Cancer-stricken Ground Zero worker Edgar Galvis has finally received a compensation check — for zero dollars. The 51-year-old Queens man, who suffered sinus problems and then throat cancer after months
A former NYPD cop and a young overachiever with a total of only eight years’ experience as lawyers are set to defend the city’s most despised killer. The young legal
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The following is from Israel Hayom: Leaders of the Chabad-Lubavitch ultra-Orthodox movement have brokered an agreement with the Israel Defense Forces to draft male members for full military service. The
The following is from Ynet: The ultra-Orthodox city of Modiin Illit has got its own Internet caf� for the very first time. The caf�, an initiative of haredi businessman Yehuda Weisfish, was opened after he received rabbinical approval. The new experimental store is called “Gilad Net” and is strictly kosher. For the haredi public this […]
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A rabbi and EMS chaplain who routinely phoned medics to wish them happy birthday was disciplined by the FDNY for accessing unauthorized personnel data. Rabbi Mayer Birnhack, aka the “birthday
YWN regrets to inform you of the tragic Petira of Habachur Chaim Asher Ben Avner Warman Z”L, who was killed when the motorcycle he was riding was struck be a
Goshen, NY – Officials from the National Weather Service office in Upton, New York have completed their initial damage assessment in the Orange County village of Goshen and have determined
With the nation only three days away from facing its first-ever financial default, congressional Republican and Democratic leaders couldn’t even agree on whether a deal to end the debt crisis
Authorities say severe thunderstorms left thousands of people without power in New Jersey. Jersey Central Power & Light says more than 20,000 customers lost power in Ocean County on Friday
The shadow of the Rupert Murdoch hacking scandal has crossed the pond to the New York Post. Staffers at the tabloid were ordered yesterday to “preserve and maintain documents” related
Some 4,000 Charedi men and women this week attended a first-of-its kind employment fair held by the Industry, Trade and Labor Ministry at the Jerusalem International Convention Center. The public’s
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad condemned the United States and Israel for “hatching plots to exercise a compromise plan in the Middle East,” the Fares news agency reported Saturday. The Iranian
AT&T, the largest U.S. phone company, will curb browsing speeds for its heaviest users on unlimited wireless data plans to cope with surging data traffic. Starting Oct. 1, customers on
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[VIDEO & PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] As was reported earlier, tens of thousands of people attended the Levaya in Yerushalayim of Rav Elazar Abuchatzeira, who was fatally stabbed on Thursday
The following is from the National Post: Toronto – In a case that could have wide-ranging implications for scores of religious institutions, an Ontario labour board will decide whether inspectors
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