Yigal Amir, who assassinated Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, will remain in solitary confinement, the Petah Tikva District Court ruled. The ruling will be reexamined in July. A hearing on the
Customers of Verizon Communications had their email addresses exposed in a massive online data breach last week, according to an email to customers obtained by Reuters. In what could be
An email sent to certain members of the media and New York state officials threatened violence against state office buildings, the state legislature and school buses. A warning was sent
Leading Gedolim in Eretz Yisroel are calling on the Charedi public not to volunteer in Magen David Adom, stating that serving in the rescue organization leads to serious religious prohibitions
While congress battles over the budget, President Barack Obama is hitting the road and returning to New York City Wednesday. He was just in the city a week ago to
The IDF military attache in Washington, D.C. held a moving ceremony on Sunday (Apr. 3) saluting wounded American soldiers (currently in recovery) who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan. The ceremony was planned with the help of the Jewish Institute for National Affairs (JINSA), its aim to express Israel’s appreciation and gratitude to soldiers and their […]
Who wouldn’t want their parking ticket torn up on the spot? The New York City Council wants to give drivers a 10-minute grace period at muni-meters, but the ticket-happy Bloomberg administration has said not a chance. Riding to the rescue is the City Council, which has introduced a bill to force traffic agents to cancel […]
As the Westchester Board of Legislators is poised to call on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to expand its 10 mile Emergency Planning Zone (EPZ) around Indian Point, the federal agency Tuesday announced it sees “no basis at this point” for expanding it. The NRC’s statement applies to all US nuclear power plants. The current EPZ […]
The push is on for President Barack Obama to return to the Middle East. This time to Israel. Mr. Obama met Tuesday at the White House with Israeli President Shimon
Sometimes, honesty is not the best policy. The city is tightening the screws on its system for awarding property-tax exemptions — a move one lawmaker attributes to his discovery that
President Obama will be expanding his town-hall-style sessions to the next frontier, White House officials said on Tuesday: Facebook. Mr. Obama will hold a town-hall-style meeting with Facebook’s chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, on April 20, while the president is on a trip to California, his aides said. The session will be conducted from Facebook headquarters […]
Radioactivity in fish exceeding health guidelines was detected for the first time off northern Japan as Tokyo Electric Power Co. dumped tainted water into the ocean to gain control of
Senator Sean Kean (R- 11) and Senator Robert Singer (R- 30) have announced that they will run on the same ticket in the newly configured 30th Legislative District. Singer will seek the Republican nomination for Senate, with Kean running for Assembly in the new Monmouth/Ocean district. “It has been an honor and a privilege to […]
Tokyo – Recovery is still a rarely-talked about concept in Japan, but with Passover quickly approaching, members of the devastated nation’s small Jewish community are making plans to celebrate the holiday’s signature Seder meals in Tokyo. “People are starting to come back slowly,” said Chabad-Lubavitch of Japan director Rabbi Mendy Sudakevich. “Their jobs are here.” […]
With Tax Day approaching, wealthy Americans might want to take extra care with their returns. Government statistics show the IRS followed through in a big way last year on its
Southwest Airlines said on Tuesday that it had completed inspections of its older Boeing 737s and had found small cracks in a total of five passenger planes. The airline conducted
The following are the headlines (Tuesday 04/05/11) on FlatbushScoop.com and BoroParkScoop.com, both affiliates of YWN: Flatbush Headlines: VIDEO & PHOTOS: Fire Destroys Home On East 26th Street VIDEO: Missionary Center Moving Onto Coney Island Ave VIDEO: Pomegranate Decorating Store For Pesach VIDEO: J-Runners AT Prospect Park For ‘Our Place’ Boro Park Headlines: VIDEO & PHOTOS: […]
Many political figures are furious with Interior Minister Eli Yishai following his decision to invite Judge Richard Goldstone to visit Israel. The minister invited the South African judge on his
The U.S. Senate on Tuesday voted to repeal a tax-reporting requirement contained in last year’s healthcare law that was widely criticized for being too burdensome, the first significant change to
Former New York State Senator Pedro Espada Junior pled not guilty this morning to a new round of fraud charges. A Brooklyn federal grand jury last week released a revised
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