The PA (Palestinian Authority) debt to the Israel Electric Company (IEC) has reached 730 million NIS, members of the Knesset Economics Committee learned on Wednesday, 13 Sivan 5773. When asked
Tornadoes that struck the United States from May 18 to May 20 caused between $2 billion to $5 billion of insured losses, disaster modeling company Eqecat said late Thursday. At
MK (Yahadut Hatorah) Meir Porush responded to the Peri Committee draft law to govern the draft of chareidim into the IDF and national service. “Anyone thinking that sanctions of one kind or another will compel the draft on bnei Torah has forgotten the Jewish People have stood proudly to maintain Torah tradition throughout history” Porush […]
Four major transit agencies in New York and New Jersey will receive $3.7 billion in federal aid to repair damage from Superstorm Sandy. The money also will help protect the
According to the State Ombudsman’s Office, there is an increase in the number of complaints received, totaling 15,123 in 2012, a record-breaker since the establishment of the office 42 years ago. The number of complaints has almost doubled since 2005 while the population has increased only 14% since then. According to State Comptroller Justice (retired) […]
A key satellite positioned to track severe weather in the eastern United States has failed, just as the 2013 Atlantic hurricane season is about to start. The U.S. National Oceanic
In a landmark decision earlier this week, Israel’s Supreme Court overturned a beis din’s decision in which a person was placed in cherem. The case in point refers to a petition filed by a resident of Elad together with the Hiddush – Freedom of Religion for Israel organization. A beis din affiliated with the nation’s […]
During a hurricane, storm surge is one of the greatest threats to life and land, yet many people don’t understand the dire warnings from forecasters to get out of its
The New York state attorney general’s office is warning New Yorkers against scam robocalls targeting seniors and offering free medical alert equipment with back-end fees for monitoring. The agency says
Former Deputy Minister of Health (Yahadut Hatorah) MK Yaakov Litzman was summoned by police for questioning in an investigation alleging he intervened to obtain disabled parking permits and status for two people. It has been learned that of the two, one is not chareidi and the person in question was not a friend or known to Litzman […]
9:35AM EDT: Britain launched fighter jets on Friday to escort a Pakistan International Airlines passenger plane arriving from Lahore in Pakistan to an airport near London after it was diverted
A Syrian-born Islamist cleric who taught one of the attackers accused of hacking to death an off-duty British soldier on a London street praised the attack for its “courage” and
In light of the alarming increase in firebomb and rock-throwing attacks against Jewish motorists on roadways throughout Yehuda and Shomron, an emergency gathering is scheduled for Friday, 15 Sivan 5773
[PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] A colliding truck may have triggered the collapse on Thursday of part of a four-lane freeway bridge that sent vehicles and drivers tumbling into a frigid river in Washington state, officials said. A U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigation into what led part of the Interstate 5 bridge to fall into […]
The United States on Friday called into question the credibility of Iran’s presidential election next month, criticising the disqualification of candidates and accusing the government of disrupting Internet access. Iran’s
Twelve years after the “war on terror” began, President Barack Obama wants to pull the United States back from some of the most controversial aspects of its global fight against
On Thursday, 14 Sivan 5773, YWN-ISRAEL reported that a chareidi couple and their six children were arrested by Jordanian authorities after illegally crossing the border from Israel close to midnight.
The Bayit Yehudi party decided to vote for the Stern Bill which seeks to increase the number of people voting for the chief rabbis. However, three MKs out of 12
President Barack Obama plans to give the Jersey Shore a boost with a post-Memorial Day visit to showcase recovery efforts in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy. The White House says
The Health Department announced today that it has identified 34 cases of measles in Brooklyn – 27 in Borough Park and 7 in Williamsburg – and is urging families to make sure all persons in the household, including young children, are vaccinated. Doctors are urged to be vigilant and promptly report suspected cases to the […]
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