More than six months after the $15 minimum wage went into effect in New York City, business leaders and owners say the increased labor costs have forced them to cut staff, eliminate work shifts and raise prices. Read more on Yeshiva World News
Rabbonim, including some rabbonim of yishuvim and others, who were partners in the Tzohar Rabbonim initiative to perform weddings, have on Monday made a public appeal to the organization, calling on its to stop performing giyur and hashgacha, explaining doing so significantly compromises the status the Chief Rabbinate of Israel.
If President Donald Trump is serious about strengthening gun laws in the wake of two mass shootings, he should demand that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell put a House-passed bill strengthening background checks up for a vote, congressional Democrats said Monday. Read more on Yeshiva World News
Police are recommending the State Prosecutor file criminal charges against Gal Hirsch for alleged tax evasion amounting to NIS millions, News13 reports.
Israel Police investigators on Monday turned over the investigation against Brigadier-General (reserves) Gal Hirsch, recommending a criminal indictment for alleged tax evasion to the tune of NIS millions.
Mayor Bill de Blasio’s relationship with New York City’s police force was destined to be rocky.
He took office as a police reformer, promising to overhaul how the city’s 36,000 officers interacted with the public — especially people of color. Read more on Yeshiva World News
Japanese electronics maker NEC Corp. on Monday showed a “flying car,” a large drone-like machine with four propellers that hovered steadily for about a minute.
The test flight reaching 3 meters (10 feet) high was held in a gigantic cage, as a safety precaution, at an NEC facility in a Tokyo suburb.
The right-wing bloc is getting a bit closer to the required 61 seats for a minimum majority. The poll also shows Ben-Gvir and Feiglin are burning five Knesset seats.
A new poll conducted by Prof. Read more on Yeshiva World News
Britain said Monday that it would join a U.S.-led naval security mission in the Strait of Hormuz, where Iran’s seizure of merchant vessels has raised tensions with the West. Earlier, Iran’s foreign minister lambasted recent U.S. Read more on Yeshiva World News
Hagaon HaRav Noach Isaac Oelbaum, noted Posek and Mora D’Asra of Khal Nachlas Yitzchok in Queens, visited Camp Simcha on Sunday.
Rav Oelbaum toured the campus, met with campers and staff, gave brachos and offered words of chizuk. Read more on Yeshiva World News
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