A CNN crew working to cover the clashes between security forces and protesters in Cairo felt the wrath of Egypt’s police on Friday. CNN senior international correspondent Ben Wedeman said

As is the custom of a snowy Baltimore morning, there was a plethora of closings that spanned the educational and business sectors. However, the business of chesed was fully operational,

6:48M EST: [UPDATES BELOW] The social site Twitter is abuzz at this moment with reports that Egypt has shut down the Internet in the country. Reports claim that it was

The Illinois Supreme Court ruled today that Rahm Emanuel can stay on the ballot for mayor of Chicago. The decision comes without a moment to spare; early voting for the

Another tremendous storm hit the NY area and once again made transportation by road or air virtually impossible. The return flight from Eretz Yisroel for Rabbi Eli and R’ Reuven Dessler and family was set to arrive in Newark this morning and then transfer to Cleveland later, but due to the weather had to be […]

Politico reports: President Barack Obama has settled on Jay Carney, communications director for Vice President Joe Biden and former Washington bureau chief for TIME magazine, to replace Robert Gibbs as White House press secretary, presidential advisers said. Carney met with Obama recently for what one colleague called an “audition,” an official said. Colleagues praised Carney’s […]

The CliffViewPilot reports: A two-day neo-Nazi conference – capped by a rally on the steps of the Statehouse in Trenton – is being planned for New Jersey, possibly without the

When the trains and busses stop running, what happens to the people still riding the rails? They wait. During the Bloomberg-Blizzard we heard all about the poor folks who spent

“Today we woke up after the second major storm of the season, and New York City showed itself to be much better prepared than in December’s blizzard. The Bloomberg Administration deserves credit for a significantly improved response that led to fewer vehicles stranded on the roads and faster plowing on side streets.  The City also […]

Professor Ben-Shachar, a foremost, world-renowned polygraph expert traveled to Japan together with askanim with the express purpose of testifying on behalf of the boys incarcerated there. The testimony took place on January 26. The judge was interested in hearing about various technical components of the polygraph tests. It became apparent, through Ben-Shachar’s expert testimony that […]

The number of U.S. Muslims will more than double, so you are as likely to know a Muslim here in 20 years as you are to know someone Jewish or

There was a “little explosion” Thursday at the Post Hotel Morosani in Davos, Switzerland, which is hosting the high-powered annual World Economic Forum this week, police there said. Fon Mahturos,

A crooked city data entry clerk—who took thousands of dollars cash to “fix” overdue parking tickets, then just pocketed the money without paying anything off—is going to jail for a year. Karen Frazier, 43, promised twenty drivers that for half the value of what they owed, she’d make their fines go away—only to leave her […]

For at least the fifth time this season, a major snowstorm crawled up the eastern seaboard and swept across the Northeast early Thursday, dumping fresh snow on top of streets