The No. 2 Republican in the House leadership says he opposes a Senate-passed measure to avert the so-called fiscal cliff. Virginia Rep. Eric Cantor told reporters after a two-hour closed-door
The city was filled with gunfire as at least seven people around the city were shot in the first hours of the New Year, according to published reports. The first
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton continues to recover in a New York hospital where she’s being treated for a blood clot in her head. Her doctors say blood thinners
A $100 million legal claim filed against the state of Connecticut in the wake of the deadly Newtown elementary school shooting has been dropped, local media reported on Tuesday. New
It’s a week away and women are still signing up for the upcoming Prague Women’s Winter Retreat – week January 9-13, 2013 – hurry there are still a few spaces left! This year Rebbbetzin Tziporah Heller and Mrs. Debbie Greenblatt are teaming up to create the ultimate inspiring, relaxing and rejuvenating women’s retreat. This 4-Day […]
About 60 people were crushed to death in a stampede outside a stadium in Ivory Coast’s main city of Abidjan after a New Year’s Eve fireworks display, the government said
YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of Mrs. Chana Scherman A”H, the wife of Rabbi Nosson Scherman, longtime general editor of ArtScroll/Mesorah Publications. The Levaya will take place
Iran has warned off foreign surveillance planes that have tried to approach its forces during naval drills in the Strait of Hormuz, an Iranian military spokesman said on Tuesday. The
Many city services and community centers will not be available today, so we’ve put together a brief list of what’s open and what’s not on the first day of 2013. 1. Since New Year’s Day is a federal holiday, all federal offices, including post offices, public schools and banks, are closed. So are public schools […]
Thousands have gathered for the Levaya of the Sadigur Rebbe, HaRav Avrohom Yaakov Friedman ZATZAL, who was Niftar early this morning at the age of 84. The Rebbe was a
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un called for an end to confrontation between the two Koreas, technically still at war in the absence of a peace treaty to end their 1950-53
The Senate moved the U.S. economy back from the edge of a “fiscal cliff” on Tuesday, voting to avoid imminent tax hikes and spending cuts in a bipartisan deal that
A Democratic aide says the White House and congressional Republicans have reached an agreement to avert the so-called fiscal cliff. The measure would extend Bush-era tax cuts for family incomes
[VIDEOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] Bar Ilan University on Sunday night, the eve of 18 Teves 5773 hosted a panel discussion surrounding the upcoming general elections. Addressing the audience were MK (Otzma Yisrael) Prof. Aryeh Eldad and MK (Ra’am – Ta’al) Dr. Ahmed Tibi. The participants were asked questions, and Dr. Tibi was asked to give […]
The IDF Chief Prosecutor Major-General Dan Efroni is planning to launch an investigation at the behest of the state prosecutor surrounding alleged incitement against the military. The case pertains to
The House will miss the midnight Monday deadline lawmakers set for voting to avoid the “fiscal cliff.” House Republicans notified lawmakers that the chamber will vote Monday evening on other bills. They say that will be their only votes of the day. President Barack Obama and Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said Monday they are […]
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton suffered a blood clot in a vein between her brain and skull behind her right ear but is expected to make a full recovery,
Gun-owner groups called on Monday for an advertising boycott of a suburban New York newspaper that is under fire for publishing the names and addresses of pistol permit-holders in New
Rav Yisrael Eichler cynically praised the High Court of Justice decision to overturn the Central Election Committee’s ban against Arab MK Hanin Zoabi. Zoabi was banned from running for Knesset again in light of her participation in the Mavi Marmara flotilla against Israel and her repeated anti-Israeli statements. “I congratulate Zoabi that she merited the […]
Police arrested a New York City couple in their apartment on Saturday after authorities investigating a credit card theft found a highly explosive compound, bomb-making manuals, a sawed-off shotgun and
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