The use of food stamps has increased dramatically in the U.S., as the federal government ramps up basic assistance to meet the demands of an increasingly desperate population. The number

A bomb was discovered on a Rome subway train at around 10 a.m. today, the city’s ATAC metro service said in an e-mailed statement. The ANSA and Apcom news agency

There was a kidnapping scare in Lakewood on Tuesday morning, after a young boy told her mother that his 9-year-old sister “was picked up in a private car, and not

A Qassam rocket exploded near a kindergarten in a kibbutz within the Ashkelon Coast Regional Council on Tuesday morning just as dozens of parents were bringing their children to school.

Police Department ran an antiterrorism exercise simulating an attack on the city. A team of terrorists unleashed a coordinated series of bombings and gun attacks around the city in the

CBS News chief investigative correspondent Armen Keteyian reports the latest terror attack to America involves the possible use of poisons – simultaneous attacks targeting hotels and restaurants at many

The top communications regulator won support to pass contentious new rules for Internet traffic, a move likely to face legal challenges and create uncertainty about Internet regulation. The Federal Communications

8:50PM EST: Tragedy struck the Monsey Jewish community on Monday night, when a Frum woman was R”L struck and killed by a vehicle. Sources tell YWN that the middle-aged woman

5:05PM EST: According to an exclusive report by www.FlatbushScoop.com, the NYPD officer who forced an Orthodox man to write on Shabbos, is being transferred out of the precinct, and out

New York’s top court has rejected a Democratic state senator’s request for a full manual recount in his narrow loss to a Republican newcomer on Long Island. That ruling will

After months of investigation, Governor David Paterson has been given a $62,000 fine for unlawfully obtaining Yankees tickets. The State Commission on Public Integrity announced the fine today, after concluding

Brooklyn – This morning Councilman David G. Greenfield condemned the desecration of Brooklyn’s largest Jewish cemetery and offered a one thousand dollar reward for information leading to the arrest and

On December 9, 2010, Internal Revenue Service Commissioner, Douglas Shulman, announced that the IRS is considering another formal “voluntary disclosure” program for U.S. taxpayers who own, or have an interest

On Sunday afternoon, dozens of Israel Security Forces from the GSS, and special police units wearing civilian clothes, raided a building under construction in the neighborhood of Kiryat Belz, in

(Photos of the desecration posted below) Police are looking for the vandals who toppled gravestones in a Jewish cemetery in Brooklyn, authorities said yesterday. The crime took place in Washington

An Israel Defense Forces soldier claimed Monday that three Arabs allegedly attempted to kidnap him from a petrol station near Jerusalem. The IDF soldier, who claimed that he was attacked

YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of Dr. Shlomo Adler Z”L, better known in London as “Malach Refoel”. Dr. Adler served the Jewish Community of London and beyond,

Seattle – “Israeli War Crimes,” the enormous advertisement reads. “Your tax dollars at work.” To the right of the image is a group of children — one little boy stares

While the blizzards play havoc with flight schedules in Europe, the ZAKA organization – best known for its immediate response in times of emergency and tragedy – moved into high

Police temporarily shut down Terminal A at Newark-Liberty International Airport on Monday as a precaution. A suspicious package was found at a security checkpoint at about 8 a.m. The suspicious

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