Nine months after anti-Semitic remarks forced her to resign from her post as a White House correspondent, Helen Thomas remains unrepentant, demanding an apology from President Barack Obama and defending
YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of Hagon Rav Levi Dicker ZATZAL. the Rosh Yeshiva of Bell Harbor (Merkaz Hatorah). He was Niftar late Friday afternoon after an
Please note that YWN will be updated throughout Purim with any major news stories, and will resume normal postings after Purim. Please be aware, that the NYPD will have zero
Councilman David G. Greenfield successfully suspended MTA track construction in Midwood and Boro Park for the Purim holiday following concerns from constituents about heavy equipment and street closures during the
President Obama warned Col. Muammar al-Qaddafi on Friday to “fully comply” with a new United Nations resolution that calls for him to cease fire against rebels or face consequences from
As President Barack Obama was set to depart on an overseas trip Friday, he faced some sobering news back home — a school bearing his name was to be shuttered
Taking menthol cigarettes off the market would benefit public health, the Food and Drug Administration’s Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee concluded Friday after a year of reviewing the issue. Panel
Rabbi Yissachar Dov Krakowski is Rov of Kehilas Torah Ve’Chesed in Yerushalayim’s Nachlaot Neighborhood. Rabbi Krakowski also serves as a Rabbinical representative for OU Kashrus in Israel. Rabbi Krakowski has
Two hospital employees are facing charges in connection with the 2008 death of a Brooklyn woman whose family claims she died while waiting 24 hours in a hospital emergency room
There is much Simcha in the Meah Shearim area of Yerushalayim on Erev Shabbos, Parshas Zachor. News spread quickly that twin girls were born to Reb Yosef Yoel Cohen Shlita
In the wake of two deadly tour bus accidents, state inspectors have taken 10 drivers out of service. Inspectors stopped 36 buses from the Canadian border to Long Island today,
The New York Times, one of the nation’s largest national newspapers, is erecting a pay wall for access to its website and mobile apps starting March 28. The digital subscription
The ex-con charged with shoving a cop to his death in Brooklyn said Thursday the only crime he committed was roughing up his fiancé. “The only thing I’m guilty of
Japan’s nuclear and industrial safety agency on Friday raised the level for the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant from a 4 to 5 — putting it on par
The Federal Aviation Administration this year for the first time granted approval for two charter companies to use iPads instead of the bulky paper charts and manuals that pilots have
After Governor Andrew Cuomo and four legislative leaders met behind closed doors in Albany Thursday to discuss the state budget, there remain unquestioned answers over whether some education funding will
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has voted on a resolution authorising a no-fly zone over Libya and “all necessary measures” – code for military action – to protect civilians.
Washington, DC – Congressman Eliot Engel (D-NY-17) issued the following statement in response to the murder of the Fogel family in Gaza by Palestinian terrorists. The family, both parents and
[PHOTO LINK BELOW] The Skulener Rebbi Shlit”a along with other Rabbanim, all of whom are well aware of how the economic crisis has hit the Boro Park Community, gathered together
Mayor Richard Daley acknowledged today passengers on a flight from Tokyo had set off radiation detectors at O’Hare International Airport, but he offered no details and said federal officials will
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