its heart and who
There were hundreds of people in attendance yesterday at the funeral of Lieutenant Colonial Dov Harari HY”D. Lt. Col. Harari, who was 45 years old and a resident of Netanya,
The Israeli widow of a New York City rabbi killed in the Mumbai terrorist attacks of 2008 can remain in the United States permanently. Michael Wildes told the New York
Recent studies have shown that, despite the surgeon general’s warnings, and despite billions of dollars in ad campaigns, young teens and adults are lighting up in large numbers, especially in
An American Airlines flight headed to California was diverted to New Mexico and a passenger detained for allegedly smoking onboard, officials said. The FBI took the male passenger into custody,
The number of obese people in the United States has increased by 2.4 million since 2007, according to a CDC special report released Tuesday. The report also says that 9
As captured First Sergeant Gilad Shalit’s 24th birthday took place yesterday, people gathered by the Shalit family tent base camp in the Rechavia neighborhood of Yerushalayim to mark his 1500th
Community work is frequently difficult, as we find that the requests are overwhelming and the hours are long. However, there is one even more difficult characteristic of community work. That
Tens of thousands of residents in Kiryat Sefer and Beit Shemesh may be stranded with out means of transportation next week. Kikar Hashabbat reports that the Superbus Employee Union, which
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