The following is a WCBSTV report: It’s something nearly everyone’s been tempted to do at least once. You see someone else’s throwaways on street and think — that would look
BP appeared Monday night to have placed a new containment cap on its crippled well in the Gulf of Mexico that’s been gushing oil since an explosion and fire April
Social networking website Facebook has agreed to adopt an application aimed at improving the online safety of its younger users, a child protection group said on Monday. The application, which
Consumer Reports magazine said Monday it cannot recommend the iPhone 4 to shoppers because of persistent reception issues caused by touching the Apple Inc. phone. The magazine also questioned Apple’s
New York – Assemblywoman Helene Weinstein joined by Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, Rabbi David Cohen, CEO of Chevra Hatzalah, and Mr. Heshy Jacobs, President of Chevra Hatzalah announced $445,000 in
With the support and encouragement of the Roshei Yeshiva of Lakewood, a massive gathering will be held in Lake Terrace Hall tonight (Monday), July 12, Rosh Chodesh Av, on behalf
Not content with shutting down popular stores, bedbugs have checked into a city hospital. A triage room at the Kings County Hospital in the East Flatbush area of Brooklyn was
Gov. Chris Christie said today he will try this fall to scale back pensions and health benefits for current employees, which would go a step further than changes put in
More than thirty rabbonim from eight cities across the nation’s Midwest converged on Detroit on July 4 for what turned out to be an intensive two-day airing and discussion of
On June 15th YWN alerted the public in an article about missionary literature that was being mailed to Jewish homes in the NY/NJ area. The literature has continued to arrive
Thousands of people protested the digging of bones in Yafo. Many askanim and rabbonim were present at the rallies. Click HERE for photos. All Credits: B.W. Posen / Kuvien Images
StreetSmart Segway has donated two units to Camp Simcha this summer, enabling the medics to zip around the camp and respond quickly when called. The following is a press release
Rabbi Ovadia Yosef has written a letter to President Hosni Mubarak, in which he wished him health, following the Egyptian president’s recent medical treatment in Germany and reports about his
A teenage Melbourne Victory fan is fighting for his life in a Singapore hospital after a diving accident. Reagan Milstein and his father Kevin were scuba diving in Malaysia on
Con Edison says it has once again lowered voltage in parts of Brooklyn due to power problems. Power is high in demand, but the voltage is lower after Con Ed
The following is from the AP: A grueling heat wave shut down the air conditioning in three high-tech trains in Germany, leaving dozens of passengers near collapse trapped in temperatures
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Monday that Iran was moving closer to having the potential to create nuclear weapons. “Iran is moving closer to possessing the potential which in
An Air France jet flying on a route which claimed hundreds of lives last summer was forced into an emerged landing today following a bomb scare. The jumbo jet had
Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro will make his first major public appearance in years Monday when he discusses the Middle East on a government TV program, the state-run Granma newspaper
Anat Hoffman, leader of the Women of the Wall prayer group, was arrested at the Kosel on Monday for holding a Sefer Torah. She is suspected of violating a High
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