State leaders yesterday ruled out the possibility of a government shutdown today, but Gov. Paterson said he was giving lawmakers “a warning period” of two weeks before forging ahead with

Responding to international pressure, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has announced Israel will launch a probe into the Mavi Marama commando operation, a probe that will compel the establishment of a

7:34AM IL: Three policemen were injured by terrorist gunfire near Beit Chaggai in the Southern Chevron Hills area early Monday morning. It appears the gunfire was directed at a police

A chance meeting between a confidential government informant and a former Wal-Mart stock clerk will be a key piece of a criminal trial that begins this week for four men

For Yosef Moshe Lefkowitz, this erev shabbos is one that he and his family will never forget. R’ Lefkowitz and his son were heading to the Kosel on eruv shabbos

As Israel continues high-level diplomatic efforts to prevent the extradition of Uri Brodsky, a suspected Mossad agent from Poland to Germany, for fear he will then be sent to stand

Executives of the Electra Company are reportedly angered over reports of an imminent Eida Chareidis boycott of the firm in light of renewed excavations at a Jaffa construction site. The

Jewish Community activists from NYC and Upstate NY gathered this past Thursday evening to support Orange County Sheriff Carl DuBois in his bid for reelection. They were joined by many

Spirit Airlines customers will be scrambling to find other flights again today as a pilots strike enters its second day. The airline has canceled all of today’s flights. This, after

Batken, Kyrgyzstan – Rioting spread across the south of this strategically important Central Asian nation on Sunday as the authorities failed to contain mobs that appeared to be increasingly engaging

Asra Kadisha and the Eida Chareidis began targeting Electra with threats of a boycott a number of weeks ago, as was reported by YWN-ISRAEL since the electronic company giant is

Iran does not appear to be taking UN Resolution 1929 sitting down and Tehran is making threats after the international body voted to impose a fourth round of sanctions last

With budget talks intensifying, Governor Christie on Friday ordered his Cabinet to begin planning to shut down state government July 1 if there is no deal by the constitutional deadline.

President Obama urged reluctant lawmakers Saturday to quickly approve nearly $50 billion in emergency aid to state and local governments, saying the money is needed to avoid “massive layoffs of

According to a Dir Spiegel report, shortly after an Israeli national [reported by the foreign media as being an alleged Mossad Intelligence Agency agent] was arrested in Poland, Israeli diplomatic

That’s so not kosher. A kosher-food company is suing the Mets, claiming that it has lost a half-million dollars in profits because the team has forbidden its stands to sell

It does not take too much for Israel to succumb to international pressure these days and once again, the enemies of the Jewish state can chalk up a victory. Israel

As Gov. Paterson yesterday put a new round of more than $300 million in budget cuts on the table, he and legislative leaders played a high-stakes game of chicken over