The Brooklyn man accused of murdering Leiby Kletzky Z”L this summer was back in court this morning. Levi Aron appeared in Brooklyn Criminal Court via web conference from Riker’s Island.

As was reported first on YWN, members of Hatzolah of Los Angeles, were called to search for a 48-year-old male who had gone missing. The missing individual, an avid hiker,

In an interesting conversation with the Politcker yesterday, Assemblyman Dov Hikind claimed that he received calls from US Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and Congressman Bob Turner just minutes apart after Turner

Officials in Azerbaijan have arrested 22 people suspected of plotting attacks on the American and Israeli embassies in the capital Baku, the Agence France Presse is reporting. The plot was

The NYPD’s security plan for the World Trade Center site is stirring concern among some lower Manhattan residents. NYPD’s proposed vehicle security plan for the trade center campus includes checkpoints

[AUDIO CLIP IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] Last week when we interviewed NYC Councilman David Greenfield over his opposition to the so called “Super-Jewish” district he told us that he was willing

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu expressed his deep sorrow the passing of the Vishnitzer Rebbe last night. “We have lost a very dear person, role model, a great leader who is

The levaya of the Vishnitzer Rebbe Rabbi Moshe Yehoshua Hager ZATZAL, 96, will begin at 1:00pm at the Vishnitz Beis Medrash in Bnei Brak. The kvura will take place in

YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of the Vizhnitzer Rebbe, HaRav Moshe Yehoshua Hager ZATZAL, just a few moments ago, at the age of 95. The family and

There were 232,000 visitor arrivals in Israel in February 2012, representing a 6% increase compared to February 2011 and a new record for Israel. Tourism Minister Stas Misezhnikov: “The increased

Rick Santorum delivered another sharp shock to Mitt Romney’s campaign Tuesday night, claiming victory in the Alabama and Mississippi presidential primaries and reinforcing — yet again — conservative hesitations about

The underside of the Brooklyn Bridge was struck by a crane being pushed by a tugboat around 8 p.m. According to NYC OEM, the crane hit temporary scaffolding beneath the

Honenu reports that two students of the Ateret Kohanim Mechina in the Old City of Jerusalem who were assaulted by a group of Arabs in the Muslim Quarter close to

Addressing a siyum coinciding with the yahrzeit of HaGaon HaRav Tzvi Yehuda Kook ZT”L, Minister of Justice Professor Yaakov Ne’eman focused on the rocket fire in southern Israel, telling the

The following are the latest headlines (03/13/12) on MonseyScoop.com, FlatbushScoop.com and BoroParkScoop.com, – all affiliates of YWN: The most recent site in the “Scoop Network” to have been launched is

This was the year New York State lawmakers were going to stop protecting incumbents by gerrymandering political maps to improve their re-election chances. Some 138 legislators signed a pledge saying

One million Israelis have been forced to run to nearest bomb shelters and safe rooms during the last 4 days, as missiles from radicals in Gaza fall on Israel’s population

A new poll shows a majority of New Jersey voters think the state is improving, and they appear to be crediting Gov. Chris Christie. The Fairleigh Dickinson University PublicMind Poll

Rick Santorum has clawed back to within striking distance of Mitt Romney nationally, according to Gallup’s latest five-day rolling average. Romney leads with 32 percent, followed by Rick Santorum at

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