Long Island Power Authority chairman Howard Steinberg has resigned from the board of directors. His exit Friday is the latest in a string of departures following criticism of LIPA’s performance in the wake of Superstorm Sandy. Newsdayreports that Steinberg resigned in a letter to Gov. Andrew Cuomo. He said his work as a private-sector attorney […]
Convicted spy Jonathan Pollard was hospitalized on Saturday after collapsing in his jail cell. His condition was unknown. Pollard, who was sentenced to life imprisonment in 1987 for spying on
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has thanked his Czech counterpart for Prague’s vote at the U.N. against recognizing a Palestinian state. Netanyahu’s office on Saturday called the Czech vote “courageous”
Mitt Romney’s shadow looms over a Republican Party in disarray. The face of the GOP for much of the last year, the failed presidential candidate has been a virtual ghost
U.S. House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner on Friday said Republicans and President Barack Obama are locked in a stalemate, a month before a $600 billion “fiscal cliff” of tax
Cindy Hill, a laid-off office manager who lives in a small town in Missouri, called her husband Thursday with urgent news that would change everything: “We won the lottery.” “What?”
Almost three years after her husband was arrested and jailed in Cuba, Judy Gross still talks to Americans who haven’t heard his story. Now she is speaking more openly than
President Barack Obama accused a “handful of Republicans” in the House of Representatives on Friday of holding up legislation to extend tax cuts for middle-class Americans in order to try
When Rabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz, the Senior Rabbi of Kehilath Israel (KI) Congregation in Overland Park, KS, wanted to donate a Torah scroll to a congregation devastated by Hurricane Sandy, he
Jerusalem City Hall has given approval to the refurbishing of the Tifferes Yisrael Shul in the Old City, a 19th century three-story shul that was destroyed in the War of
According to the Bituach Leumi (National Insurance Institute) annual poverty report released on Thursday, 15 Kislev 5773, 23,000 children joined the ranks of the nation’s poor during 2011, bringing the total number of children in Eretz Yisrael living under the poverty level at the end of 2011 to 860,000. The number of “poor” people in […]
While the nation focuses on the national elections set for 11 Shevat 5773, Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat is busy working, not just running the capital but looking ahead to the mayoral elections next year – well aware of the fact that chareidi support in a reelection bid is essential. Life between the secular mayor and […]
Global hacking network Anonymous said it will shut down Syrian government websites around the world in response to a countrywide Internet blackout believe aimed at silencing the opposition to President
Tens of thousands of protesters took the streets in Egypt denouncing President Mohammed Morsi and a draft constitution that his Islamist allies approved early Friday in a rushed, all-night session
Any military attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities may lead to the country withdrawing from the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), a pact designed to prevent the spread of nuclear arms, a senior Iranian official said on Friday. In case of an attack, “there is a possibility that the (Iranian) parliament forces the government to stop the (U.N. […]
U.S. consumer spending fell in October for the first time in five months as superstorm Sandy choked off car sales, suggesting slower economic growth in the fourth quarter. The Commerce
When Czechs cast the lone European “no” vote against the Palestinian Authority’s bid for semi-statehood at the United Nations this week, it was no surprise from a country Israel has named as its best friend on the continent. Once the punchbag for aggressive neighbours before World War Two, the central European state of 10.5 million […]
The Moetzas Gedolei Yisrael of Degel Hatorah is expected to convene next week to decide on the party lineup for the general elections, the election for the 19th Knesset. Because
After his defeat in the Likud primaries, Minister Dan Meridor is being tapped by veteran Likudniks in the capital to consider entering the city mayoral race next year. Once considered a “Likud prince”, Meridor lost much support after defecting to Kadima and then returning to Likud when he thought it better served his waning national […]
Tenders for the construction of 1,846 housing units in Ramat Beit Shemesh Gimmel/2 were released on Tuesday. The tenders for Ramat Beit Shemesh Gimmel/1 were released three years earlier, the
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