Anthony Weiner remains determined to continue his bid for New York City mayor despite growing calls for him to drop out of the race over his latest scandal. Weiner brushed
Seeking to expedite the second and third votes on the Share the Burden Bill to draft bnei yeshivos into the military, the Knesset committee is convening today, Thursday, 18 Menachem
It’s hard to find anyone who thinks President Barack Obama’s series of heavily promoted economic speeches will be the flash point that unclogs the system in Washington including the president. A day after he kicked off the tour in Illinois and Missouri, Obama was traveling Thursday to a seaport in Jacksonville, Fla., to yet […]
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry tackles two of the world’s most intractable conflicts at the U.N. Thursday eastern Congo’s nearly two decades of fighting and Syria’s 2 1/2-years of escalating violence. America’s chief diplomat will preside at a U.N. Security Council meeting assessing progress in implementing a Feb. 24 peace accord signed by […]
Following his success in the Chief Rabbinate elections on Wednesday, 17 Menachem Av 5773, Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi David Lau was greeted by hundreds of well-wishers who arrived at his Modiin home. In a statement to the press, Rav Lau stated that he intends and making good on his promise to serve as the rav of […]
The latest revelation that Anthony Weiner continued to engage in inappropriate explicit conversations on the Internet following his resignation from Congress has dramatically hurt candidacy, sending him back into a
A 112-year-old self-taught musician, coal miner and gin rummy aficionado from western New York is the world’s oldest man, according to Guinness World Records Ltd. Salustiano Sanchez-Blazquez became the world’s
The first attack on Thursday against buses heading to the Kosel came on during the morning hours of 18 Menachem Av 5773. One passenger sustained light injuries from glass shards.
The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits rose by 7,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 343,000. The increase in the week ending July 20 follows a drop of
Following his success in the Chief Rabbinate elections on Wednesday, 17 Menachem Av 5773, newly elected Rishon LTzion Rabbi Yitzchak Yosef headed for the Kosel, to be mispallel and give thanks for the success. See the photos: YWN PHOTO LINK: Click HERE for photos. (YWN Israel Desk, Jerusalem / Photos Aaron Wahav, Chadashot […]
Chabad Shaliach in Russia Rabbi Ovadia Iskov, Chief Rabbi of Derbent, was seriously injured by gunfire. The rav, a man in his 40s, returned from shechita when an anonymous man
New York’s financial regulators asked 20 more reinsurance companies Wednesday for information about business with Iran in violation of U.S. sanctions, including measures they’ve taken to ensure they don’t underwrite
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said Wednesday it will replace an airport security firm that was at the center of an identity fraud case. The agency
Officials are apparently considering making some staffing changes at the 911 call center. In a New York City Police Department internal memo dated July 22, officials make a number of
New York City commuters can expect to pay more to use public transportation. Metropolitan Transit Authority officials said Wednesday MetroCard prices are expected to rise in 2015 and again in
About 47 million Americans received food stamps last year, but only a relative few are required to work or look for a job as a condition of receiving the aid.
Police say a shirtless man was detained after passing through a security checkpoint at New York’s Kennedy Airport. No criminal charges were immediately filed. The Port Authority police say the
Former President George H.W. Bush has shaved his head to show solidarity for the sick child of a Secret Service agent. A statement issued by a Bush spokesman Wednesday says
The House narrowly rejected a challenge to the National Security Agency’s secret collection of hundreds of millions of Americans’ phone records Wednesday night after a fierce debate pitting privacy rights
A US Airways Express flight left three hours late from a North Carolina airport after a swarm of bees kept crews from rolling the plane back from the gate. US
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