Israel Police today moved to heightened operational status ahead of Pesach. Police will be operating at level 3, one level below a state of emergency. As usual, special emphasis will

The Eida Chareidis released a sharply worded letter addressing the total lack of respect for Halacha and niftarim by officials in the Abu Kabir Forensic Institute. The Eida is addressing

The JetBlue pilot who had an apparent midair meltdown on a flight from JFK to Las Vegas has been ordered to undergo a psychiatric exam. A judge wants to know

The U.S. Coast Guard has deployed a ship to sink a fishing trawler that was swept away more than a year ago by the tsunami off the coast of Japan

An off-duty NYPD auxiliary officer was fatally shot in Brooklyn as he headed to work early Wednesday, his body left on a street corner until a passerby called police. Francky

I was forced to turn down Rabbi Alvin Kass’s invitation to attend Tuesday morning’s annual meeting at police headquarters between the New York Police Department and members of the Jewish

After countless attacks against visiting Jews by Arabs, the long overdue police station on Har HaZeisim opened today, Thursday, 13 Nissan 5772. Minister of Public Security Yitzchak Aharonovich was on

Parents at a Massachusetts elementary school are furious after educators first removed the word ‘God’ from the popular Lee Greenwood song, “God Bless the U.S.A.” and then pulled the song

An increasing number of employers are getting fed up by the amount of time their employees are spending on twitter, according to a new study. The research, carried out by

All too often we don’t make it through the full Sefira with a Brocha because we accidentally missed counting one day. If we only had that daily reminder……. Well now

A water main more than 100 years old ruptured in lower Manhattan this morning. Service on the nos. 1, 2 and 3 subway lines is disrupted, according to the MTA.

Eilat residents at about midnight reported hearing three explosions in the southern resort city, which was later attributed to a rocket attack. B’chasdei Hashem there were no reported injuries or

The following is from WNYC: The contest between Republican David Storobin and Democratic City Councilman Lew Fidler–now more than two weeks after the March 20 special election to fill the

Twelve people suffered minor injuries aboard a United Airlines flight when it encountered turbulence while flying over Louisiana on Wednesday, officials said. “All 12 patients will be transported to area

Macy’s flagship store in Herald Square was evacuated Wednesday afternoon after a fire erupted in the basement. FDNY officials say there are no reports of injuries. The call for the

HaGaon HaRav Chaim Kanievsky Shlita in a letter seeking to console the Shear family following the tragic blaze the gadol hador simply writes “we don’t understand HaKadosh Baruch Hu’s cheshbonos”.