(Click on image to enlarge) “Our kids are in the country, our husbands are in the city….keeping it all together” Join esteemed speakers Rabbi Zecharia Wallerstein of Ohr Naavah and

Not many electric cars need to charge up in the city yet, but a public parking lot on Ninth Ave. is the first in the city to offer them a

The MTA is considering a fare hike up to $2.50 – but only for riders who purchase single-ride paper tickets. The latest budget proposal is said to include the fare

Gov. Paterson is counting on a higher power to lead him out of the mess in Albany. The lame-duck governor has begun wearing a red string kabbalah bracelet – in

Less than a month after suing to clear the homeless camps off Cedar Bridge Avenue and Route 88, township officials have agreed to a compromise with advocates: the dozens of

Ever since Azriel Gross was a young boy he wanted to help others. As he grew up he took the steps needed to make his dream a reality. He took

The message on a billboard in New Jersey is stirring up a lot of controversy. It centers on whether a person suffering from a painful disease has the right to

City residents that are concerned about plans for a mosque to be built near the World Trade Center site will have to wait to see if it will actually be

3:30PM EST: Two Charedim, one of them a ZAKA Volunteer, were killed in a shooting on a Tel Aviv street on Wednesday evening, Kikar is reporting. One of them was

NYS Gov. David Paterson signed legislation Monday that expands the list of medical professionals authorized to draw blood from alleged drunken drivers without physician supervision, closing a loophole that has

Washington, DC – Cab driver Abraham Habteab says around 2 p.m., he picked up a well-dressed passenger at Union Station who wanted to ride to a hotel in Southwest D.C.

As the Hafganos against the desecration of Kevarim in Yafo continue, the Eida Charedis has come out forcefully against the types of Hafganos seen in the recent months. The Kol Koreh which is signed by Gaavad Hagon Rav Yitzchok Tuvia Weiss Shlita  and the rest of the  Eida leadership, was released this morning. The first warning is that […]

Kach activist Haim Pearlman was arrested Tuesday night by the Jerusalem Police on suspicion of involvement in the murder of a number of Palestinians. He is also suspected of attempted

Four US Senators want the state department to investigate whether BP played a role in last year’s release of a terrorist convicted in the Lockerbie bombing. Abdel Baset al-Megrahi was released from a Scottish prison after he was diagnosed with a terminal illness. The doctor who examined him now says he was paid off by […]

A man and his young son were uninjured when he lost control of his car on Kearsing Parkway and crashed into a retention pond, Ramapo police said this morning. The 36-year-old father, a resident of Monsey, was traveling west toward Route 306 Tuesday evening when he lost control of his 2002 Buick, police said. His car […]

Robert Gibbs, Barack Obama’s chief spokesman, got into hot water this week for daring to speak the truth – that the Democrats could lose control of the House of Representatives in November. But it could be even worse than that. Contrary to pretty much every projection until now, Democratic control of the Senate is also […]

New York City Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly on Tuesday announced that the NYPD is equipping police cars with a scrolling blue colored message display board mounted on the existing police light bar.  The first ten vehicles outfitted with the message boards were deployed earlier today to Manhattan and highway units in the Bronx, Queens […]

8:44PM EST: YWN regrets to inform you of a horrific tragedy which is still unfolding. What we have confirmed is that a grandfather in his 60’s, a resident of Chicago’s Frum community, was flying a private plane in Michigan which crashed, and R”L killed him, and 3 grandchildren – two 17-year-old’s, and one 15-year-old. A 13-year-old grandson […]