Gov. Andrew Cuomo has signed legislation allowing New York City to keep using mechanical voting machines in this year’s primary and runoff elections. City primaries are scheduled Sept. 10 for
Prominent Pittsburgh Chassidus elder HaRav HaChossid Rav Yechiel Michel Leibowitz was niftar on Monday night the eve of 2 Menachem Av 5773 in Ashdod, at the age of 98. The
The World Trade Center is taking another big step in recovering from the 2001 terror attack — with a major new tenant in a rising skyscraper. A person close to the deal told The Associated Press on Tuesday that the GroupM global media company has reached agreement with developer Larry Silverstein for space in 3 […]
Shas MK Eli Yishai met with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Monday evening the eve of 2 Menachem Av 5773 in the Prime Minister’s Office. They discussed the Share the Burden Law which addresses the daft of bnei yeshivos. Yishai met with Mr. Netanyahu in his capacity as the chairman of the Knesset Subcommittee on […]
Republicans’ knack for congressional redistricting helps them control the U.S. House, but it may be working against them on immigration changes that national GOP leaders see as critical to the
Republican mayoral hopeful John Catsimatidis filed at the Board of Election, Tuesday afternoon, 25,000 gathered petitions for the Republican Party nomination. PIC: We have gathered over 25,000 signatures and will
As State Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein plans to summons Tzfas Chief Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu and Holon Chief Rabbi Avraham Yosef to clarify their hashkafa, Hebron activist Baruch Marzel cynically calls
“Every time there is a heavy rain, sewage backs up in many local homes,” said Chaim Deutsch, Democratic candidate for the City Council 48th District seat. Torrential rains are heavier and storms have been more frequent. There are ongoing sewage backups in homes from Midwood to Manhattan Beach and Brighton Beach and residents are fed […]
Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon has decided to reinstate Yeshivat Har Bracha to its former status as a member of the hesder yeshiva network. The senior minister also approved the addition of two new hesder yeshivos, one in Givat Olga and the second in Ofakim. Then Defense Minister Ehud Barak ousted Har Bracha in 2010 when […]
[PHOTOS & UPDATES IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] 19:44 IL: It appears that a chareidi IDF soldier was attacked by extremists in Meah Shearim a short time ago. According to preliminary reports
Some smokers trying to get coverage next year under President Barack Obama’s health care law may get a break from tobacco-use penalties that could have made their premiums unaffordable. The Obama administration — in yet another health care overhaul delay — has quietly notified insurers that a computer system glitch will limit penalties that the […]
It’s Fidler vs. Storobin all over again. In a scathing letter to labor unions and progressive political clubs, outgoing Democratic Councilman Lew Fidler accused fellow Democrat Igor Oberman, who is seeking to represent the neighboring 48th council district, of leaking information to his one-time Republican opponent and current leading candidate for the Council district, David Storobin. […]
From surveillance to sensitive criminal investigations, the Obama administration’s nominee to become the next FBI director, James Comey, would be stepping into the job at a critical time for the
YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of Rav Elimelech Kohn Z”L, a Magid Shiur in Riverdale Yeshiva. He was 60-years-old. Rav Elimelech was a Marbitz Torah for more
It is now official, Israel’s extended daylight savings time. The Knesset on Monday, Rosh Chodesh Menachem Av 5773 passed the bill to extend DST until the end of October in its second and third readings, making it law. As such, daylight savings time will begin annually on Friday morning at 02:00 on the last Friday […]
The head of the Russian parliament’s foreign affairs committee says Edward Snowden has accepted Venezuela’s offer of political asylum. Alexei Pushkov made the statement on his Twitter account Tuesday. The
While the Obama administration throws its support behind Egypt’s military, some members of Congress are looking at withholding some or all of America’s annual $1.5 billion aid package if a
In an interview with Kikar Shabbos, Housing Minister (Bayit Yehudi) Uri Ariel explained that he decided to abstain in the cabinet vote for the Share the Burden Law because he
The West Nile virus has been detected in mosquitoes in New York City for the first time this season. The city health department says it was found in the insects
[PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] Garbage cans and other objects were set ablaze in another stormy protest at Kikar Shabbos in Yerushalayim on Monday night, the eve of 2 Menachem Av 5773. The protest was held against the “gezeiros shmad”, referring to the cabinet’s decision to pass the Share the Burden Law that will compel bnei […]
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