A federal judge crafting her historic ruling in the New York Police Department’s stop-and-frisk case reached out to a lawyer with a long history of public service and a celebrity
A contentious decision to allow Mayor Michael Bloomberg to run for a third term was the hot-button topic Monday in a debate for the powerful office of city comptroller. Former
Regulators have imposed millions of dollars in civil penalties against energy companies that risk the dependability of the U.S. electrical grid since new rules following the 2003 Northeast blackout made
The NYPD is investigating after someone drew a swastika in the elevator of Google’s headquarters in Manhattan’s Chelsea section. Police say a surveillance video caught a man scrawling the swastika
Potential 2016 presidential candidate Hillary Clinton kicked off a series of speeches on Monday with a call to combat what she called an “assault on voting rights.” She spent most
The Knesset Internal Affairs & Environment Committee met on Sunday, 5 Elul 5773 to discuss police preparedness for the anticipated large numbers of Jewish visitors to Har Habayis in Tishrei
After many weekend drownings at Israels beaches, including a number of deaths, members of the Knesset Interior Committee on Sunday, 5 Elul 5773 called for extending the working hours of the nations lifeguards until shekiya (sunset). Other suggestions included eliminating entry fees to beaches with lifeguards and price ceilings at the canteens, all towards drawing […]
Elad Deputy Mayor Yisrael (Sruly) Porush plans to announce his candidacy in the citys mayoral race. The race for mayor appears to be a growing one as Shas is working to announce the candidacy of Tzvika Cohen, but this will depend on the citys Sephardi Chief Rabbi Mordechai Malka Shlita, as was reported by YWN-ISRAEL […]
An all-time record for tourist entries in July 2013: according to the Central Bureau of Statistics, 246,000 tourists (staying more than one night) entered Israel in July 2013, 2% more
Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi David Lau and former Rishon LTzion HaGaon HaRav Shlomo Moshe Amar Shlita presided over the annual Chaim CHalacha kenos held in the Rishon LTzion Hesder Yeshiva on Sunday, 5 Elul 5773. Rav Amar spoke of the issues facing the Chief Rabbinate today, the need to improve services dealing with conversion and adherence […]
Sirens were heard in the southern resort city of Eilat at about 00:48 on Wednesday, 7 Elul 5773. Residents called the emergency 100 police number to report hearing two explosions from area of the southern city. Magen David Adom reports two residents were treated for hysteria due to be awakened by sirens and hearing the […]
Health officials in Israel report that at the end of the day Sunday, 5 Elul 5773, 27,000 children in southern areas received the polio oral booster vaccination. The program began
The government on Monday reported a $97.6 billion deficit for July but remains on track to post its lowest annual budget gap in five years. July’s figure raises the deficit
The Rabbinical Congress for Peace (RCP) has sent a letter to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and to each minister in his government urging them to cancel their decision to release terrorists in order to begin negotiations with the Palestinians on altering the borders of Israel. Out of all the deplorable and dangerous moves that governments […]
BlackBerry will consider selling itself after the long-awaited debut of its new phones failed to turn around the struggling smartphone maker. The company said Monday that its board has formed
While the Bayit Yehudi faction of the coalition is applauding the announced construction of 1,200 housing units in Yehuda, Shomron and Yerushalayim, senior coalition partner Yesh Atid sees things from a different perspective. Yesh Atid leader Finance Minister Yair Lapid responded The announced planned construction of 1,200 housing units at this time is a big […]
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry defended the National Security Agency surveillance programs on Monday and downplayed their impact on U.S. efforts to deepen relations with two key allies in
The following report is based on an exclusive Walla News report. Walla interviewed the wife of the Neturei Karta man accused of attempting to spy for Iran against Israel. On
Visiting Eretz Yisrael for a family simcha, the Sanz-Klausenberg Rebbe of the USA Shlita gave a shiur last Thursday in the Dushinsky Beis Medrash in Yerushalayim, addressing a packed house.
A 3-year-old boy became the latest victim of vehicular death as he was found in cardiac arrest in a parked vehicle in Beersheva on Sunday, 5 Elul 5773. In this
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