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,
The Health Department today announced the launch of a new texting campaign to make it easier for New Yorkers to sign up for health insurance during the Affordable Care Act
[VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] The following is via WSVN: A community is asking for the public’s help after some lifesaving equipment was swiped from an emergency medical service volunteer’s vehicle
An NYPD officer patrolling a public housing complex shot and killed a man he encountered in a stairwell. The NYPD is investigating the circumstances that led to the shooting around
Both House and Senate have overwhelmingly passed, and President Obama has signed into law, bipartisan legislation that would reauthorize the 1990 Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) program. The
Ashkelon Mayor Itamar Shimoni has decided to stop construction of safe rooms (bomb shelters) in city schools because the work is being carried out by Israeli Arabs. According to the
Many individuals are unaware of the benefits in forming an irrevocable life insurance trust (“ILIT”). Although the proceeds of your life insurance policy are not subject to income taxation, they
On one of the coldest days of the season, police oversaw the eviction of dozens of families from a Williamsburg, Brooklyn apartment building. The families did nothing wrong, and they
[PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] Jerusalem Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi Aryeh Stern Shlita visited the Belzer Rebbe Shlita in the rebbe’s home. The rebbe thanked Rabbi Stern on behalf of the chareidi
The Verrazano-Narrows Bridge in New York City is 50 years old but not everyone is celebrating. Staten Island’s politicians are boycotting the anniversary ceremony Friday because of a proposed toll
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry decided Friday to pull back from nuclear talks in Vienna, leaving Iran’s foreign minister to ponder an apparent new proposal from Washington meant to
Thousands of immigrant-rights activists, families and elected officials cheered across the country as President Barack Obama announced on television his plan for relief from deportations for about five million people.
President Barack Obama’s moves on immigration would expand the labor force and increase worker productivity, according to a White House report Friday that estimates average wages would rise over a
A tax amnesty program in New York state has exceeded the half-billion dollar mark. The state’s Department of Taxation and Finance said Wednesday that the program has collected $530 million
A nexus of Democratic groups is preparing for Hillary Rodham Clinton’s widely anticipated presidential campaign. Ready for Hillary, a Democratic super PAC unaffiliated with the former secretary of state, is
Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi Dovid Lau met in Bnei Brak with Maran HaGaon HaRav Aaron Yehuda Leib Shteinman Shlita to consult with the gadol hador on a number of halachic matters
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