New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was arrested Thursday on public corruption charges and accused of using his position as one of the most powerful men in Albany to obtain
President Barack Obama likes to say there are no red states or blue states, just the United States of America. Yet his first two stops on the traditional sell-the-speech tour
[By Rabbi Yair Hoffman] Every so often, a food comes along that dominates the market. Such has happened with a new food that is perhaps only about 18 months old,
An indictment for premeditated murder was filed against former Kosel guard Hadi Kablan back in the summer in the shooting death of 46-year-old Doron Ben-Shalush. According to eyewitness testimony, the
Gov. Andrew Cuomo has proposed banning electronic cigarettes from all the public indoor places where smoking tobacco is prohibited. In the budget proposal for the coming year, Cuomo would also
In an interview with the chareidi media, Moshe Kahlon told Kol Berama’s Moshe Glasner that his Kulanu party will not join any coalition that boycotts the chareidi tzibur. He was
Following the terror attacks in Paris, Rabbi Menachem Margolin of the European Jewish Association (EJA) called on all the EU countries to pass legislation giving special license for Jewish people
Indonesian divers retrieved Thursday six more bodies from waters around the sunken fuselage of the AirAsia jetliner that crashed last month. Divers were struggling against strong current and poor visibility
The U.N. General Assembly is holding its first-ever meeting devoted to anti-Semitism on Thursday in response to a global increase in violence against Jews – a meeting scheduled even before
B’chasdei Hashem, the bus driver who was seriously wounded in the Tel Aviv bus stabbing attack on Wednesday is reportedly out of life-threatening danger. Herzl Biton, 62, the driver of
The United States and Cuba are trying to eliminate obstacles to normalized ties as the highest-level U.S. delegation to the communist island in more than three decades holds a second
Federal authorities arrested NYS Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver on corruption charges Thursday. The New York Daily News reported shortly after 8 a.m. that Silver was in FBI custody. The newspaper
To build or not to build? That question is at the heart of the debate over the Keystone XL oil pipeline. The answer, and the fate of the $8 billion
Ten Israeli tourists were wounded in an anti-Semitic attack at their hostel in Lago Puelo, a small southern Argentine village. Three assailants burned, robbed and beat the tourists for four
Google is planning to sell wireless phone service directly to consumers using the networks of Sprint and T-Mobile, according to reports published Wednesday. If everything falls into place, Google Inc.
President Reuven Rivlin is expected to participate in the Hebron community’s launch of its new tourist center in two weeks. The participation of the president will mark the first time
People who haven’t been vaccinated against measles, including children too young to be immunized, should avoid Disneyland after new infections were linked to the theme park, California public health officials
Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon clarifies that the IDF has not been pulled from Gaza border communities as the residents of those communities would like the public to believe. Ya’alon stated
Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew dismissed efforts in Congress to overhaul the nation’s tax laws by lowering the top income tax rate paid by individuals, saying Wednesday that Democrats and Republicans
A federal appeals court on Wednesday upheld the life sentence for Osama bin Laden’s one-time secretary after his conviction in the 1998 bombings of two U.S. embassies. The 2nd U.S.
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