Jeb Bush has long resisted pressure from supporters to run for president. Now the former Florida governor is signaling that he’s at least open to the idea, a shift that
An Arab male was apprehended late Wednesday morning 24 Adar 5773 near the Shomron community of Tapuach. The suspect was found to be carrying a knife as well as an
Business in the Senate ground to a halt Wednesday as Sen. Rand Paul — aided by colleagues from both parties — launched into an old-fashioned filibuster, as he tried to hold up the nomination of John Brennan for CIA director over concerns about the president’s authority to kill Americans with drones. Paul’s filibuster was shaping […]
[VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] Following reports that members of the Yemenite tzibur are collecting locusts from southern Israel to prepare them for eating, HaGaon HaRav Yitzchak Yosef, known as the
New York’s most wanted man has been taken into custody. Julio Acevedo, the fugitive suspect in the hit-and-run that killed a Williamsburg couple and their newborn son, was taken into custody in Pennsylvania on Wednesday. NYPD say he was arrested at a mini-mart in Bethlehem, Pa. without incident. Acevedo will need to be extradited back […]
Increased salt consumption may be a key culprit behind rising rates of autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis, researchers reported on Wednesday in a trio of papers looking at the
State Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein is now targeting dayanim, specifically those who issue a ???? ????? (letter of refusal) that carries sanctions against a person unwilling to appear before a beis din, opting to take the case to a civil court. The siruv may carry a number of sanctions, including defamation of the recipient’s character, […]
Some family members of victims killed in the Sept. 11 terror attacks said Wednesday that they are outraged by the Transportation Security Administration’s decision to let passengers carry pocketknives on
Shas leader Deputy Prime Minister Eli Yishai dispelled rumors that he may be interested in opposing Labor Party leader Shelly Yacimovich for the role of opposition leader. Generally speaking, the
A low pressure system off the Virginia coast will provide the area with precipitation through Friday. Rain will continue through this evening across the area and will gradually transition to
Republicans took to the floor of the U.S. Senate on Wednesday and kept talking for hours in an attempt to block the confirmation of President Barack Obama’s counterterrorism advisor, John
President Barack Obama will soon reveal more about the administration’s legal rationale for using drone strikes, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said on Wednesday. Holder told members of the Senate
HaGaon HaRav Boruch Mordechai Ezrachi Shlita, Rosh Yeshivas Ateres Yisrael successfully underwent a cardiac surgery on Wednesday, 24 Adar 5773. Tefilos were recited in his yeshiva as the surgery was
The following is a DNA Info article: An annual pre-Passover event meant to strengthen ties between the NYPD and the city’s Jewish community turned ugly Wednesday when a rabbi confronted
The United States is expected to send a delegation to Hugo Chavez’s funeral later this week in a move that could send a conciliatory message to Venezuela now that its
The Torah world is excitedly anticipating the grand Chanukas HaBayis of Mosdos Ateres Shlomo, a veritable empire of Yeshivos and Kollelim under the venerable auspices of Rosh HaYeshiva HaGaon HaRav Sholom Ber Sorotzkin, shlit”a, one the central Torah pillars in our generation. The Chanukas HaBayis of the brand-new Yeshiva Ketana in Modi’in Illit is scheduled […]
In the first official statement from Australian officials, Foreign Minister Bob Carr announced on Wednesday 24 Adar 5773 that Prisoner X, who we now know was Ben Zygier, did indeed
Add cranked-up earphones to the list of health dangers Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s administration wants New Yorkers to avoid. The city Health Department said Wednesday it plans to warn young people
The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday passed legislation to keep federal funds flowing to government agencies through Sept. 30, seeking to avert shutdowns that otherwise would begin on March
Since his petira in 1994, there has been a battle for and against naming a Jerusalem street after Professor Yeshayahu Leibowitz. Barring any last minute surprises, the battle has finally
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