With less than a week until the state’s budget deadline, Governor Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders have struck a tentative agreement. The announcement was made Sunday following a closed door
Two teenagers were pronounced dead after they had gone missing Sunday in the fishponds at Kibbutz Osha, near Kiryat Ata in the North. The youths, aged 15, were from a
[VIDEO & PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] NYS Senator Eric Adams held a press conference with Jewish & Muslim groups in Manhattan, Sunday morning, to protest the budget cuts headed to Medical Examiners across the state. Access to the Medical Examiner is of the utmost importance to those who follow the Jewish and Muslim faiths, as burials must […]
To Acheinu Bnei Yisroel – Rachmonim B’nei rachmonim: On Purim night, we reported the unfortunate news of a Meshulach who was critically injured after being struck by a vehicle in Lakewood. The Meshulach in fact – Rabbi Pinchos Ben Sarah Esther Huminer – is a prominent individual from Eretz Yisroel, A Rebbi, Sofer and an […]
The following is a NY Post article: The streets were buried in snow, and these guys really cleaned up. Department of Sanitation workers shoveled in the OT in the week
Sen. Chuck Schumer called on the federal government Saturday to probe the 2010 U.S. Census’ finding that New York City had grown by a mere trickle. “These numbers cry out for investigation,” Schumer said, adding his voice to a chorus of critics, including Mayor Bloomberg, who have railed against the decennial count. “I’m going to […]
There has been another attempt to attack the natural gas pipeline from Egypt to Israel. The Associated Press reports that gunmen targeted a pipeline carrying natural gas from Egypt to
East Brunswick, NJ – Three people were seriously injured while returning from Shul on Friday night, when an SUV struck them as they crossed Dunhams Corner Road in the township
Millions of retired and disabled people in the United States had better brace for another year with no increase in Social Security payments. The government is projecting a slight cost-of-living
Radiation levels in pooled water tested in the No. 2 nuclear reactor’s turbine building at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant are 10 million times normal, utility company and government officials
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter will visit Cuba next week for talks with head of state Raul Castro and other officials, the Carter Center said Friday. Carter, who will be
A 14-year veteran of New York State Police has died. Trooper Kevin Dobson was killed in the line of duty Saturday morning in the Town of Tonawanda. “He was performing
YWN regrets to inform you of the Petirah of Rav Dovid Helberg, the Rav of Bais Eizik Tzvi in Boro Park, who was Niftar over Shabbos in Lakewood. Reb Dovid Z’L, the father of R’ Avrohom of West Gate, was in Lakewood for the last year due to an illness. He was 77. The Levaya […]
Trouble continued to flare late into the night as hundreds of people attempted to hijack yesterday’s massive anti government cuts demonstration in central London. Riot police fought activists in Trafalgar
Hamas said on Saturday that Gaza terrorists had agreed to halt their rocket fire at Israel if Israel stops launching strikes against targets in the coastal territory. Hamas spokesman Ismail
Seven state workers are the Mega-lucky winners of one of the largest Mega Millions jackpots in history. The winning ticket was one of several bought by members of an office
As Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver left Albany to observe the Sabbath, he said simply, “No deal.” A budget deal had not been reached on Friday, as earlier predicted by Senate
Fallout from last week’s fuel fire at Miami International Airport continued to cause headaches Saturday for airport officials, airline staff and thousands of travelers trying to get in and out of one of the nation’s busiest airports. MIA officials were working late Saturday to put into place two temporary pumps to speed up the refueling […]
U.S. aviation regulators are reviewing procedures and equipment to prevent a repeat of an incident in which planes landed while a controller slept. Pilots will be reminded they can divert
The IDF Chief of the General Staff has ordered, in accordance with government directives, to deploy the “Iron Dome” system across Southern Israel in the coming days. The “Iron Dome” system, a significant achievement of the defense industries in Israel, is currently in an accelerated process of assimilation in the IAF and on the way […]
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