A Southwest Airlines flight attendant reportedly removed a baby from her parents’ care mid-flight after witnessing the mother slap her crying child. Flight 879 was enroute to Albuquerque from Dallas
A small plane violated the secure airspace over President Obama’s location in Seattle, Washington, this afternoon, law enforcement officials told ABC News. Two F-15 fighter jets were scrambled from an Air National Guard unit in Portland, Oregon. By the time the planes reached the skies over Seattle, the violating aircraft had departed the area and […]
Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was found guilty Tuesday of making false statements to the FBI, but escaped convictions on 23 other counts in a trial that is seen as
EL AL CEO/President Elyezer Shkedy and Jet Blue CEO/President David Barger signed in Israel the first-ever agreement between the two companies. The new agreement will enable passengers to purchase a single ticket for travel on flights of both carriers in one simple transaction, check luggage through to their final destination as well as enjoy seamless […]
Stocks rallied Tuesday after a Federal Reserve regional president said fears about the central bank’s outlook were “unwarranted” and investors shifted their focus to strong earnings from Wal-Mart and Home
In an interview with Israeli Army radio on Tuesday, a former Israeli soldier said, “I still don’t understand what’s wrong” with photographs she posted on Facebook of herself posing next to blindfolded Palestinian detainees. The Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported that Eden Abergil, who posted the images in an album dedicated to her time in the […]
Gov. Paterson will reportedly meet with the imam and developer of the proposed Ground Zero mosque later this week to discuss the possibility of re-locating to an “alternate location.” Rep.
12:10PM EST: There are reports of shots fired at the Turkish Embassy in Tel Aviv. UPDATE 12:20PM EST: One person has been shot according to preliminary reports. A large police
Forget the L train; soon Brooklyn hipsters will be taking the ferry. The city issued a request for proposals yesterday for a Williamsburg ferry landing, part of a plan to bring water taxis to the East River. It’s part of a pilot program that will begin next spring after a one-year delay. The ferry would […]
U.S. Sen. Carl Levin got an apple pie in the face Monday morning during a question-and-answer session for the Mecosta County Democrats at a Big Rapids deli. A young man
From The Brooklyn Paper: Last week’s shooting in Williamsburg’s Hasidic Quarter may be part of a larger trend of bloodshed and drug activity. Three people have been struck by bullets in the Southside, according to the 90th Precinct, which stretches south of Broadway to Flushing Avenue, most recently the shocking shooting of a rabbi’s son, […]
Three people were killed Tuesday morning in a head-on collision between a car and a van near Kibbutz Magal on Tuesday. Ichud Hatzolah, Paramedics from MDA, and a medevac, were all rushed to the scene on Route 581 in the Sharon Region. Four victims were transported to Rambam Hospital in Haifa, after being extricated from the wreckage. […]
California – A federal appeals court decided Monday to put same-gender marriage in California on hold at least until December, interrupting the wedding plans of scores of Toeiva couples who
NYPD detectives are being buried in a blizzard of paperwork that tracks their every move – in triplicate – even as the number of murders they solve hits a five-year
A state ethics hearing into a lingering controversy over the Paterson administration’s solicitation of Yankees tickets will be missing its star attraction: Gov. David A. Paterson. The State Commission on
Hundreds of New York City crosswalks are getting pedestrian countdown clocks. Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s administration studied the signals in a pilot program of 24 intersections. The city found that the countdown clocks were particularly helpful on wide streets with longer crosswalks. Starting this month, 1,500 intersections will get the clocks, which are common in cities […]
Ferndale, NY – Seven girls at Camp Machaneinu were taken to the hospital on Monday evening following a bike accident. Catskills Hatzolah had recieved calls for seven patients who were
About 75 firefighters from seven departments were called to battle a firery blaze at the Blueberry Hill apartments at Route 306 and Kearsing Parkway. A police officer was taken to Nyack Hospital for exhaustion, but no injuries among firefighters or residents were reported. The fire started about 7:30 p.m. About an hour later, officials said the […]
President Barack Obama’s endorsement of the “Ground Zero mosque” during a speech on Friday night spurred some hope among supporters that a forceful case could be made for both the
Sullivan County, NY – A Kiddush Hashem was witnessed at camp Shalva of Bobov in Monticello, NY, when over 1000 children, ages 5 to 14 lined up to welcome many Sullivan County officials including the Sullivan county Sheriff, Monticello Police Chief, Fallsburg Police Chief, Chief of the Fire Department, town and Highway supervisors, and Jewish Community leaders. […]
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