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New York City officials say 10 people have died in the outbreak of Legionnaires’ Disease centered in the South Bronx, and a total of 100 cases have been diagnosed. The
A lawsuit against several former allies of Gov. Chris Christie in connection with the George Washington Bridge lane closings has been revived. A federal judge dismissed the suit in June,
Hillary Rodham Clinton says she’s often in a “state of disbelief” from what she hears from some of her 2016 presidential rivals. Speaking in Los Angeles Thursday, where she met
A combative Donald Trump, the billionaire businessman-turned-presidential candidate, jolted the first Republican debate of the 2016 campaign by warning he might run as an independent if denied the GOP nomination.
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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Friday he “profoundly disagrees” with the reasoning behind decisions by two prominent Democratic lawmakers to vote against the nuclear deal he negotiated with
The Chicago Police Department will allow independent evaluations of its stop-and-frisk procedures and increased public disclosure of the practice under an agreement announced Friday with the American Civil Liberties Union.
French authorities say a week-long operation has begun on the Indian Ocean island of Reunion to search for debris from the doomed MH370 flight, after part of a wing believed
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New York Sen. Chuck Schumer, the No. 3 Senate Democrat, is breaking with President Barack Obama and will oppose the Iran nuclear deal. Schumer made the announcement late Thursday night.
The following [unedited] is a letter submitted to YWN: Dear Senator Schumer, Every once in a while, there comes a time when a person’s entire life, his entire destiny becomes
A major accomplishment is included in the proposed state budget that was approved by the cabinet in an over 12-hour meeting that began on Wednesday evening, 20 Menachem Av. The
מתוך שלא לשמה בא לשמה? Due to an announced strike at Ben-Gurion International Airport, the facilty will shut down when Shabbos starts Friday night Parshas Eikev, and it will remain
The international community, the same community that continues to pressure Israel to lift the marine blockade on Gaza, does not seem bothered as Hamas once again hosts summer camp for
The High Court of Justice has ruled that Beit Knesset Ayelet HaShachar in Givat Ze’ev must be razed. The court accepted a petition from Arabs that the shul was built
President Barack Obama is treating his drive to win congressional support for his nuclear deal with Iran like a political campaign, making attacks on opponents that need to stop, Senate
Bentzion Gupstein, who heads the Lehava organization to prevent assimilation, was invited to participate in a panel discussion in Yeshivas Netivos Shalom (Wolfson) as part of a summer group program
Media in Gaza reported late Thursday morning 21 Menachem Av that an old shell, one remaining from Operation Protective Edge, detonated, possibly while efforts were underway to remove it. As
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