New York State’s legislative leaders were congratulating themselves for finally passing a budget on Monday, despite the fact that the budget was a historic 125 days late. Amid the $136
12:28PM EST: New documents produced in response to a Freedom of Information Act request show that U.S. District Court Chief Judge Linda Reade met frequently with the law-enforcement team that
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As reported earlier by YWN Israel, SuperBus drivers staged a partial strike this morning, which affected mainly their Modi’in Illit-Yerushalayim-Bnei Brak routes. The strike was over after a number of
Once again Vice President Joe Biden’s motorcade has been involved in an MVA, sources tell YWN. This latest accident involved two motorcycles from the NYPD Highway Unit, and occurred on
There are many requests and appeals made within our community. Ours is unique. An appeal for a family. A family, who can open its home and its heart and who
There were hundreds of people in attendance yesterday at the funeral of Lieutenant Colonial Dov Harari HY”D. Lt. Col. Harari, who was 45 years old and a resident of Netanya,
The Israeli widow of a New York City rabbi killed in the Mumbai terrorist attacks of 2008 can remain in the United States permanently. Michael Wildes told the New York
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As captured First Sergeant Gilad Shalit’s 24th birthday took place yesterday, people gathered by the Shalit family tent base camp in the Rechavia neighborhood of Yerushalayim to mark his 1500th
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Tens of thousands of residents in Kiryat Sefer and Beit Shemesh may be stranded with out means of transportation next week. Kikar Hashabbat reports that the Superbus Employee Union, which
A 26-year-old Chicago man, who authorities believed was planning to travel to Somalia and engage in jihadist fighting with a terrorist group, was arrested last night just hours before he
5:30PM EST: A Frum man R”L drowned a short while ago, in the waters off the shore of Atlantic City, NJ. Although details are still sketchy, sources tell YWN that
Montgomery County Police have made an arrest in the series of hate-based vandalisms that occurred in Olney, Maryland. Ian Jacob Baron, age 23, formerly of Olney, was arrested Wednesday morning.
A federal judge in Washington has sided against Russia in a dispute over the return of thousands of religious books, manuscripts and rabbinical teachings that remain overseas. The Chabad-Lubavitch sect
Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani’s daughter was arrested this afternoon for allegedly shoplifting at an Upper East Side beauty store, according to law enforcement sources. Caroline Giuliani, 20, who lives in
[Video & Photo links below] President of Israel Shimon Peres greeted 234 new Israeli citizens at a ceremony welcoming this summer’s second chartered Aliyah flight organized by Nefesh B’Nefesh and
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