[PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] An engineer says shoddy materials and construction techniques caused a fatal collapse at a building site in Brooklyn last week. Steve Schneider tells The Daily News

Occupy Wall Street protestors made an unexpected appearance at Congressman Bob Turner’s ceremonial swearing-in on Sunday in his district Queens. Months after he took office, the Republican took an oath

After the levaya of the Mir rosh yeshiva this week, HaGaon Rav Tzvi Weissfish, who was close to HaGaon HaRav Nosson Tzvi Finkel ZT”L related a story. He explained that

Kiryat Motzkin Chief Rabbi David Druckman was questioned by police in connection to statements released by him following the terrorist attack in Merkaz HaRav yeshiva. He shared this experience with

New York, NY, November 10, 2011 … American public support for Israel in the form of sympathy for the Jewish state, viewing Israel as a critical ally of the US

The U.S. Park Police now have an arrest warrant in connection with shots fired over the weekend near the White House. The warrant is for 21-year-old Oscar Ramiro Ortega, who

While many babies were born in Israel on November 11, 2011, only one clocked in at 11:11am, a son born to Lod resident Heiva Isa, 28. The birth took place

Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad is losing popularity among his former allies, the members of the Arab League. The latter on Saturday, November 12, 2011, voted to suspend Syria’s membership in

The following is from the NY Post: The Occupy Wall Street movement has cost surrounding businesses $479,400 so far, store owners said. A Post survey of a dozen restaurants, jewelry

A major water main break in Ashdod on Shabbos seems to be what initiated Shabbos violence between frum and secular residents. Employees of the Tagid Water Company arrived on the

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden is expected to give keynote remarks at a fundraiser for an Orthodox Jewish day school. The White House says in a release that the annual

Hundreds were on hand for the erev Shabbos levaya of Rabbi Dan Martzbach Z”L, who was killed earlier in the day, 14 Cheshvan, by an IDF soldier who though the

Highly credible sources tell YWN that the assault in Williamsburg this past Shabbos was not a bias attack. Although the NYPD has yet to release any information regarding this incident,

Friday’s anti-Semitic, racist acts that occurred on Ocean Parkway in the Midwood Section of Brooklyn and the attempt by the Daily News to link Occupy Wall Street (OWS) to these

Maran Hagon Rav Aron Leib Shteinman Shlita, may soon be coming to America, published reports state. The Gadol Hador travelled from Bnei Brak to Yerushalayim on Motzei Shabbos, to be

A 70-year-old woman was seriously burned on Friday night R”L, an incident involving Shabbos candles. The victim sustained burns over 75% of her body. She was treated by Paramedics from

An urgent town hall meeting was held by the Herzliya PTA, attended by Mayor Yael German, permitting participants to express their concerns surrounding the alarming trend, an increasing number of

An Occupy Wall Street protester was busted last night after he slugged a police officer during a march on the Federal Reserve. About 100 demonstrators had left Zuccotti Park at

The IRS is having problems securing personal taxpayer data and is not doing enough to prevent “unauthorized users” from accessing that information, according to a new report. The Government Accountability

“HaKadosh Baruch Hu” is closing cheshbonos” stated HaGaon HaRav Chaim Kanievsky Shlita in regard to the difficult events that have taken place of late, Kikar Shabbat reports. A number of