The PCS Job-Seeker’s Guide; How to Choose an Occupation (Part 5)
It’s a simple, well documented fact: People who are happy in their jobs are eminently more successful over time than those who are not....
Greenfield Questions NYPD Traffic Chief About Excessive Parking Tickets
At a hearing of the New York City Council’s Committee on Public Safety yesterday, Councilman David Greenfield used the opportunity to question the NYPD’s...
Governor Paterson, Top Officials To Take Questions In Blog
NYS Governor Paterson today announced the launch of the Straight Talk, Straight Answers blog where the Governor and senior administration officials will respond directly...
PHOTOS: The Latest On The Stolen Sifrei Torah In Boro Park
The following is the WCBSTV article regarding the stolen Sifrei Torah story, which was first reported by YWN just minutes after the theft...
Australia Moves To Ban Logos On Cigarette Packs
Australia could become the first country in the world to require cigarette packages to be stripped of logos and designs.
By July 2012, all cigarettes...
Chareidi Councilman Pindrus Comes Under Fire for Disparaging Remark
As the Emanuel Beis Yaakov case takes a prominent place in Thursday’s news in Israel, with the sides and parents appearing before the Supreme...
Yishai to Visit the White House
It appears the White House is adopting a different approach towards actualizing its demands to halt construction in Yerushalayim, extending an invitation to Deputy...
Holyland Suspect Rabin Remanded for a Third Time
Meir Rabin, portrayed by police as the main suspect in the ongoing Holyland investigation was remanded for an additional six days on Wednesday afternoon...
Bloomberg Blasts New Arizona Immigration Law: We’re Committing National Suicide
A fired-up Mayor Bloomberg warned the U.S. "is committing national suicide" by passing the buck on implementing comprehensive immigration reform.
Hizzoner delivered the blunt message...
R’ Yaakov Yosef to Arbitrate Emanuel Beis Yaakov Case
2:04PM IL: In an unexpected move, the High Court of Justice on Thursday ruled in the Emanuel Beis Yaakov case that HaGaon HaRav Yaakov...
Scott Rothstein Associate Pleads Not Guilty To Money-Laundering
One of Scott Rothstein's closest confidantes at his defunct Fort Lauderdale law firm pleaded not guilty Wednesday to a money-laundering conspiracy charge alleging she...
Grand Jury Indicts Two Men for Mailing Hoax Anthrax Letters
A federal grand jury Wednesday indicted two men in connection with a series of hoax anthrax letters that were mailed in Alabama this month...
Delta Flight 273 Passenger Charged With Making False Bomb Threats
Derek Michael Stansberry, a U.S. citizen and resident of Riverview, Fla., was charged Wednesday in a criminal complaint in the District of Maine with...
Bidding Farewell to the Verrazano-Narrows Defunct Toll Booths
MTA and local officials recently gathered at the Verrazano-Narrows toll plaza for a final goodbye. The Brooklyn-bound toll booths, dormant since one-way tolling began...
Plan To Silence NYC Tour Buses Rolls Along
Noisy tour buses that aggravate some New Yorkers are about to be a thing of the past.
The City Council is expected a pass a...
Badly Injured Miami-Dade Police Officer Still In Critical Condition
Smashed in the head with a cinderblock on Friday, Miami-Dade detective Carlos Castillo has been in and out of a coma and remains in...
Israel: When it Comes to One’s Powerbase, Ideology is Out the Window
As Binyamin Netanyahu continues efforts to block a Likud Central Committee vote, a vote that most predict will boost the representation of the Manhigut...
Levaya Of Rav Efrayim Zuravin ZATZAL; Mechaber ‘Mishnas Rav Aron’
YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of Rav Efrayim Zuravin ZATZAL, (69) Rosh Kollel of Ahavas Torah Vchesed in Lakewood, following a...