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A stamp that mistakenly featured the image of a Statue of Liberty replica in Las Vegas instead of the original New York Statue will...

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top U.S. infectious disease expert, said Monday the nation should consider a vaccination mandate for domestic air travel, signaling a...

Federal safety officials said Wednesday they've confirmed there were birds in both engines of the US Airways airliner that ditched into New York's Hudson...

Robotic vacuum cleaners halted in their tracks. Doorbell cameras stopped watching for package thieves, though some of those deliveries were canceled anyway. Netflix and...

Police Commissioner Ray Kelly will be appearing twice within a couple of weeks in Orthodox Jewish strongholds in Brooklyn, areas where at least one...

Two scientists in spacesuits, stark white against the auburn terrain of desolate plains and dunes, test a geo-radar built to map Mars by dragging...

An 86-year-old sugar mill worker with 31 years on the job fatally shot his boss after he was refused another year at the mill,...

Hurricane Maria smashed into Dominica with 160 mph winds, ripping the roof off even the prime minister's residence and causing what he called "mind-boggling"...

With the reports that were leaked in recent months, it was abundantly clear that the addition of the shechita of Rav Yosef Efrati Shlita...

Hatzolah Medics requesting two Medevacs to respond in Fallsburg for serious injuries from an MVA @ Gamble Road and Route 42. Possible landing zones...

Six elderly men were attacked while walking to Shul in the heart of Williamsburg, Monday morning. It happened just after 6:00AM, when the suspect(s) carried...

In an effort to honor El Al's commitment not to cause chilul shabbos, 120 passengers of an El Al flight who thought they would...

Today on the Internet, you can find much information about online casinos, their advantages, and their features. However, it is still not easy to...

The private companies that make voting equipment and build and maintain voter registration databases lack any meaningful federal oversight despite the crucial role they...

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Former U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut details in a new book how aid from top Republicans — including strategist Karl Rove — helped...

9:00PM IL: It is now cleared to release that an IDF soldier was killed by mistaken gunfire in the Kissufim area. Golani Brigade forces...

The White House on Wednesday accused North Korea of covertly shipping a “significant number” of artillery shells to Russia in support of its invasion...

The last holiday season was far from the most wonderful time of the year for the U.S. Postal Service: Sick and quarantined workers, a...

The body of a famed U.S. extreme skier who went missing this week after falling from the world’s eighth-highest mountain was recovered Wednesday and...

Lebanon and Israel have reached an agreement on a framework of indirect, U.S.-mediated talks over a longstanding disputed maritime border between the two countries,...

U.S. officials believe as many as 20 million Americans have contracted the coronavirus, suggesting millions had the virus and never knew it. That’s nearly 10...

Rescuers searching a mountainside in Nepal on Monday recovered the bodies of 21 of the 22 people who were on board a plane that...

Space shuttle Discovery arrived at the international space station Tuesday, delivering one last set of solar wings that should boost the orbiting complex to...

An 8-year-old boy’s victory as New York state chess champion will be his family’s ticket out of a homeless shelter. The New York Times reported...

A severe storm system pummeled parts of the Midwest overnight with tornadoes, huge hailstones and powerful winds, damaging dozens of buildings and injuring at...

Democrats won't pick their nominee for another year, but President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden are acting like the 2020 presidential...

NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg told CBS Evening News Anchor Katie Couric yesterday that the suspect behind the bombing attempt could be a domestic terrorist angry...

President Shimon Peres this week, on Wednesday, is expected to meet with Kadima leader Tzipi Livni and Likud leader Binyamin Netanyahu as he begins...

The rabbonim who head hesder yeshivot around Eretz Yisrael will convene in urgent session today, Sunday, to discuss their next move surrounding the crisis...

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President Donald Trump accused the Justice Department Tuesday of being part of the "deep state" and urged prosecution against a top aide to former...

A mysterious figure who used a rare narwhal tusk to help subdue a knife-wielding extremist on London Bridge last month has been identified as...

New York City - Consolidated Edison electric rates are set to increase by 6.1 percent, after state regulators ruled yesterday that they had no...

Two U.S. military veterans who disappeared three months ago while fighting Russia with Ukrainian forces were among 10 prisoners, including five British nationals, released...