US regulators directed five of the country’s biggest banks, including Bank of America Corp and Goldman Sachs Group Inc, to develop plans for staving off collapse if they faced serious

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Today, the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations — the nation’s largest Orthodox Jewish umbrella organization, representing close to 1,000 congregations — commended Congressional leadership for spearheading a letter to Germany

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The Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office, in conjunction with the Ocean County Association of Chiefs of Police, announced today a simple yet effective way to drive home the message to drivers

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A federal review cites poor judgment by a security guard who found a bag outside a government building in Detroit last year and stashed it under a desk where it

Everything in the world is from G-d. Everything that happens is His will. We all have challenges, but G-d gives us the strength to overcome these challenges. My wife Esther,

Kings County District Attorney Charles J. Hynes today announced the guilty plea of Levi Aron, 36, to Murder in the Second Degree and Kidnapping in the Second degree. He will

The following are Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s remarks as delivered at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center in Queens this morning, following the shooting of an NYPD Officer: “I’m here tonight with

The following story is circulating in the chareidi media throughout Eretz Yisrael. A well-known Yerushalayim talmid chacham bought a pair of tefillin 18 years ago. After 12 years, after one

The following is an official statement given to YWN by El Al: EL AL Israel Airlines is announcing that the tickets which were purchased on a variety of travel internet

The following was written by Phil Stilton in the Jackson Family Magazine. In his article he rips the media for their inaccurate reporting when Mitt Romney visited Lakewood, Wednesday evening.

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