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Gasoline prices at the pump have climbed more than 7 cents per gallon in the past two weeks, but could plummet soon with declining crude oil prices, according to a

If using a massive dome to cover the source of the oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico doesn’t work, crews are preparing for another option: clogging it. Engineers are

Meir Rabin, referred to as the chief suspect in the Holyland investigation, was released to house arrest following over a month in jail. He will be remanded to 20 days

Representatives of the Eida Chareidis met on Sunday with the Director-General of the Prime Minister’s Office, Eli Gabbai, along with other officials seeking to address the conflict surrounding the new

The suspect in the failed Times Square bombing was likely working with the Taliban movement in Pakistan, President Obama’s top terrorism adviser said Sunday. John Brennan, the assistant to the

On erev shabbos at 5:00am, Mishael Abramov z”l headed for shul, walking to the Yismach Moshe Shul in the Hatikva neighborhood of Tel Aviv as was his daily practice. Two

A bill in response to the recent wave of anti-chareidi statements released by public officials will be placed on the desk of Knesset secretariat, a bill dubbed the Gazit-Huldai Bill.

[Update Below] According to a Kol Chareidi report, a chareidi yeshiva bachur in Kiev was brutally murdered, stabbed to death and his body cut into pieces. The murder occurred two

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Whipping winds wreaked havoc across the tri-state on Shabbos. Sustained winds of 40 miles per hour knocked down trees and tore down power lines across the region. In Midtown, streets

The National Transportation Safety Board will continue its investigation Sunday into what caused a ferry to crash into the Staten Island terminal in New York. At least 36 people were

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