House Speaker John Boehner’s backup plan that would simply extend low income tax rates for households with incomes below $1 million a year “cannot pass both houses of Congress,” Senate
A Lakewood Hatzolah Ambulance responding to an emergency call Monday evening, collided with another vehicle, before crashing through a fence and coming to a stop in the front yard of
With time running short before a Dec. 31 deadline, House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner will begin work on legislation that simply would extend current low income tax rates for
In his motzei shabbos drasha, Maran HaGaon HaRav Ovadia Yosef Shlita discussed the kashrus of the Badatz Eida Chareidis, explaining that in the past, the teudat hechsher was deceptive, leading
Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis is to become the UK’s next chief rabbi, the Office of the Chief Rabbi has confirmed to the BBC. The 55-year-old, a former chief rabbi of Ireland,
An NBC news team, including chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel, was freed in Syria on Monday after an Islamist rebel group killed two of their kidnappers at a checkpoint, the
If there’s anywhere that understands the pain of Newtown, it’s Dunblane, the town whose grief became a catalyst for changes to Britain’s gun laws. In March 1996, a 43-year-old man
Russia has sent warships to the Mediterranean Sea in case it has to evacuate its citizens from Syria, Interfax news agency quoted a naval source as saying on Tuesday. In
The U.S. Senate on Monday began debating a $60.4 billion aid bill to rebuild communities devastated by Superstorm Sandy amid criticism by conservative groups who said the measure was loaded
Rabbi David Stav, who is the rabbi of the community of Shoham and the head of the Tzohar Rabbonim organization, is still interested in possibly putting his name in as
Unburdened by re-election worries and empowered by law to act without Congress, U.S. President Barack Obama could take action to improve background checks on gun buyers, ban certain gun imports
The Central Election Committee is planning to hear petitions to disqualify candidates and parties from running in the upcoming general elections. The committee will be convening on Wednesday, 6 Teves
U.S. Democratic Senator Daniel Inouye of Hawaii, a decorated veteran of World War Two and one of the longest-serving members of Congress, died on Monday at the Walter Reed National
Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon will remain in his post until a replacement is appointed following the resignation of his boss, Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman. Lieberman stepped down after he
From the center of Damascus, Syrians can see the shrouds of smoke rising overhead and feel the shake of explosions that warn of a frontline creeping ever closer. The same squares where President Bashar al-Assad once drew tens of thousands to cheer in support lie empty and walled off by concrete barriers up to two metres (six […]
The government on Sunday, 3 Teves 5773 accepted the state’s position, that the residents of Beit Ezra in Hebron would not be removed from the building in the coming four months during which time the state will look into the legalities of using the structure as a public building. This will be the state’s position, […]
Gene Rosen had just finished feeding his cats and was heading from his home near Sandy Hook Elementary school to a diner Friday morning when he saw six small children
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg joined loved ones of victims of shootings from Colorado to Virginia to blast U.S. lawmakers on Monday for being too cowed by the firearms lobby
New York state officials on Monday dropped their proposal for a 45 percent increase on the state Thruway toll for trucks, while advancing a a $3.14 billion project to replace
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Monday morning 4 Teves 5773 met with US Senator-elect (R-Texas) Ted Cruz. At the start of their meeting, the Prime Minister said: “I’m welcoming you
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