Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D-Brooklyn) is continuing his efforts to have metered parking end earlier on Friday afternoons in Boro Park, when Shabbos comes in early during the winter. Since January,

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State Department officials under Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton moved quickly when aides to Bill Clinton asked them in March 2010 to approve plans for the former president to

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Many Americans like the idea of the preliminary deal that would limit Iran’s nuclear program but very few people really believe Tehran will follow through with the agreement. An Associated

[PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] “Our tefillos, of course, are directed to Avinu shebashamayim, but I also feel compelled to address the leader of this great country.” A deafening silence overtook

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U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced the nomination of Rabbi Arthur Schneier for the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian award. In a letter to the President, Gillibrand

The new leader of the New York Senate faces no small list of challenges following his predecessor’s resignation in the wake of federal corruption charges. Republican Sen. John Flanagan was

After sending his letter expressing his dissatisfaction with the deal received from Likud, Bayit Yehudi MK Yisrael Eichler is likely to become chairman of a Knesset committee. Eichler was furious

A bike parked in front of a Boro Park home was stolen in broad daylight, Monday morning. The homeowner tells YWN that the bike was stolen at 11:06AM, and the

Verizon is buying AOL for about $4.4 billion, advancing the telecom’s push in both mobile and advertising fields. AOL owns The Huffington Post, TechCrunch, Engadget, MAKERS and AOL.com. The acquisition

The NYPD is asking the public for assistance in locating and identifying the suspect who is wanted for at least three assaults in Manhattan’s Union Square. On Monday, at approximately

The trial of a 93-year-old former Auschwitz death camp guard has resumed after the suspect was deemed fit to face the court following a canceled session last week. As the

An 89-year-old Orthodox Jewish man died Sunday in a single-vehicle crash on Interstate 95 in Baltimore, according to police. At 11:54PM Sunday night, a serious crash was reported on I-95

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