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The old saw that “you can’t fight city hall” is getting an update this week. The mayors of New York, Philadelphia and San Francisco have filed suit to force the…
The just-signed Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, like all income tax laws, will reward some behaviors and penalize others. Unfortunately for nonprofits, the new rules are going to discourage charitable…
U.S. Stocks Mount Milestone-Shattering Run In 2017 NEW YORK (AP) – Wall Street delivered big gains and shattered stock market records in 2017 as a global economic rebound, strong company…
U.S. stock indexes capped another quiet day on Wall Street Wednesday with slight gains, recouping some of the market’s modest losses from a day earlier. Technology, health care and industrials…
Vandals attacked a central shul in the Iranian city of Shiraz, destroying two sifrei Torah and damaging three others, as well as many other items, in an assault that has…
Minimum Wage Rising for Thousands of New Yorkers ALBANY – The minimum wage will go up statewide this coming Sunday as part of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s plan to gradually raise…
Thousands of people attended the main post-shivah hesped for Hagaon Harav Aharon Yehudah Leib Shteinman, zt”l, held at his Yeshivah Orchot Torah in Bnei Brak, delivered by Gedolei Yisrael, shlita,…
Liam and Olivia were the most popular names for boys and girls, respectively, born in New York City in 2016, according to statistics released Wednesday by the city Health Department.…
A prosecutor says some 1,000 people could be released from jail after being falsely accused of links to U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen. Ankara Chief prosecutor Yuksel Kocaman told reporters Wednesday…
A Florida man told investigators he punched an automatic teller machine because it gave him too much cash. An arrest report says 23-year-old Michael Joseph Oleksik caused about $5,000 in…
The IRS has issued guidance that could help homeowners figure out if they can save money by paying next year’s local property taxes early. The federal tax overhaul signed by…
Former President Barack Obama told Prince Harry in an interview broadcast Wednesday that people in leadership roles must be careful in their use of social media and warned against spending…
Zimbabwe’s new President Emmerson Mnangagwa has appointed the country’s former military commander as one of his two vice presidents, state-run media reported Wednesday, deepening concerns about the military’s influence after…
A tourist ship struck a highway bridge on the Rhine river in western Germany and 25 people were injured, police said Wednesday. The Swiss Crystal, which had 129 people on…
Spain’s Interior Ministry says it is withdrawing thousands of police reinforcements who were deployed to its northeastern region of Catalonia in the run-up to an attempted referendum on the region’s…
Forty-five hours of filibuster – some of it acrimonious, some of it carried out in an almost empty hall – dragged to an end on Wednesday night as MKs cast…
Two decades of negotiations for reforms at the Israel Electric Corporation (IEC) finally bore fruit on Wednesday with the announcement of an eight-year restructuring plan that will include the laying…
It was a strong year for the stock market, but 2017 was a great year if you made airplanes (think Boeing), were an online juggernaut (Amazon) or built homes (KB…
The war in Syria has come closer to the border with Israel than at any time before in over six years of fighting, as Hezbollah and Syrian army forces seek…
Homeowners are lining up in droves at local tax collection offices, hoping for one last chance to take advantage of a major tax deduction before it is wiped out in…