Vandals struck at four synagogues and a Jewish school in Cote St. Luc and Hampstead very early Sunday morning, hurling rocks through windows of the buildings. The synagogues struck were

Cigarettes start to destroy a smoker’s DNA within minutes of inhaling, new research indicates, suggesting that the habit causes immediate genetic damage and quickly raises the short-term risk for cancer.

8:10PM EST: YWN has learned that one of the Bochrim who was arrested in Japan has been released from an Israeli prison – where he was serving his prison sentence.

The old John McCain was back Sunday, writing a gallant tribute to President Obama – and delivering a veiled rebuke to former running mate Sarah Palin. The Arizona senator who

2:54PM EST: A well-known Charedi Askan was just shot and killed in Haifa, YWN Israel has learned. The incident occurred just a few minutes ago, when gunshots rang out. MDA

Iran has been developing contacts in more than 30 countries to acquire technology, equipment and raw materials needed to build a nuclear bomb, a Norwegian newspaper said on Sunday, citing

Market Research firm ChangeWave has conducted a survey that looked at the possible impact of the Verizon iPhone on U.S. wireless service providers and their subscribers. Published earlier this week,

10:00AM: Flatbush Shomrim & Flatbush Hatzolah have just launched a search for a missing child on Avenue T and East 12th Street. The child is reported to be a 10-year-old

Defiant Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan—who failed to call a snow emergency in the post-holiday blizzard but escaped unscathed in the public storm that followed—has now dragged NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly

New Jersey State Police, with the help of an informant, arrested Jahmell W. Crockam, 19, in the early hours of Sunday morning. A source told News 4 New York that

7:00AM EST: Highly credible sources tell YWN that the suspect who shot and killed Lakewood Police Officer Christopher Matlosz on Friday afternoon has just been arrested. Our sources tell us,

New Yorkers can’t smoke in restaurants, bars or at work — or inside their own apartments, apparently. An Upper East Side cigar smoker said he’s done everything to appease the

A group of 20 Israelis was rescued Saturday evening from Tunisia, where a violent uprising has succeeded in overturning the government. The complicated mission was orchestrated by a number of

Chief Rabbi Shlomo Amar has adopted Rabbi Ovadia Yosef’s halachic ruling which legitimizes all conversions performed by the Israel Defense Forces in recent years, Ynet has learned. Rabbi Amar has

One of the victims from the Tucson shootings has been arrested and involuntarily committed to a mental health facility, according to the Pima County Sheriff’s Office. Eric Fuller was arrested

The Dimona complex in the Negev desert is famous as the heavily guarded heart of Israel’s never-acknowledged nuclear arms program, where neat rows of factories make atomic fuel for the

Lakewood Police Officer Christopher Matlosz, 27, was shot and killed in the line of duty, at approximately 4:30PM on Friday afternoon. Officer Matlosz was patrolling the township and drove onto

Murder charges have been filed against Jahmell W. Crockam, 19, in the killing of township police Officer Christopher Matlosz, Ocean County Prosecutor Marlene Lynch Ford said this afternoon. Crockam, 19,

Lakewood is a dangerous place to be a police officer with two officers killed in the line of duty since 2007. Christopher Matlosz is the first police officer to be

The NYPD has joined the massive hunt for a New Jersey cop killer. Lakewood police asked city cops to keep their eyes peeled for Jahmell Crockam, the on-the-lam 19-year old

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