Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani had harsh words for President Barack Obama during a campaign stop in Las Vegas, saying he has accomplished nothing and will turn the

Florida Gov. Rick Scott now says Florida will do nothing to comply with President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul and will not expand its Medicaid program. The announcement is a

Extreme heat across the U.S. and severe storms in the D.C. area have claimed the lives of fifteen people, and the National Weather Service warns more “dangerously hot” temperatures and

Con Edison of New York and union leaders are negotiating at the Hilton Rye Town in Westchester County as a midnight-strike deadline looms. 8,500 workers could walk off the job

First it was a penalty. Then it was a tax. Now it’s a penalty again. The war of words over what to call the fine attached to the federal health

The Justice Department announced on Friday that it will not prosecute Attorney General Eric Holder for contempt of Congress. Holder heads the department. Deputy Attorney General James Cole said in

Berlin’s Jewish Hospital will suspend circumcisions after a German court ruled this week that performing the procedure on religious grounds is unlawful, a hospital spokesman said Friday. “We are suspending

Staten Island drivers are finally getting some significant toll relief. The Port Authority yesterday approved a plan to give E-ZPass users on its Staten Island bridges a steeply discounted toll

What’s the official symbol of the Kfar Sava municipality doing on an invitation to a missionary event being held in Australia? That’s the question many in Israel were asking recently,

A widely criticised German court verdict on religious circumcision this week aims only to delay the act, not ban it, and is not directed against any faith, a jurist with

The second heat wave of the summer will again test the power grid in our area just as a deadline comes for a possible Con Edison strike. Friday is expected

Science Minister Rabbi Dr. Daniel Hershkowitz, who heads the Bayit HaYehudi party visited the Sucker’s Tent in Jerusalem and strengthen their effort, stating “the chareidim must be drafted”. The minister

When the mercury passes 90, most New Yorkers start to wilt. Many resort to shorts and tank tops, even in the office. More than a few bankers and lawyers reach

Minister of Housing (Shas) Ariel Atias has significantly increased the amount of funding allocated to religious institutions, to the tune of 900% as compared to previous years according to a

While there are difference of opinion among members of the Plesner Committee, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has released another message to show his support for “sharing the burden”, emphasizing “everyone

Two rabbis helped facilitate a truce between missing millionaire Guma Aguiar’s feuding mother and wife, who took their $100 million battle to a Florida courtroom today. Aguiar, 35, vanished last

Peter Madoff, the brother of convicted Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff, is expected to enter a guilty plea Friday in Manhattan Federal Court. Madoff, 66, was taken into custody by the