Stocks tumbled Wednesday amid light volume as investors continued to lose confidence in the strength of the global economy in the wake of the Federal Reserve’s grimmer outlook and a
Canada Post is advising customers that it is unable to accept outgoing mail to the Gaza Strip. In a statement to customers on Tuesday, Canada Post said it has been
U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Ranking Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and U.S. Rep. Peter T. King (R-NY), Ranking Republican on the House Homeland Security Committee, issued a
Thousands of British online banking customers have fallen victim to a sophisticated attack by cyber criminals who have stolen thousands of pounds from their accounts. About 3,000 online banking customers
Following the debacle in the city of Emanuel, we of the Orthodox world, must take a good hard look at what really happened there and why. We must evaluate our
Toyota Motors said Wednesday it’s halting shipments to Iran following international moves to put financial and commercial pressure on Tehran to curb its nuclear ambitions. “It is true that Toyota
Newly-released figures show an increase in the number of people are being stopped and frisked by police. Numbers provided to the City Council by the New York City Police Department
Your thumbprint might soon be the key to an afternoon candy bar. A Massachusetts based vending machine company is joinng the growing ranks of companies that are field-testing new technologies.
Jewish terror suspect Haim Pearlman has been released from prison Wednesday and ordered to stay under house arrest at his parents’ home in the West Bank community of Tekoa. The
Mayor Bloomberg’s popularity rating has dropped to its lowest level in five years, in part because of his ardent defense of a proposed mosque several blocks from Ground Zero, according
As rosh chodesh ushers in the beginning of the new zman, bachurim, children, and avreichim flock to their yeshivos, chedarim, and kollelim as they start their last month of the
On Yom Kippur Katan / Erev Rosh Chodesh Elul, thousands of people had the zechus of davening by the kevarim of the avos Hakedoshim – as the entire Ma’aras HaMachpela
Police are on the lookout for two suspects who shot a Hasidic man in his stomach, then laughed at him as he lay bleeding on a quiet residential street in
For the past 30 years, the Jewish Chapel located on the 2nd floor of Mount Sinai Medical Center has served not only as a functioning shul within the hospital, but
(Click on image to enlarge) According to the TMZ website, NBA player LeBron James paid Rabbi Yoshiyahu Yosef Pinto six figures to sit in on a merchandising meeting on a
Over the past few weeks in Israel, there has been a sharp increase in traffic accidents when compared to previous years. Bein Hazmanim in Israel starts after Tish’a B’Av and
Governor David Paterson says he understands why some people are objecting to plans for a mosque near the World Trade Center side and is offering an alternative to the developers.
The U.S. Supreme Court is preparing to rule on the constitutionality of an Arizona tax credit program that enables taxpayers to receive a dollar-for-dollar reduction in their annual tax bill
Riverdale, NY – The Riverdale Chapter of Hatzalah Volunteer Ambulance, the largest all-volunteer ambulance service in the United States, honored the Verizon Foundation for its recent grant of $30,000 to
The global H1N1 pandemic is over, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization said Tuesday. “We are moving out of the pandemic into the post-pandemic
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