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 with a mini-bus. The horrific crash occurred just a short while ago on Route 353 nearKibbutz Gat, when a train collided a minibus . A […]
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, andoccurred on Astoria Boulevard near 80th Street in Queens. Apparrantly,two motorcycles collided, as they were escorting the VP to JFK Airport. Both officers were transported to Elmhurst Hospital […]
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 can change the lives of these two children. For over 40 years, OHEL Foster Care has cared for and met the diverse needs of thousands of Jewish children […]
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 generals warnings, and despite billions of dollars in ad campaigns, young teens and adults are lighting up in large numbers, especially in the Orthodox Jewish community. As a result of a recent Cancer Awareness Project initiated by volunteers of RCCS, calls have been coming in to the […]
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 states up from 3 in 2007 now report obesity levels at 30 percent or higher (in 2000, no states were in that category). […]
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 is because the public does not necessarily know who “the community” exactly is. As a result, many worthy organizations suffer, and their programs are limited, […]
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
A 26-year-old Chicago man, who authorities believed was planning to travel to Somalia and engage in jihadist fighting with a terrorist group, was arrested last night just hours before he
5:30PM EST: A Frum man R”L drowned a short while ago, in the waters off the shore of Atlantic City, NJ. Although details are still sketchy, sources tell YWN that
Montgomery County Police have made an arrest in the series of hate-based vandalisms that occurred in Olney, Maryland. Ian Jacob Baron, age 23, formerly of Olney, was arrested Wednesday morning.
A federal judge in Washington has sided against Russia in a dispute over the return of thousands of religious books, manuscripts and rabbinical teachings that remain overseas. The Chabad-Lubavitch sect
Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani’s daughter was arrested this afternoon for allegedly shoplifting at an Upper East Side beauty store, according to law enforcement sources. Caroline Giuliani, 20, who lives in the area with her mother Donna Hanover, was apprehended at the Sephora on 144 E. 86th Street and taken to the 19th precinct. Caroline is […]
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