The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled that police can take a DNA sample from someone who has been arrested and charged but not convicted of a crime. By a

U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg, a multimillionaire New Jersey businessman and the last World War II veteran remaining in the Senate, has died at age 89. His office said Lautenberg died

The daily Maariv, quoting “foreign sources”, reports that Israel does prefer to see the fall of Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad. A number of weeks ago, Jerusalem appeared divided, with some members of the intelligence community favoring the defeat of the Islamic rebels while others wished to see Assad’s demise. Those wishing to see the rebels […]

President Barack Obama will highlight the issues faced by Americans with mental health problems at a White House conference on Monday, following his promise to start a “national conversation” on

Maran HaGaon HaRav Ovadia Yosef Shlita was released from Jerusalem’s Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital on Monday afternoon 25 Sivan 5773. The Gadol Hador was admitted for observation on Sunday evening after falling in his home as he was getting ready for Maariv. Upon his arrival in Hadassah the rav complained of leg pain and weakness. […]

The U.N. nuclear watchdog chief said on Monday talks with Iran have been “going around in circles” – unusually blunt criticism pointing to rising tension over suspected nuclear arms research

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday again dismissed street protests against his rule as actions organized by extremists, described them as a temporary blip and angrily rejected comparisons

Republican governors took over statehouses across the country after the 2010 elections and immediately acted on promises to usher in a new era of budget cutting and conservative labor policies.

The American soldier accused of providing more than 700,000 secret documents to the WikiLeaks website goes on trial in Maryland on Monday charged with the biggest leak of classified information

Housing Minister (Bayit Yehudi) Uri Ariel spoke to Knesset TV on a number of issues. He focused on his position regarding the share the burden chareidi draft law. Ariel remains adamantly opposed to holding talmidim who do not comply criminally responsible. He points out that he consulted with experts in the State Attorney General’s Office […]

Chassidish parents in their 50s appeared at Mifal HaPayis Lottery Headquarters last week to cash in on their winning ticket, to claim the 2 million NIS prize. Unlike lotteries in

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Sunday, 24 Sivan 5773 opted to use the media coverage portion of the weekly cabinet meeting to address price tag incidents. After ministers expressed support for declaring price tag incidents “acts of terror”, the prime minister commented following another weekend of multiple hate crimes against Jews, Arabs and Christians alike. […]

Terror victim 3-year-old Adele Biton has been released from Schneider Children’s Hospital and will be beginning the road to rehabilitation. The child sustained grave injuries after her mom lost control of their vehicle, the result of Arabs hurling rocks near Ariel back in March 2013. The vehicle slammed into the rear of a parked truck. […]

1,000 fifth grade girls from chareidi mosdos in Beit Shemesh began swimming instruction last week. City Hall is heavily subsidizing the program, paying 75% of the cost per child. Deputy

Due to the efforts of Jerusalem Deputy Mayor Rav Yitzchak Pindrus, who holds the chareidi education portfolio, chareidi kindergartens in the city will operate for 11 months instead of 10. While this will be the third year that this program exists in the city’s kindergarten system, it will be the first year in the chareidi […]

A wildfire that destroyed at least six homes, damaged 15 others and threatened hundreds more grew quickly Sunday as it triggered evacuations for nearly 3,000 people and burned dangerously close

The Stern Bill which seeks to add women to the voting body for the Chief Rabbis of Israel was vetoed last week by the Bayit Yehudi party, as was reported