In a presidential campaign where candidates are jockeying to be champions of the middle class and asking wealthy people for money, the problems facing the poor are inching into the
Senate Republican Majority Leader Dean Skelos is set to be arrested on federal corruption charges next week, which would be the latest blow to a state Legislature that is reeling
National outrage over the death of a black man while in police custody and the speed with which a prosecutor decided to charge the officers who arrested him could have
Nearly three-quarters of Americans say it’s acceptable for the U.S. to use an unmanned aerial drone to kill an American citizen abroad if that person has joined a terror organization,
A design panel commissioned to renovate New York’s decrepit LaGuardia Airport has recommended sweeping changes including the creation of a great hall. Panel officials Thursday announced a new main entrance
A check clearing company relied upon by many in Bnei Brak has announced bankruptcy resulting in tens of millions of shekels in checks being returned. The business is run by
The most-used medicines in Medicare’s prescription drug program are generics, but the program spends the most on brand-name drugs, led by the heartburn treatment Nexium, according to an unprecedented release
President Reuven Rivlin on Thursday afternoon 11 Iyar met at his residence with a delegation of over 80 students from Israel’s Ethiopian community, as part of a seminar on education.
The surging cost of rental housing has squeezed a rising proportion of U.S. families since the Great Recession struck in 2007. For more than one in four renters, housing and
Councilman David G. Greenfield is urging the Department of Transportation (DOT) to end metered parking earlier on Friday evenings in Boro Park. The program, if enacted, will terminate metered-parking at
As was the case in earlier years, Ichud Hatzalah officials announce this year, the area of the tziyun of the Rashbi in Meron will be divided into numerical sectors for
There are more than 4,700 hospitals in the U.S, spread about evenly between urban and rural areas. But that number has been dwindling. More than 100 hospitals have closed since
The following statement was given to YWN by Baltimore Shomrim: In order to enhance the security of our community the Baltimore Shomrim Safety Patrol has arranged for private security officers
Some 1,000 members of Israel’s Ethiopian community protested in Jerusalem on Thursday night 11 Iyar. Organizers explained the protests were the community’s response to police brutality against the community, which
Baltimore’s top prosecutor announced criminal charges Friday against all six officers suspended after a man suffered a fatal spinal injury in police custody, saying “no one is above the law.”
Restaurant, manufacturing and recycling groups have sued to stop New York City’s proposed ban on plastic foam containers. Coalition members from The Restaurant Action Alliance NYC said Thursday their lawsuit
MK Yitzchak Vaknin announces that following a meeting with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, it was agreed that Shas would receive control of the Ministry of Religious Services and the Ministry
The new secular “Shabus” bus service is R”L expected to operate in Yerushalayim on Friday night Parshas Emor 5775. The bus service will cater to persons wishing to visit entertainment
Ziv Hospital in Tzfas has been ordered to pay a total of 2 million NIS to 56 former patients that underwent abdominal reduction surgery in the hospital. Each will receive
Despite strong objections from the Ra’anana Rabbanut, the Lod District Court ruled in favor of J-hovah Witnesses to hold a baptism ceremony in the city on Shabbos. The event is
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