The chairman of New York’s transportation agency says officials are reviewing safety practices at railroad crossings after an SUV drove onto the tracks and collided with a commuter train. Metropolitan
Monday evening, leading Orthodox Jewish Chamber of Commerce (OJC) activists from across the metropolitan region huddled in the VIP room at Lakewood’s new Prime 95 restaurant to discuss the upcoming
Avi Weizman, who broke away from Shas to establish a Yachad branch in Haifa spoke out strongly against Shas leader Aryeh Deri. Weizman served in the past as Shas’ deputy
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Tuesday, 5 Adar, toured IDF Southern Command headquarters. He received a security briefing; Defense Minister Moshe Ayalon, IDF Chief-of-Staff Lt.-Gen. Gadi Eizenkott and Southern District
The White House is threatening to veto a Republican bill to fix the widely criticized No Child Left Behind law that is set for debate in the House on Wednesday,
[VIDEO & PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] Two young girls were arrested Tuesday afternoon for stealing a pocketbook in a Williamsburg store. Sources tell YWN that around 4:00PM, two suspects dressed
In the heady days after winning control of both congressional chambers, Republican leaders vowed to keep the government funded and to block President Barack Obama from overhauling immigration policies on
The World Health Organization is urging Europe to step up measles vaccination efforts as countries report thousands of cases of the disease. WHO’s regional office said Wednesday that cases in
Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D – Belle Harbor) has drafted a bill extending New York City property tax abatements for Superstorm Sandy victims seeing tax increases due to home repairs made
It’s an ominous refrain, repeated endlessly in the same automated monotone: “Ladies and gentlemen, we are delayed because of train traffic ahead of us.” Every New Yorker who rides the
Budget cuts forced the IRS to reduce the number of tax audits last year to the lowest level in a decade, IRS Commissioner John Koskinen said Tuesday. And the number
Hillary Rodham Clinton said Tuesday if she decides to seek the White House again she would seek to bring Republicans from red states and Democrats in blue states into a
Congressional Republicans are laying the groundwork for an overhaul of the nation’s food stamp program, trying again after an unsuccessful attempt two years ago. House Agriculture Chairman Mike Conaway, R-Texas,
Faced with the task of preserving a GOP Senate majority in 2016, Sen. Mitch McConnell gave his blessing Tuesday for an election calendar that would let fellow Republican Rand Paul
The Movement for Quality Government (MQG) on Tuesday, 5 Adar sent a letter to the Office of Rishon L’Tzion HaGaon HaRav Yitzchak Yosef Shlita, requesting that he refrain from making
The U.S. Secret Service says it will fly drones over the Washington area in the near future. The agency isn’t disclosing exactly where the exercises will take place other than
Unidentified drones flew over the Eiffel Tower and key Paris landmarks for a second night running, further baffling French authorities who are investigating the mysterious phenomenon at a time of
The Israel Electric Company on Monday, 4 Adar cut the power for a number of hours to residents of PA (Palestinian Authority) occupied Jenin and Shechem. The move is symbolic,
Four British Security Service officers have testified at the U.S. trial of a terrorism suspect charged with plotting to bomb a shopping mall in Manchester, England. Identified only by four-digit
Once again, Arabs in the northern capital attacked a Jerusalem light rail as it passed through the predominately Arab Shuafat area of the capital. The latest attack occurred on Tuesday,
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