The king of Jordan dismissed his government Tuesday and appointed a new prime minister, a move follows protests calling for political reform. King Abdullah II asked Marouf Al Bakhit to
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The grand jury testimony of Daniel J. Halloran III, the city councilman at the center of charges that a union slowdown left some neighborhoods snowbound after the Dec. 26 blizzard,
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In the wake of recent changes in Israel’s coalition government, the time is ripe to pass legislation aimed at blocking missionary activity that is surging throughout the country, Yad L’Achim
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For the first time in Illinois history, same-gender couples will be afforded many of the same rights as their married counterparts under landmark legislation signed into law Monday. Illinois is
As the situation in Eygypt continues to escalate, residents in Eretz Yisroel are Davening that the situation should result in peace, but have also been davening for the same thing that they have been for the past few months – rain. And at the start of this week, Hashem opened the floodgates in Shomayim so to […]
Former CIA Director R. James Woolsey today called on President Barack Obama to commute the sentence of Jonathan Pollard. Although Woolsey has in the past called for Pollard’s release, his statements today are particularly noteworthy due to the clarity of his comments and his direct call on the President to free Pollard. As the head […]
A former British Airways employee has admitted some terror charges ahead of his London trial. Bangladesh-born Rajib Karim is accused of deliberately seeking a job with the flagship airline in
In another era, China’s leaders might have been content to let discussion of the protests in Egypt float around among private citizens, then fizzle out. But challenges in recent years to authoritarian governments around the globe and violent uprisings in parts of China itself have made Chinese officials increasingly wary of leaving such talk unchecked, […]
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that Joseph A. D’Amico has been unanimously confirmed by the New York State Senate as Superintendent of the State Police. “Superintendent D’Amico is exactly
3:00PM EST: A federal judge in Florida has struck down as unconstitutional key parts of the sweeping health care reform bill championed by President Barack Obama. Officials in Florida and
As Attorney General, I uncovered schemes by lenders to exploit students, plots by insurance companies to defraud patients and attempts by Wall Street to deceive homebuyers. In the past 30 days, as I have prepared the state’s budget, I was shocked to learn that the state’s budget process is a sham that mirrors the deceptive […]
Another winter storm will move into New York and the U.S. Northeast late today, bringing snow, ice and possibly rain while dumping almost two feet of snow on Chicago, according
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YWN had the opportunity to discuss the current situation in Egypt with Malcolm Hoenlein, who serves as the executive vice chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish
With the news in Egypt changing very frequently, YWN will be bringing our readership the very latest news updates in this live blog, bring run by veteran YWN reporter Dov
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