Prosecutors are still looking to charge Bernard Madoff’s wife, Ruth, and other relatives, according to court papers filed by the Ponzi king’s former director of operations. Daniel Bonventre, who’s charged
A Baltimore judge rejected efforts Monday to halt an overseas trip by the Jewish patrol group member who is charged with assaulting a teen in Northwest Baltimore. Prosecutors were worried
Sana’a, Yemen – By most estimates, only several hundred Jews remain in Yemen today, split into two communities that have little to do with each other. An enclave numbering fewer
4:00PM: YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of Rebbitzen Sarah Pam A”H, just moments ago. Rebbitzen Pam was the wife of Hagon Rav Avraham Yaakov HaKohen Pam ZATZAL,
Johnson and Johnson will partner with Massachusetts General Hospital to develop and market a blood test that could find a single cancer cell circulating in a person’s blood, the company
The trash that has been piling up since the snowstorm will be gone “hopefully in the next three or four days,” Mayor Bloomberg promised Monday. But with only half the
A new organization, founded by orthodox Jews, made the “mistake” of paying for an advertisement in multiple Jewish newspapers, including the Forward, seeking a live donor for a kidney to
Last Monday, December 27, passengers on a A train in Queens were stranded for seven hours in the wake of the blizzard. Now, a Manhattan lawyer representing some of those
Middletown, NY – Hundreds of Orange County onlookers gathered with elected officials and members of the clergy to witness the swearing in of Carl DuBois as sheriff for a third
Drivers should grab some extra quarters if you plan on parking on the streets of New York Monday. Thanks to new meter rate hikes, parking in Manhattan south of 86th
The State Prosecutor’s Office is considering ways to alleviate the confinement conditions of Yigal Amir, who assassinated former Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. One of the options being examined is to
Following are outgoing Mossad Director Meir Dagan’s remarks at the weekly Cabinet meeting Sunday: “I admit that that I am not as good at words as most of those sitting
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo will seek a one-year salary freeze for state workers as part of an emergency financial plan he will lay out in his State of the State
The college-age daughter of the top Port Authority police officer at JFK Airport got a PA officer to chauffeur her home to New Jersey after her plane was diverted from
New York state’s kosher law-enforcement division has been gutted, sparking concerns in parts of the Jewish community that the cuts raise the risk of fraud in the billion-dollar-plus kosher-food industry.
The acting head of the State Police defied Gov. Cuomo and tried to give outgoing Gov. David Paterson a costly, round-the-clock security detail and free chauffeur service for 30 days
Facebook has received investments that place the social network’s value at $50 billion, according to a published report. Goldman Sachs and an unnamed Russian investor have invested $500 million in
Earlier Sunday, YWN posted a story about thousands of dead birds which suddenly fell out of the sky. Now, CNN is reporting that just 125 miles away, there is a
A suicidal man plummeted nine stories and survived in midtown Sunday when he landed on a trash heap that had piled up since last week’s blizzard slammed the city, officials
One of the rabbis who initiated a letter urging Jews not to rent homes to Arabs was interrogated by police on suspicion of incitement to racism Sunday. Safed’s chief rabbi,
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