A plan to ban Jon Corzine, the former chief executive of MF Global, from the futures industry for life for failing to protect the failed brokerage’s customers faces an uphill
The New York Times Co is putting The Boston Globe on the auction block for a second time as it seeks to focuses solely on growing its flagship newspaper. The
MK (Yahadut Hatorah) Meir Porush used the forum at an Ohr Yehuda party event to send a clear message to the IDF and state leaders. “Don’t touch the yeshiva students. I call on the IDF, please don’t push the envelope. If it continues, we will fight and we will win.” Party colleague Yaakov Litzman addressed […]
The Obama administration on Wednesday issued its long-awaited final rule on what states and insurers must do to provide the essential health benefits required in the individual and small-group market
When US President Barak Obama arrives in Israel on March 20, 2013, President Shimon Peres will bestow upon him the Presidential Medical of Distinction, viewed as a reciprocal move for
A 911 call comes in about a possible bomb in lower Manhattan and an alert pops up on computer screens at the New York Police Department, instantly showing officers an
A staggering one in eight Americans has been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, a new Harris Interactive/HealthDay poll suggests. And more than one third of those polled have been diagnosed
[VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] Natural disasters usually bring people together. Differences are put aside as everybody pitches in to help those who were hurt and suffered losses recover. And so
HaGaon HaRav Shmuel Auerbach Shlita joins the list of gedolim calling for tefilos against the share the burden gezeira. The tefilos will take place on Thursday, 11 Adar 5773, observed
Secretary of State John Kerry says the greatest challenge to U.S. foreign policy is not emerging China or Middle East instability. It’s Congress. In a speech Wednesday at the University
In an interview with Israel Radio’s Reshet Bet on Wednesday morning 10 Adar 5773, Vice Premier Moshe Ya’alon explained that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu will continue to head diplomatic talks between Israel and the PA (Palestinian Authority). The announcement follows the inclusion of The Movement party in the coalition, which includes party leader Tzipi Livni […]
Former U.S. congressman Jesse Jackson Jr., the son of a civil rights leader and a one-time rising star in Democratic politics, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to misusing about $750,000 in
A 29-year-old resident of Petach Tikvah has been taken into custody, believed to be the man who threatened Yesh Atid leader MK Yair Lapid on his Facebook page. The threat read “In Adar we will destroy the leftists including Yair Lapid and his friends. We will hang them as we did Haman and his sons.” […]
US President Barak Obama’s nominee for defense secretary, Chuck Hagel, is not a friend of Israel by any means. In the latest tidbit of information being released, Hagel is quoted back in 2010 during a meeting with university students expressing his concerns that Israel is becoming an “apartheid state” and he referred to Prime Minister […]
REPRINTED FROM THE YWN ARCHIVES: Ever wonder about the story behind a picture? Well, this is this picture’s story. Standing near a car with a group of friends on Purim afternoon, in the Ave. N and East 20?s vicinity (Flatbush), my brother suddenly felt something hit his face. While trying to knock off the unknown […]
US lawmakers have confirmed they visited Alan Gross, an American man whose detention in Cuba has hampered efforts to improve relations between the countries. The meeting occurred Tuesday. Sen. Patrick Leahy has issued a statement saying he and Rep. Chris Van Hollen were granted access to the American. Van Hollen is from Gross’ home state […]
Some 12.6 million Americans were victimized by identity theft in 2012, the second-highest total since the Federal Trade Commission began counting victims in 2003 and roughly 1 million more than 2011, according to the survey by Javelin Strategy and Research. The record – 13.9 million victims – was set in 2009, NBC News reported. The […]
Yahoo Inc is rolling out a revamped look for its website aimed at making the Web portal more modern and attractive to users. “We wanted it to be familiar but
After the signing of The Movement party into the coalition, it appears the chareidim are next in line. Shas is signaling it is working hard to complete and agreement and join the coalition by week’s end. Ynet reports Shas is moving ahead towards closing a deal this week. Shas officials quoted by Kikar Shabbat on […]
The Supreme Court on Wednesday, 10 Adar 5773 instructed the Ministry of Education to prepare a plan to give the state achievement exam to chareidi schools within 100 days in
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