Please Mr. Postman! Not another federal bailout! Thats one of the scenarios looming on the horizon after the U.S. Postal Service released its latest financial report on Tuesday. The dismal data showed the agency lost $2.2 billion in the second quarter of fiscal year 2011 much higher than the $1.6 billion in losses posted […]
Twin explosions struck a paramilitary training center in northwestern Pakistan on Friday, killing at least 69 people, in what the Pakistani Taliban described as its first revenge for the killing of Usama bin Laden. The group threatened bigger attacks to come, in a statement shortly after the explosions. The blasts targeted newly trained recruits about […]
Rep. Ron Paul, a soon-to-be presidential candidate known for opposing U.S. military intervention overseas, said if he were president, he would not have duplicated President Obama’s plan for taking out
A new GPS system could soon give city drivers something of a crystal ball. City officials are exploring technology that could give drivers real-time traffic updates and suggest the fastest
A dozen or so Chassidim from Williamsburg came Thursday to the neighboring Crown Heights, home to a large Lubavitch community, and were anything but polite guests. They held up signs,
A new picture emerged Thursday of what really happened the night the Navy SEALs swooped in on Osama bin Laden’s compound in Pakistan. CBS News national security correspondent David Martin
7:40PM EST: [UPDATE BELOW] A van carrying a mother andat least 5 children was just involved in a serious accident on Arnold Boulevard in Howell, just near Lakewood Township. Numerous agencies were called to the scene, including Lakewood Hatzolah, Lakewood First Aid, Howell EMS and others. There was initially a child reported to be in […]
5:55PM EST: Tragedy has just struck the Williamsburg community, aftera 4-year-old child was R”L struck and killed by a vehicle, Thursday afternoon. Willamsburg Hatzolah was dispatched to frantic reports of a child who was struck by a truck on Heyward Street, just near Broadway. Unfortunately, there was nothing for Hatzolah Paramedics to do to save […]
Sen. John McCain, the Arizona Republican and former prisoner of war, said Thursday he doesnt believe the harsh interrogation techniques used by the Bush administration played a role in hunting down Osama bin Laden. Supporters and opponents of the Bush administrations use of harsh interrogation techniques, including the simulated drowning technique known as waterboarding, have […]
Remarks By Commissioner Kelly At Press Conference: At approximately 6 p.m. yesterday, detectives from the New York City Police Departments Intelligence Division apprehended two Queens residents, Ahmed Ferhani and Mohammed Mehdi Mamdouh, after Ferhani purchased two Browning, .380 semi-automatic pistols, a Smith and Wesson handgun, ammunition, and a hand grenade in an undercover operation that […]
Most people believe the May 2 killing of Osama bin Laden by U.S. Navy SEALs received too much news coverage, a poll indicates. An analysis of data by Pew Research’s
The House of Representatives voted to open more of the nation’s oceans for oil and gas exploration on Thursday by a vote of 243 to 179. The “Reversing President Obama’s
President Obama is asking Congress to pass legislation that would extend the 10-year term of Robert S. Mueller III, the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, by two years, the White House said in a statement Thursday. Mr. Muellers tenure is scheduled to end on Sept. 4. Mr. Mueller, who took office a week […]
Today, the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America, the nation’s largest Orthodox Jewish umbrella organization, sent a letter to New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly lauding him and
Please be Mispallel for Hagon RavYitzchok Dov Koppelman, the Zekan Roshei HaYeshivos, (the worlds senior Rosh HaYeshiva) who has beenhospitalized. Rav Koppelman is the Rosh Yeshiva ofLucerne Yeshiva in Switzerland, and is 105 years old. Please be Mispallel for Yitzchok Dov ben Feigah. Rav Koppelman is literally a living testament to a vanished world. It […]
Kenya – In the wake of Osama bin Ladens death, an African branch of al-Qaeda got personal, threatening President Obamas step-grandmother. Security had already been increased around Sarah Obamas home in Kenya after bin Ladens death, but it was beefed up further after Somalia-based Al Shabaabs threat. The number of police patrolling around the clock […]
The NYPD is seeking the publics assistance in finding a taxi driver wanted for “abduction”. The suspect, described as a male between 40 and 45 years old, is approximately 5-foot-8 and was last seen wearing a red and orange turban. Police said the alleged attack happened on May 6 at around 6 a.m. in the […]
The following is from the NY Daily News: Two men arrested on terrorism charges were plotting to attack Manhattan synagogues with grenades and assault rifles, sources said Thursday. The alleged
Firsthand Report from R’ Aron Nezri: At the Chiba district court, the closing arguments, being the final hearing for the third boy, Yoel Zev, began at 10am local time. Yoel
Two men trying to buy guns and talking about attacking Manhattan synagogues were arrested, and city officials say a potential threat was thwarted. The men were arrested Wednesday night in Midtown and will be appear in criminal court in Lower Manhattan later today. They will be charged under the New York states anti-terror laws. Federal […]
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