The following is from the NY Observer: Israel is the fastest growing real estate market in the world right now. Foreign investors — including many a New Yorker — are snapping up property in the often troubled paradise. But that might be a mistake. Global Property Guide ranked Israel the hottest housing market for the […]
Hundreds of students protested at Tel Aviv University on Thursday against a bill granting yeshiva students millions in state funds. The students attempted to block a major junction outside the
Former President George W. Bush refused Wednesday to comment on the controversial proposal to build a mosque and community center near Ground Zero in New York City — saying he
The number of times the New York City Police Department stopped, questioned and sometimes frisked people dropped slightly in the third quarter compared to numbers from the same period last year, but the total number of police stops is up slightly in 2010. Police filled out 137,301 so-called “stop, question and frisk” reports, known inside […]
Corpses, cancer patients and diseased lungs: These are some of the images the federal government plans for larger, graphic warning labels for cigarette packages. The images are part of a
Nearly a year after he announced his ill-fated decision to prosecute the five alleged 9/11 conspirators in a New York civilian court, Attorney General Eric Holder said on Wednesday that
The New York City Police Department says 2009 saw the lowest number of police-involved shootings and shots fired since record keeping began in 1971. There were 105 shootings and 296
FIRST REPORT 5:00PM EST: Highly credible sources tell YWN Israel that an Israel Air Force (IAF) F16 fighter jet has crashed. The crash occurred at approximately 9:20PM IL, in the
New York City – Today, after Rep. Anthony Weiner (D – Queens and Brooklyn), a member of the Homeland Security Subcommittee, pressured YouTube to remove content featuring the terrorist Anwar al-Awlaki, the company has agreed to change its policies to make it easier to flag and request removal of any video that incites terrorism. Currently, […]
An explosive device found in a cargo plane in England last month probably would have exploded over the Eastern Seaboard of the United States if it had not been discovered,
New York – The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has set grace periods for using unlimited MetroCards before the fare hike. Unlimited ride Metrocards purchased before fares increase on December 30th must
A flight attendants union with 2,000 members is upset over what it calls “invasive pat-downs” recently implemented by the TSA. “We’re getting calls daily about peoples’ experiences, our members are concerned,” said Deborah Volpe, Vice President of the Association of Flight Attendants Local 66. Volpe confirmed that the union is offering advice to its flight attendants, […]
Mimai, FL – A man’s threat to cause a massacre at a school or a government building in Pembroke Pines has resulted Wednesday in a massive panic throughout Broward County.
Yesterday, Hatzolah accepted delivery of the first Lucas Thumper to a Volunteer Squad in the State of New Jersey. The Thumper, is a $15,000 device designed to deliver consistent CPR
Detectives uncovered a parking ticket and a security video that quickly suggested a man accused of being a jewel fence may have killed a salesman during a $4 million heist.
This past weekend saw two mammoth Jewish gatherings take place. The first was the General Assembly for the Jewish Federations of North America, and the other was the International Convention
ABC6 Reports: The Philadelphia Health Department is warning about an outbreak of mumps at a school in Overbrook. 19 cases of mumps have been reported at Talmudical Yeshiva of Philadelphia.
All that texting and social networking by teenagers could come back to byte them. A new study by the Case Western Reserve School of Medicine links poor health behaviors —
Giovanni Bisignani, director general and CEO of the International Air Transport Association (IATA), criticized Israel’s flight safety and called Israeli flight industry to uphold international standards. During his first visit
There are more troubling questions about what critics say is the NYPD’s obsession with ticket and arrest quotas. It is 10 p.m. on a Sunday and Yosef Bergovoy is standing on a sidewalk talking to his friends. In a moment, these three college students became suspects of a criminal misdemeanor. Four NYPD officers gave them […]
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