The gunman whose attack on a nightclub left 49 victims dead appears to have been a “homegrown extremist” who espoused support for a jumble of often-conflicting Islamic radical groups, the

As the largest mass shooting in modern U.S. history began to unfold, an off-duty police officer working at a nightclub exchanged gunfire with the suspect. But three hours passed before

The security company that employed the shooter in the Orlando nightclub massacre has been tarred by a series of blunders and scandals that have raised questions about its competency and

The Supreme Court recently ruled that the Beersheva Religious Council must permit a Reform Movement convert to toivel in the city’s mikve in front of a Reform Beis Din. Seeking

The attack that claimed 50 or more lives and left dozens wounded has been labeled the worst mass shooting attack in US history. After hours of revelry, the party-goers crowding

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on motzei Shavuos, issued the following statement on the mass shooting in an Orlando, Florida nightclub: “On behalf of the people and government of Israel, I

Baruch Dayan Emmes: Shimon Yochai Lasri z”l, a 21-year-old son of popular rav and baal teshuvah speaker Rabbi Michael Lasri Shlita, was niftar on Shavuos morning after drowning in Ashdod

It is now being confirmed the death toll in the mass shooting in Florida has reached 50 and the official number of wounded stands at 53. US President Barak Obama

A gunman who appears to be identified with the Islamic State opened fire in an Orlando, Florida gay nightclub, murdering over 50 people and leaving at least as many wounded

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Weary Republicans are looking for assurances that Donald Trump can maintain the discipline needed to stay on message as he prepares for a bruising general election run-up against Hillary Clinton.

Far from ending the two wars he inherited from the Bush administration, Barack Obama is wrestling with an expanded set of conflicts in the final months of his presidency, from

Six airlines won permission Friday to resume scheduled commercial air service from the U.S. to Cuba for the first time in more than five decades, another milestone in President Barack

The presidential race shifted to the nation’s capital Friday, with Democrats executing a carefully orchestrated plan to unify their party around presumptive nominee Hillary Clinton. Her likely general election rival,

This past Tuesday, David Duke, that proverbial fount of informed discourse, made a series of bizarre and baseless remarks about Jews on his radio program. This should come as no

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the Five Towns Jewish Times PREPARING FOR SHAVUOS Shavuos is called Z’man Matan Toraseinu. Originally, this event occurred in the Hebrew year 2448 (3324 years