YWN EXCLUSIVE: According to several reliable sources, Priority 7 vouchers, which were eliminated from this year’s budget, have been restored by 50 percent. YWN tried reaching Councilman David Greenfield, who

House Republicans failed in a push Wednesday to force the release of White House documents related to potential job offers made to two Democratic Senate primary challengers, Andrew Romanoff in

Prominent Jerusalem askan R’ Shlomo Miller, a former deputy mayor, along with a number of rabbonim from the southern Talpiot area are protesting plans by Jerusalem City Hall to name

A truck being being loaded with personal belongings of Frum families heading to the Catskills, was stolen by a deranged man, and driven through the streets of Marine Park striking

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

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

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

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

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

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 c�l�bre 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 […]

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