The federal government, which is hoping to boost low participation in its insurance program that covers people with pre-existing conditions, released new rules and incentives Tuesday that make it easier
A Jewish Republican group has moved fast to take advantage of concerns in the Jewish community about President Barack Obama’s Israel policy, with robocalls to Jews that accuse the president of promoting “physically indefensible” borders that would leave Israel is a “vulnerable and dangerous position.” The Republican Jewish Coalition, which seeks to increase Jewish support […]
Fatah representative in Lebanon, Munir Maqdah, said Tuesday that Palestinians residing in Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and Gaza were planning to march towards their respective borders with Israel on Sunday, the
The share of residents turning to food stamps has risen in nearly every state nationwide in the past year even as unemployment has moderated. After a temporary plateau in February,
Obama administration officials are riding in style. A new report from a watchdog group shows that the number of limousines owned by the federal government rose by 73 percent during
As YWN had reported on Monday, missionaries were spotted in the Flatbush area. Once again all day Tuesday they were out in larger numbers handing out literature with a “Star of David” across the front of it. They are also specifically delivering the package to homes which have Mezuzas on them. They refused to answer questions from our […]
The latest cleaning crew in Joplin got some cheers and boos Sunday. An elephant from the Piccadilly Circus was used to move heavy debris, like vehicles, in the tornado-ravaged town.
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) will meet with real estate mogul and erstwhile presidential candidate Donald Trump on Tuesday in Manhattan. Palin, who’s in the midst of a national
An early morning fire Monday that did minor damage to a house is being investigated as a possible arson. Town of Ramapo Police officers and Monsey firefighters responded to a report of a house fire at 122 Route 59 in Monsey at about 4:19 a.m. arrived on the scene and found that the fire had […]
The Pentagon will announce today that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and his four alleged 9/11 co-conspirators are being charged for a second time through the military commissions at Guantanamo, NBC News
If you are an eruv checker or rav hamachshir in one of the dozens of cities across the United States, Israel, Europe and Australia that has an eruv, you can
Radiation from cell phones can possibly cause cancer, according to the World Health Organization. The agency now lists mobile phone use in the same “carcinogenic hazard” category as lead, engine
New York – For city residents forced to buy their own health insurance, President Obama’s sweeping health care law can’t take effect soon enough. Premium rates for personally funded HMOs soared last year as the number of insurers competing for business has dropped dramatically since 2004, the Daily News has learned. One company, GHI HMO […]
The following is from the NY Daily News: Nearly three years after 5-year-old, Jacob Neuman A”H died trying to escape from a stalled housing project elevator, whistleblowing city inspectors say they’re being told to fake reports and take safety shortcuts. The city Housing Authority vowed to get on top of elevator safety after Neuman fell 10 […]
Seventy-five additional bodies have been recovered from the wreckage of an Air France plane that crashed off the coast of Brazil two years ago, more than doubling the number of
Far fewer people died or were left homeless by last year’s devastating earthquake than claimed by Haitian leaders, a report commissioned by the U.S. government has concluded — challenging a central premise behind a multibillion-dollar aid and reconstruction effort. The report, a copy of which was obtained Monday by The Associated Press, estimates that the […]
For the first time in its history, Medicare will soon track spending on millions of individual beneficiaries, reward hospitals that hold down costs and penalize those whose patients prove most expensive. The administration plans to establish “Medicare spending per beneficiary” as a new measure of hospital performance, just like the mortality rate for heart attack […]
City officials are scrambling to fix glaring online security lapses after The Post reported that detailed floor plans for top terror targets can be downloaded from the Department of Finance’s
The Pentagon has concluded that computer sabotage coming from another country can constitute an act of war, a finding that for the first time opens the door for the U.S.
There’s been a “definite change” in how consumers choose to receive severe-weather information, including alerts and forecasts, The Weather Channel’s Melissa Medori says. Now that a ferocious tornado season is
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