The Al Jazeera America cable news network said Wednesday it will shut down two and a half years after its launch, a victim of a rough business environment and political

Shas’ Meshulam Nahari has assumed his new post as Deputy Interior Minister, serving under newly-appointed Minister of the Interior Aryeh Deri, the Shas party leader. The cabinet announced it approves

10:00: The following update is provided by Tel Hashomer Hospital. President Peres earlier today, Thursday, 4 Shevat, arrived in the hospital complaining of chest pain. It was determined that the

At least three winning tickets were sold in a record $1.5 billion Powerball drawing, including one in Florida, one in Tennessee and one in suburban Los Angeles, a California lottery

Former President Shimon Peres was taken to Tel Hashomer Hospital in Tel Aviv complaining of chest pain. The 93-year-old former President and Nobel Prize laureate was transported in a MDA

At least three suicide bombers exploded themselves in a Starbucks cafe in downtown Jakarta on Thursday while two gunmen attacked a police post nearby, a witness told The Associated Press.

A terrorist armed with a knife was shot dead by IDF soldiers shortly before 9:00AM on Thursday morning, 4 Shevat, in yet another attempted Palestinian terror attack. B’chasdei Hashem soldiers

A winning ticket in Wednesday night’s record $1.5 billion Powerball jackpot was sold in suburban Los Angeles, a spokesman for the California lottery says. It could take several hours before

According to Health Ministry data, since the beginning of winter 5776, eighty-eight people have been diagnosed with the flu, of which nine have died. Most of the diagnosis’s have been

The estimated Powerball jackpot was holding steady at $1.5 billion just hours ahead of Wednesday night’s drawing, though same-day ticket sales could push the record-breaking amount even higher. Lottery officials

A chareidi couple was arrested on drug charges in the Ukraine at the airport two weeks ago. The couple arrived on a visit to Kivrei Tzaddikim and was planning to

An Israel Police spokesman announced arrests in a diploma-for-sale operation as a result of a joint investigation with customs agents. Thirteen suspects have been arrested. They are suspected of playing

The Following is VIA OnlySimchas.com The Lakewood Cheder and Bais Faiga Executive Director, Rabbi Yosef Posen, recently sent out a letter to all faculty and staff members to let them

Thanks in part to a decisive response by nonprofit organizations including Agudath Israel of America, the IRS has retracted its proposal that nonprofits collect the social security numbers of donors

Two fresh faces in the Republican Party — House Speaker Paul Ryan and South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley — are offering messages of diversity and openness to immigrants that could

Housing Minister (Kulanu) Yoav Gallant responded to a query from chareidi Members of Knesset regarding plans for construction for the chareidi sector. The minister promised “We will build areas specifically

The Republican National Committee has started preparing for a contested national convention, which would follow the primary season should no GOP candidate for president win enough delegates to secure the

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo earlier today included a $150 million Education Tax Credit proposal in his executive budget proposal for the state’s new fiscal year. The two major components