After years of starts, stops and half-starts, the long-delayed expansion of New York’s Penn Station is set to begin. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey announced Tuesday

About a day after the announcement that early elections will not take place due to the formation of a coalition government, Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, who heads the Yisrael Beitenu

An avreich who was accompanied by his two small children on their way back from Kever Shimon HaTzaddik in Yerushalayim were attacked by an Arab male in what appears to

Police on Wednesday announced that they have solved the January 16, 2011 murder of Benny Hasa z”l, who headed Haifa’s Ashkenazi chevra kadisha. The niftar was gunned down, hit by

A 35-year-old avreich was seriously injured on Wednesday, while traveling to Beit Shemesh during the morning hours. The accident, which only involved his vehicle, occurred on the road from Maarat

A new Republican plan to set up a missile defense site on the East Coast has attracted election-year fireworks, with Democrats accusing the GOP of pushing the idea to undercut

At more than 180 U.S. airports, the Transportation Security Administration increasingly relies on full-body scanners. Their electromagnetic waves screen passengers for dense objects — both metallic and non-metallic threats —

MK (Ta’al) Talab el-Sana on Monday, addressed a session of Knesset but this time, he opted to speak in Arabic, his mother tongue. He simply took advantage of the final

Honenu reports that a suspect was arrested on suspicion of setting a police car on fire after the destruction of the Alei Ayin outpost approximately ten months ago. This morning,

On Wednesday, Yad Vashem will hold the official ceremony marking the anniversary of the Allied victory over Nazi Germany. The ceremony will take place with the participation of Minister of

With the media focusing on the expanded government coalition agreement signed between Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Kadima leader Shaul Mofaz, another agreement that was signed was lost in the

U.S. traffic deaths have hit their lowest level in over 60 years, according to federal estimates. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on Tuesday announced that 32,310 died in traffic

The following are statements from both campaigns: Statement from Councilman Lew Fidler: “We respect, but respectfully disagree with, the Court’s decision. Over 100 otherwise healthy people spontaneously declared themselves to

U.S. and Yemeni officials say the supposed would-be bomber at the heart of an al-Qaida airliner plot was actually an informant working for the CIA. The revelation, first reported by

Rav Chanoch Werdiger, founder of the Tov Party, responded to accusations from Rav Mordechai Blau that he abused public funding and the fact that Werdiger, who represents the “working chareidim”

There is much speculation and concern in the chareidi community with the announced surprise coalition deal which has pushed off early elections. The new coalition, which is 94 strong will

Heavy hearts, frustration and anger are some of the feelings that best describe the residents of Beit El’s Ulpana neighborhood as the nation’s High Court of Justice on Monday, stated

Veteran Shas MK Yitzchak Vaknin recently told party officials that he wishes to step down after serving in Knesset for 16 years. This occurred during chol hamoed Pesach, Kikar Shabbat

The Daily Politics Blog reports: Former Gov. George Pataki this morning called on President Obama to take a stand on gay marriage. “Either you’re for something or your against it,”