Jumaane Williams has won the race for New York City Public Advocate — a job that comes with a $165,000 salary, a $3 million budget, but little authority. The offers offers a bully pulpit that can be used to scold more powerful officeholders. Williams, a Democrat, had more than 32 percent of the vote when […]
Former Israeli cabinet minister Gonen Segev will be sent to prison for 11 years for spying for Iran. According to the plea bargain agreement, the former minister, who admitted the
Democrats ignored a veto threat and rammed legislation through the House Tuesday that would stymie President Donald Trump’s bid for billions of extra dollars for his border wall, escalating a clash over whether he was abusing his powers to advance his paramount campaign pledge. The House’s 245-182 vote to block Trump’s national emergency declaration fell […]
A fire broke out in a building next to a daycare on Yehuda Halevi Street in Bnei Brak on Tuesday. Thankfully, no one was injured. Residents who live and study
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on Tuesday announced a deal on plans for new tolls on motorists entering the heart of Manhattan, an important show of support as state lawmakers debate ways to raise revenue for an outdated transit system. While the joint agreement doesn’t set a […]
Senate Democrats on Monday blocked a Republican bill that would have threatened prison for doctors who don’t try saving the life of infants born alive during abortions. The vote was the latest instance in which Republicans have tried to go on offense on the issue and put Democratic abortion-rights lawmakers in an uncomfortable position. Supporters […]
An elderly Jewish couple, tourists from France, came to the office of the Haifa train station administration and explained that they lost €4,200 in cash that they had with them, as they are visiting their daughter, a new immigrant from France who now lives in Netanya. The couple explained the cash for intended for the […]
President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, is expected to give a behind-the-scenes account of what he will claim is Trump’s lying, racism and cheating, and possibly even criminal
Built in 1896 under the encouragement of Rav Simchah Zissel Ziv of Kelm zt”l, the legendary Chatzer Straus campus was once home to the great mussar giants of previous generations.
The following is by DansDeals: Everyone loves earning points and miles, and they should. It’s allowed me and many others to travel the world in first class and stay in five star resorts for free. But depending how you earn those points, some people end up paying a very high price. 5 years ago I […]
According to a News 13 report, police are now probing Deputy Health Minister Yaakov Litzman’s involvement in working to assist a convicted criminal with ties to the Gerre Chassidus who
If two New York City lawmakers get their way, the long, droning siren from police cars, fire trucks and ambulances that has been part of the city’s soundtrack for generations — WAAAAAhhhhhhh — would be replaced by a high-low wail similar to what’s heard on the streets of London and Paris — WEE-oww-WEE-oww-WEE-oww. Their reasons […]
An appointee of former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie called out his former boss Tuesday at his resentencing for his role in the George Washington Bridge lane-closing scandal, blaming his
Following a combined continuing education seminar of members of Rescuers with Borders from Mevo Dotan and IDF medical personnel, held in Mevo Dotan in Northern Shomron, a training exercise was
Bayonne Story Nedarim x 9! By Velvel Kohn When the talmidim of Yeshiva Gedolah of Bayonne became aware that a good friend of the yeshiva was ill and
The Trump Organization fired back at investigations into its business Monday, demanding a House panel end its probe because of ethical conflicts. Separately, President Donald Trump’s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., accused federal prosecutors in a “Fox & Friends” interview of resorting to “Stalinist” tactics as they investigate the president’s inaugural committee and company. The […]
A British Airways flight from London to Gibraltar experienced an extremely wobbly landing on Monday. Flight BA492 from Heathrow airport was forced to divert and touch down early in Malaga,
The unseasonably warm pleasant days experienced in Israel during the last days are coming to an end as the winter continues, bringing colder wintry and wet weather in the coming
Teachers and school administrators in New York state can now alert a judge about students who they worry could be a threat to themselves or others after Gov. Andrew Cuomo
Activists from the far-left organization IfNotNow picketed a Chabad Jewish Student Center in Texas this past Shabbos morning because an ex-IDF soldier, Leibel Mangel, was scheduled to speak at an event being held there. According to head of the Austin Chabad center Rabbi Zev Johnson, the protesters handed a flyer to his young children and invited the children to join […]
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