New York City could lose $1 billion in education aid from the state, forcing the nation’s largest school system to cut more than 21,000 teachers, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Friday.
Iranian opposition leader Mir-Hossein Mousavi issued a strong statement of support Saturday for the Tunisian revolution that ousted longtime strongman Zine el Abidine ben Ali and the ongoing uprising against
Video shot on Saturday morning in Cairo by Egypt’s Daily News, an English-language newspaper, gives a sense of the confusion there about which side the military is on. The newspaper’s
“The American government secretly backed leading figures behind the Egyptian uprising,” British newspaper The Daily Telegraph reported Saturday. According to the report, the US-backed figures have been planning a regime
[ALL UPDATES ARE FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON – UPDATES FROM MOTZEI SHABBOS IN STORIES ABOVE] As darkness fell Friday, thousands of angry Egyptians defied a government curfew and stinging police tear
Stocks tumbled, putting the market’s eight-week win streak at risk, as fears over unrest in Egypt sent oil prices surging and investors scurrying to safer assets. The Dow Jones Industrial
For just $100, you too might be able to own a copy of President Obama’s birth records. Democratic lawmakers in Hawaii introduced a bill this week that would allow anybody
[Videos below of President Regan’s speech, and footage of explosion] Today marks the 25th anniversary of the Challenger explosion. Seven people, one of them a school teacher, died in a
On the same day that Egypt has suspended online activity, Syria has also blocked internet service. Syria is known for a tight control of the internet, which was tightened further
FBI agents have executed 40 search warrants throughout the United States as part of an investigation into recent coordinated cyber attacks targeting major companies, the agency said. The United Kingdom’s
Charedi leaders have voiced concern about the government’s plans to raise the school leaving age from 16 to 18 in a meeting with Schools Minister Nick Gibb. A delegation from
A CNN crew working to cover the clashes between security forces and protesters in Cairo felt the wrath of Egypt’s police on Friday. CNN senior international correspondent Ben Wedeman said
Think you had a bad snow day yesterday? Just be happy you don’t live in NYC Councilman Lew Fidler’s district. His streets are some of the worst in Brooklyn when
Fox News reports: The revolution may have started in Tunisia where ongoing protests forced the country’s foreign minister to step down Thursday. It then spread to Egypt on Tuesday, taking
As is the custom of a snowy Baltimore morning, there was a plethora of closings that spanned the educational and business sectors. However, the business of chesed was fully operational,
6:48M EST: [UPDATES BELOW] The social site Twitter is abuzz at this moment with reports that Egypt has shut down the Internet in the country. Reports claim that it was
The Illinois Supreme Court ruled today that Rahm Emanuel can stay on the ballot for mayor of Chicago. The decision comes without a moment to spare; early voting for the
Another tremendous storm hit the NY area and once again made transportation by road or air virtually impossible. The return flight from Eretz Yisroel for Rabbi Eli and R’ Reuven
Politico reports: President Barack Obama has settled on Jay Carney, communications director for Vice President Joe Biden and former Washington bureau chief for TIME magazine, to replace Robert Gibbs as
The CliffViewPilot reports: A two-day neo-Nazi conference – capped by a rally on the steps of the Statehouse in Trenton – is being planned for New Jersey, possibly without the
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