White House chief of staff Jack Lew is President Barack Obama’s expected pick to lead the Treasury Department, with an announcement possible before the end of the week, as the
With elections less than two weeks away, the issue of mehadrin bus lines in back in the news, albeit not in a good light. In the latest mehadrin bus line
Facing a certain backlash from Washington and beyond, American International Group won’t be joining a $25 billion shareholder lawsuit against the U.S. government over the terms of its bailout at
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Wednesday she would step off the fast track “for a little while” when she leaves the State Department but she gave no hint
With chareidim concerned over the impending draft of thousands of talmidei yeshivos in the summer of 2013, the IDF is moving ahead with the planned induction of thousands of draft
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie on Tuesday renewed his calls to the U.S. Congress to quickly pass the full $60.4 billion Superstorm Sandy relief package, saying victims in New Jersey
Councilman David G. Greenfield introduced legislation at todays Stated City Council meeting that would end the use of the outdated and offensive terms mentally retarded and mental retardation and replace them with developmentally disabled and developmental disability in all official New York City publications and documents. This move would eliminate what has commonly become a […]
With flu cases in this city up tenfold from last year, the mayor of Boston declared a public health emergency on Wednesday as authorities around the United States scrambled to
Candidates in the upcoming elections would all like to attract Chabad Chassidim, realizing in Eretz Yisrael, there are 300 Chabad Houses and over 500 shluchim, and earning the support of
Boeing Co’s 787 Dreamliner jet suffered a third mishap in as many days on Wednesday, heightening safety concerns after a string of setbacks for the new aircraft. Japan’s All Nippon
In an effort to encourage motorists to leave their vehicles parked at home, beginning at 18:00 on Wednesday evening, 27 Teves 5773, Egged buses and the Jerusalem light rail will
10:55: Jerusalem courts have closed due to the snow. 11:11: The bodies of two Arab women were found in Shomron, near Shechem. They were swept away in the storm. 11:14:
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said Wednesday that he’s willing to have a conversation about stricter gun laws, but says policymakers also must address the mental health system, improve access
President Barack Obama will nominate White House chief of staff Jack Lew to be his next Treasury secretary, choosing a budget expert and close confidant to spearhead tough fiscal fights
A New York City man has been sentenced to 15 years behind bars for trying to go to Pakistan to join a radical jihadist insurgent group. Agron Hasbajrami received the
The Obama administration says it might leave no troops in Afghanistan after December 2014, an option that defies the Pentagon’s view that thousands of troops may be needed to contain
As officials this week laid out the most detailed portrait yet of last year’s Aurora movie theater massacre, they also mapped sometimes paradoxical behavior by the man accused of the
FIFA fined Bulgaria and Hungary around $40,000 each on Tuesday and ordered them to play a World Cup qualifier in an empty stadium after fans aimed racist and anti-Semitic abuse
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo will take his sky-high popularity into his third year with an agenda to ban assault weapons, raise the minimum wage and revive the still-slow economic
Powerful New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon will serve another term negotiating with his fifth governor. The lower Manhattan Democrat was chosen by the Democratic conference in closed-door session Tuesday. He
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