Deputy Health Minister Yaakov Litzman was on hand for the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new branch of the Leumit HMO in Ohr Yehuda. Litzman have his bracha for the new

David Petraeus has resigned as director of the CIA after admitting he had an extramarital affair. According to his letter of resignation, Petraeus asked President Barack Obama on Thursday to

President Barack Obama will travel to the New York area next week to view the recovery from Sandy and thank first responders, the White House announced Friday. The president is

President Barack Obama, laying down his marker for grueling “fiscal cliff” negotiations, said Friday he won’t accept any approach to federal deficit reduction that doesn’t ask the wealthy to pay

U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer today announced that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will immediately release $339,000,000 from the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) to

The following is a WCBSTV Report: Mayor Michael Bloomberg�s food police have struck again! Outlawed are food donations to homeless shelters because the city can�t assess their salt, fat and fiber content, reports CBS 2�s Marcia Kramer. Glenn Richter arrived at a West Side synagogue on Monday to collect surplus bagels � fresh nutritious bagels […]

� Freedom Works�has put together a list of companies that will be laying of employees as a result of President Barack Obama’s health care law: Welch Allyn Welch Allyn, a company that manufactures medical diagnostic equipment in central New York, announced in September that they would be laying off�275 employees, or roughly 10% of their […]

Hillary Clinton still intends to step down as secretary of state. That will take place likely “days” after President Barack Obama’s second inauguration in January. “The Secretary has been honored

Over 10,000 ultraconservative Muslims demonstrated Friday in downtown Cairo to demand that Egypt’s new constitution be based on the rulings of Islamic law, or Shariah, in the latest tussle over

Iran said it would deal decisively with any foreign encroachment into its airspace, an apparent warning to the United States after one of its surveillance drones was targeted by Iranian

Lawmakers are working on a set of new and unprecedented Iran sanctions that could prevent the Islamic republic from doing business with most of the world until it agrees to

A new gasoline rationing plan that lets motorists fill up every other day went into effect in New York Friday morning as a nor’easter that knocked out power anew to

Chrysler Group LLC is recalling almost 745,000 Jeep sport utility vehicles in the United States to fix a part that could cause the airbags to inadvertently deploy. Chrysler, controlled by

Shas� Jerusalem leader former Councilman Eli Simchayoff may find himself in a realistic slot in the party lineup to enter the 19th Knesset. Simchayoff was ousted from his deputy Jerusalem mayor post for his connection to the ongoing Holyland real estate trial, which involved a number of defendants including former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. Jerusalem […]

A motzei shabbos Pasrshas Chayei Sara kinus is planned in Jerusalem�s Tami Hall against the damage caused to the tzibur by unwanted technology. The kinus follows a similar event a number of weeks ago in Bnei Brak�s Heichal Malchus Hall, and this event according to reports is being arranged at the behest of HaGaon HaRav […]

Assemblyman Phillip Goldfeder, Congressman Gregory Meeks and Senator Joseph Addabbo, Jr. joined with community members today at the St. Francis De Sales Church in Belle Harbor to demand action for

In the days since Superstorm Sandy, an alarming prediction has flashed across the Internet: Hundreds of thousands of flood-damaged vehicles will inundate the nation’s used-car market, and buyers might not