President Barack Obama has scrapped joint U.S.-Egypt military exercises scheduled for next month, saying American cooperation with the Egyptian government cannot continue when civilians are being killed in the streets. He directed his national security team to see what additional steps the U.S. might take going forward. It was Obama’s first statement on the rapidly […]
The Russian lawyer for Edward Snowden says the fugitive National Security Agency leaker has been in direct contact with his father over the Internet for the first time since fleeing
Republican officials are looking to promote a fresh group of diverse rising stars to help resolve their election woes, while frustrated party elders insist that all Republicans must offer more
A collection of documents from World War II industrialist Oskar Schindler, including a letter he signed that paved the way for the rescue of more than 1,000 Jewish factory workers, has fetched more than $122,000 at an online auction. The letter, dated Aug. 22, 1944, describes permission to move Schindler’s enamelware factory and its workers […]
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. cut its annual profit and revenue outlook Thursday as the world’s largest retailer continues to deal with a tough economy at home and abroad that’s squeezing its low-income shoppers. Wal-Mart also reported second-quarter results that missed Wall Street estimates. The company’s stock fell nearly 2 percent in premarket trading. The spring and […]
In a vehicular accident that took place at Kanot Junction in the Shvelah region at about 07:00 on Thursday morning, 9 Elul 5773, a chareidi man, 40, was killed. The Rehovot family was all dressed in Shabbos clothing as they attended a chasenah in Bnei Brak. Immediately after leaving the wedding, the husband/father z”l drove […]
El Al flight LY004 from New York to Tel Aviv last night had to make an unscheduled landing in Europe in Athens after a bathroom smoke detector went off. After
Two police officers reportedly have been shot and a suspect killed during a domestic dispute in New Jersey’s capital city. According to broadcast reports, the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office says
What follows is an excerpt from a talk my mother gave, “Responding to Suffering,” in the wake of the loss of my brother, Aryeh Wise z’’l, whose first yahrtzait is Thursday, the 9th of Ellul. My mother is an esteemed mechneches in the Toronto community: she was English principal of Bnos Bais Yakov and is […]
An Egyptian Health Ministry spokesman has further raised the death toll from the previous day’s clashes between police and supporters of the country’s ousted president to 421. The spokesman, Khaled
President Shimon Peres on Tuesday morning, 7 Elul 5773 at his Jerusalem Residence, met with a delegation of senior Republicans from the United States Congress, led by House Majority Leader
A 5-year-old child was hurt when he fell off a kiddie ride at an amusement park in Brooklyn. Police say the child suffered serious lacerations to the leg and head. He is expected to survive. It happened just before 7 p.m. Wednesday on a kiddie ride near Deno’s Wonder Wheel Amusement Park in Coney Island. […]
Microsoft is trying to fix a technological breakdown that has cut off some people from their email accounts on Outlook.com. The Redmond, Wash., software maker says only a small number
Though New Jersey voters have consistently rejected Republicans _ even moderate ones _ running for U.S. Senate over the past 40 years, the newly nominated GOP candidate kicked off the
Al-Qaida fighters have been using secretive chat rooms and encrypted Internet message boards for planning and coordinating attacks — including the threatened if vague plot that U.S. officials say closed 19 diplomatic posts across Africa and the Middle East for more than a week. It’s highly unlikely that al-Qaida’s top leader, Ayman al-Zawahri, or his […]
Consumers waiting for Microsoft’s revamped version of its latest Windows operating system will be able to get the software beginning Oct. 17. The release date for Windows 8.1 is nearly a year after the debut of Windows 8, a dramatic overhaul of the operating system that has been powering most personal computers for decades. Windows […]
The financially struggling U.S. Postal Service is revamping its priority mail program to raise revenue and drive new growth in its package delivery business. The agency is now offering free
While the Chief Rabbinate of Israel race is past, some rabbonim appear compelled to comment on Tzohar Rabbonim. Holon Chief Rabbi Avraham Yosef, a son of Maran HaGaon HaRav Ovadia Yosef Shlita released a statement that Tzohar “wanted to trample the Chief Rabbinate of Israel.” The rav responded to a question posed on the Moreshet […]
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today alerted parents, guardians and young adults about a growing trend of child identity theft. These victims may not discover their identities have been stolen until they begin applying for loans, credit card accounts, or renting their first apartment. “Child identify theft is often a crime that is not realized until […]
After over two decades of the monthly rosh chodesh battle at the Kosel, the Women of the Wall (WoW) organization is announcing its planned slichos event, set for September 1, 2013 at 22:00 at the Kosel. The organization’s website stated a representative of WoW explained that the decision comes at a time where their cause […]
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