Health officials say 2012 was the nation’s worst year for whooping cough in nearly six decades. About 42,000 cases were reported last year, the most since 1955. But the Centers

U.S. regulators proposed new food safety rules on Friday that aim to make food processors and farms more accountable for reducing foodborne illnesses that kill or sicken thousands of Americans

The European Union has proposed a time and place for further talks on Iran’s nuclear programme, but Iran has yet to respond, an EU spokesman said on Friday. Iran said

In a move that will most likely earn the party additional votes, Labor Party leader Shelly Yacimovich announced on Thursday morning 21 Teves 5773 at a press conference that the

A child died and three other people were injured in an early-morning fire in Lakewood, New Jersey, Friday. The fire broke out at the home on Sterling Avenue just after

A London-based “business and human-rights” organization recently claimed that while IKEA stores in Israel facilitate the delivery of products to residents of “illegal settlements,” they refuse service to Palestinian population

As a result of a new agreement, 16,000 children enrolled in a Beis Yaakov or ????? kindergarten will be entitled to free medical treatment in a Terem clinic if they

After the Hiddush organization challenged Shas� use of the Maran Shlita app for android, along with promising voters brachos from Maran HaGaon HaRav Ovadia Yosef Shlita, Shas is pulling the app and the ads promising voters brachot. Central Election Committee Chairman High Court Justice Elyakim Rubinstein was not pleased with the smartphone app or the […]

The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday approved $9.7 billion in initial federal funds for victims of Superstorm Sandy, wi th New York and New Jersey lawmakers still seething over

The Hadarim Caf� located in a chareidi area of Rishon L�tzion has begun to open its doors on shabbos and this has resulted in talmidim in the local yeshiva gedola to protest the chilul shabbos. Dozens of talmidim of the Yeshiva Gedola Rishon L�tzion last week protested outside the caf� on shabbos, hoping to persuade […]

Speaking on Israel Radio�s HaKol Diburim program on Thursday morning 21 Teves 5773, Aryeh Deri explained Shas� political leaning. It was pointed out that under Deri�s leadership, Shas was �moderate right-wing or even left-wing among the right-wing parties but under Eli Yishai, the party is right of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu while under Deri, it […]

The White House said on Friday it is vital for Congress to quickly resolve future tax and spending feuds, and raise the U.S. borrowing authority to avoid economic uncertainty. “It

Former Massachusetts U.S. Representative Barney Frank says he would like to fill in for Senator John Kerry, who has been nominated for secretary of state, as Congress battles over the

At last, the storm-racked Northeast is getting a House floor vote on billions in disaster relief aid for victims of October’s Superstorm Sandy, but only after a host of East

U.S. employers added 155,000 jobs in December, a steady gain that shows hiring held up during tense fiscal cliff negotiations in Washington. The solid job growth wasn’t enough to push