United Airlines’ merger talks with Continental Airlines are progressing rapidly, and many of the key issues involved with melding the carriers have been resolved, said a person close to the
A strain of potentially lethal airborne fungus recently discovered in Oregon may soon spread to California and other neighboring areas, scientists warn. Several people in Oregon have died after being
The New York City Police Department is using a dozen explosives experts from the city’s airports to help them with bag searches in the subway. Transportation Security Administration members will
US special Mideast envoy George Mitchell arrived in Israel on Thursday and his is meeting on Friday with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Ehud Barak and President Shimon Peres. The visit was Mitchell’s idea, and officials in the Prime Minister’s Office stated that do not know the exact purpose for the visit, while most […]
Agudas Yisrael worldwide is working in earnest against the harsh decree, a NIS 5,000 daily fine against Chinuch Atzmai surrounding the ongoing controversy over segregation in a Beis Yaakov school in the Shomron community of Emanuel. Agudah officials reject the High Court of Justice’s attempt to interfere with parental education decision, referring to Israeli authorities’ […]
Jerusalem participated in Earth Day 2010 in part by killing the main lights in the Old City. Illuminated windmills were on site for the occasion as well as displays of
Three carpenters got together 51 years ago and built a kisei shel Eliyahu which they donated to the shul in Moshav Kadish in the Tanach Region. Since then, the chair was a faithful participant in many a bris, used by many Gedolei Yisrael Shlita, until 15 years ago, when it was taken from the shul. […]
Senator Chuck Schumer harshly criticized the Obama Administration’s attempts to exert pressure on Israel today, making him the highest-ranking Democrat to object to Obama’s policies in such blunt terms. Schumer,
The following is an article from CNN: Abbie Dorn always wanted children, and in June 2006 she got her wish — triplets. But during a difficult birth she suffered severe
The NYPD has plans to buy 200 hybrid vehicles in 2010, officials say. The new vehicles will be hybrid Ford Fusions and Escapes, the officials said, and they will begin
Human skeletal remains were found in the Sultan Yakoub area of southern Lebanon on Tuesday. One has been identified belonging to a Syrian soldier. The second has not yet been
During a meeting between American representatives in Jerusalem and officials in the Prime Minister’s Office, the US officials were informed that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu remains firm in his commitment to continue construction in Yerushalayim, the capital. The prime minister’s staff is confirming a Wall Street Journal report that Israel continues rejecting White House demands. […]
Chicago, IL – Lawyers for former Gov. Rod Blagojevich today asked a federal judge for permission to subpoena President Barack Obama to testify at Blagojevich’s upcoming trial. Blagojevich is charged
Brooklyn, NY – Daniel Goldstein, the last stubborn guy living at the Atlantic Yards site, struck a $3 million deal with developer Bruce Ratner and the state to clear out
A 22-year-old yeshiva bachur was stopped by traffic police at about 3:00am while traveling on the Jerusalem-Tel Aviv Highway about two weeks ago. He was caught on radar driving 159
The battle surrounding the growing chareidi presence in Yerushalayim’s Kiryat Yovel neighborhood is now once again focusing on the eruv, and the matter is headed for court. Many believed the relative quiet over recent weeks was a good sign, but it now appears the quiet may have been the quiet before the storm and the […]
President Barack Obama called on the financial industry to drop its “furious efforts” to fight his regulation plan, saying a failure to impose tougher rules on the market will put the U.S. economic system at risk. The U.S. was almost dragged into a second Great Depression by “a failure of responsibility — from Wall Street […]
The following statement was given to YWN by Lakewood Police Chief Rob Lawson: In regard to several inquiries from the media about a police ticket “blitz”, please be advised that there has been no ticket “blitz” ordered by myself or any of the other Commanders of the Police Department. Inquiries were made about enforcement of motor vehicle […]
The Novominsker Rebbe, Rosh Agudas Yisroel, shlit”a, will, iy”H, address this year’s Pirchei Agudas Yisroel of America’s 47th Annual National Siyum Mishnayos, al shem Harav Yehoshua Silbermintz, zt”l. The Siyum will be taking place this Sunday, April 25, at The Palace in Borough Park, and will celebrate thousands of Mishnayos learned throughout the year by […]
Cedar Rapids, Iowa – Two former U.S. attorneys general, a former deputy attorney general, more than half-a-dozen former U.S. attorneys and a former federal judge have authored and signed letters to the judge in the Sholom Rubashkin case, criticizing the prosecutors’ recommendation that Rubashkin receive life in prison for his bank fraud conviction. The authors […]
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