A series of thunderstorms and a possible tornado caused a path of destruction and a number of injuries across the New York City area Thursday, officials said. Bridgeport (CT) Mayor

12:10PM EST: (Updates, photos & video below) The NYS Thruway is shutdown heading northbound (towards the Catskills) following a coach-bus fire, YWN has learned. The fire was on a Monsey

[From the YWN Catskill News Section] The New York State Thruway Authority and State Police Troop T encourage motorists to be careful and be aware of the increased presence of

Washington, DC – Upon learning that the State Department has denied Ahmet Faruk Unsal, an IHH member and flotilla organizer, entry into the United States, Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-Brooklyn and Queens), released the following statement: “I applaud the State Department for making the correct decision. The visa system works when we deny entry to anyone […]

The Rabbinical Centre of Europe (RCE) has expressed shock and outrage at the sentencing of former chief executive officer and vice president at Agriprocessors Sholom Rubashkin to 27 years in

School may start a little later next year. The Education Department is negotiating with the teachers union to change the first day of school to Monday, Sept. 13, officials told

Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo, declaring his candidacy for governor of New York, could not have been clearer. “The influence of lobbyists and their special interests must be drastically reduced with new contribution limits,” Mr. Cuomo said last month. “We will be taking on very powerful special interests which have much to lose. We must […]

While the coalition leaders would like nothing more than putting the entire Emanuel Beis Yaakov case in the past, the chareidi legislators in Knesset, rabbonim shlita and askanim are not

The Rent Guidelines Board votes tonight on how much to jack up rent for rent-stabilized apartments — a meeting that usually erupts in a loud fight as tenant advocates battle

Cops who staff bridges and tunnels in New York City were read harrowing details of a terrorist threat Wednesday advising them to be on the lookout for a fuel-filled tanker

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced a recall on more than 2 million stationary-side cribs from seven different companies because of a potential hazard for entrapment, suffocation and falls.

When the MKs of Yahadut HaTorah met on Wednesday afternoon with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, he told them that prior to their meeting, he was unaware of many of the details surrounding the Emanuel Beis Yaakov, explaining he was unaware the court sent mothers to prison too. He also told the MKs that he hadn’t […]

Shas leader Deputy Prime Minister Eli Yishai told the press that the secularists should not preach to chareidim regarding discrimination. Speaking with the party’s Day to Day newspaper, he explained that his position is in line with Maran Chacham HaRav Ovadia Yosef Shlita, that while there are some problems, they must be resolved internally and […]

According to a number of Arab media reports, including Iran’s FARS Agency, Saudi Arabia has permitted Israel Air Force choppers to land it the country, and Saudi leaders have even offered the IAF the ability to establish a logistical base in a northwestern area of the country, an area that would be important to Israel […]

The blue Chrysler minivan came barreling down Lenox Avenue, leaving the police in its wake on Tuesday morning. A gunpoint robbery had happened just minutes before, leading the police to

Like any new employee, Jack Abramoff is trying to keep a low profile — or as low a profile as a cause célèbre disgraced lobbyist and convicted felon can keep when news cameramen keep staking out his new workplace. Mr. Abramoff started his new gig this week at Tov Pizza — “the best kosher pizza […]

The New York State legislature is considering a host of new tax increases to help deal with its budget crisis. Now there’s talk of restoring a tax break that many

The tzibur in Nachlas Har Chabad in Kiryat Malachi and elsewhere are continuing tefilos on behalf of 5-year-old Eliezer Lipman ben Devorah Leah Gelfrin, who sustained second and third degree

Could cell phone towers in your neighborhood be causing harm to your family’s health? Right now in the United States, there are nearly 300 million cell phone subscribers, and that

The Satmar Rebbitzen is in critical condition, and the family has been rushed to her bedside, YWN has learned. The Rebbitzen, who is the wife of the previous Satmar Rebbe

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