New smoking laws will take effect in New York City Monday, prohibiting smokers from lighting up in certain public places. No smoking sings are already up in Central Park. Come
Good morning! Thank you, Rosy, for your very kind introduction. But even more, thank you for your many years friendship. Back in Chicago, when I was just getting started in
[The following Op-Ed was written by Tevi Troy] The most surprising thing about President Obama’s press appearance with Israeli prime minister Netanyahu Friday was the way in which Netanyahu kept
Democratic senior statesman Ed Koch says Israel is facing its “most dangerous and critical period” and he is ready to break with his party in the next presidential election over
Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels told supporters in an email early Sunday that he will not run for president in 2012, a decision he said ultimately came down to his family’s
A volcanic eruption in Iceland forced the closure of airspace over and around the country’s main airport, a spokeswoman for Keflavik International Airport said Sunday. “The airport itself is not
Electrical impulses sent to a paralyzed man’s spinal cord allow him to walk again, researchers say. Rob Summers, 25, can voluntarily move his feet and hips and walk on a
This video is not from this year, but just gives the viewer an idea of the atmosphere at Meron. YWN Will be posting videos of this year shortly. (Click HERE
[PHOTO LINK BELOW] Tens of thousands have arrived at the Kever of Rav Shimon Bar Yochai on Har Meron. Close to three thousand police officials have been stationed to secure
It’s perhaps the very definition of Red Tape. Four years ago, Congress decided that the IRS should get into the banking business, authorizing it to give out no-interest loans to
Mayor Bloomberg joined lawmakers who want to require trucks to have mirrors that would eliminate blind spots – and prevent tragedies like the recent death of a 4-year-old Brooklyn boy.
Former Gov. David Paterson will not be prosecuted for lying about taking free World Series tickets from the Yankees while in office, the Daily News has learned. Albany County District
A report released today by Public Advocate Bill de Blasio shows the cuts to 20 fire companies in Mayor Bloomberg’s Executive Budget will seriously imperil emergency response times. According to
Motorists are finally seeing lower prices at the pumps in New Jersey. AAA Mid-Atlantic says the average price of regular gasoline on Friday was $3.84, down 5 cents from last
AT&T are ‘systematically overcharging’ up to 20 million Americans who use their iPhone or iPad to access data on the go, an investigation has uncovered. The lawsuit alleges the phone
The following is by By Greg Sargent, and printed in the Washington Post: I just got off the phone with Abraham Foxman, the Holocaust survivor who heads the Anti-Defamation League.
A new lawsuit filed in U.S. federal court is taking aim at Iran, asking that it be held accountable for its role in the September 11th attacks. In court papers
In a fresh blow to the embattled Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran’s constitutional watchdog body has ruled that the president cannot serve as the country’s caretaker oil minister, a news agency reported
Syrian security forces have killed dozens of protesters in the latest armed crackdown on protesters, a leading Syrian human rights researcher has told Al Jazeera. Razan Zeitouna, a human rights
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