Buffalo is making significant progress clearing streets still clogged from an epic storm left more than 7 feet of snow even as a flooding threat looms, the city’s mayor said

President Barack Obama says he wants a Democrat in the White House in 2016 and is pledging to do everything possible to help that nominee succeed. At the same time,

Just In: The cabinet has approved the bill in a 15 to 7 vote a short time ago. The ‘Jewish Nation’ Bill proposed by MK (Likud) Ze’ev Elkin has been

The Toldos Avrohom Yitzchok Rebbe Shlita collapsed during a tisch on Friday night and was hospitalized. The rebbe was in Boro Park for his annual fundraising trip. The rebbe continued

The following was sent by a YWN reader. I returned home, emotionally exhausted, from burying my friend Aryeh Kupinsky. I entered my apartment building at the same time as my

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is warning of “serious gaps” in the talks about a nuclear deal with Iran, and if major differences persist the possibility of extending past

President Barack Obama’s expansive executive action on immigration is good for the U.S. economy — just not as good as partnering with Congress on broader reforms. The executive order signed

Crews erected barricades Saturday around the building where a grand jury has been considering whether to indict the Ferguson police officer who shot and killed Michael Brown, even as a

At the recent Agudath Israel National Convention, “The Next Great Initiative” debuted. The Next Great Initiative (TNGI) asked for submissions from people who saw a communal need and had a

House Speaker John Boehner declared Friday that President Barack Obama was “damaging the presidency” with his unilateral action on immigration. He said the Republican-run House will not stand by, but

With a decision by a Ferguson, Missouri, grand jury believed to be imminent, Attorney General Eric Holder is exhorting police across the nation to prepare appropriately for demonstrations and “minimize

An embroidered chupah from Rechnitz (in present-day Austria) from 1865 was recently discovered. As chupahs are consumable one-occasion targeted items, it is quite hard to find a whole 200-year-old chupah.

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden criticized Russia on Friday for its role in eastern Ukraine, urging Moscow to uphold a cease-fire in the war-torn region as he visited Kiev on

House Republicans sued the Obama administration on Friday over its implementation of President Barack Obama’s health care law, saying he had overstepped his legal authority in carrying out the program.

Two students at Yeshiva Beit Orot were attacked and wounded in East Jerusalem in a suspected terror attack Friday evening. The two were reportedly hit with stones, metal rods and

Deeply understanding the issues facing the worldwide Jewish community and how we can work towards global Jewish unity is the focus of this year’s Orthodox Union Convention, taking place Friday,