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The second span of the new Kosciuszko Bridge between Brooklyn and Queens will open to traffic in September. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced the end date Monday during a
YWN-Israel regrets to inform you of the petira of HaGaon HaRav Avraham Tucker ZT”L, who was niftar in Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek Hospital on Tuesday, May 7, 2019, at the age
There was a fire at the Skulener Bais Medrash in Boro Park, early Tuesday morning. The FDNY was on the scene just after 2:00AM for a fire in the basement
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A building has collapsed on Avenue P and East 5th Street in Flatbush, after an out-of-control vehicle slammed into it on Monday night. The incident prompted a massive response from
Hate is on the rise. Anti-Semites and Neo-Nazis are everywhere and coming out of the woodwork. YWN is not in the business of exposing every last Jew-hater out there, but
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has made it official: The administration won’t be turning President Donald Trump’s tax returns over to the Democratic-controlled House. Mnuchin told Ways and Means Committee Chairman
Accusing Beijing of “reneging” on commitments it made in earlier talks, the nation’s top trade negotiator said Monday that the Trump administration will increase tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese
A video showing children speaking in Arabic about sacrifice and chopping off heads wasn’t vetted before being posted on the Facebook page for the Muslim American Society’s Philadelphia chapter, and
Israeli crop protection service teams identified isolated details of locusts in four communities in the central Aravah. The Ministry of Agriculture is concerned about the flying of the grasshoppers, which
Capping a week in which her testy exchange with Attorney General William Barr went viral, Sen. Kamala Harris on Sunday told a crowd of thousands gathered at a dinner hosted
The Jewish community Staten Island offers a variety of different shuls for every type of community member. As part of the community’s efforts to encourage families to move to Staten Island,
The Trump administration warned China and Russia on Monday that the U.S. won’t stand for aggressive moves in the Arctic region, which is rapidly opening up to development and commerce
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