A Brooklyn woman died during the December blizzard because the city never declared a snow emergency and its lackluster response left the streets impassable and the 911 system in disarray,
Early Friday Morning, the Wisconsin assembly passed a bill that would strip most public workers of their collective bargaining rights. It’s the first step in the new governor Scott Walker’s
On Thursday the FBI arrested a student suspected of plotting terrorist bombings. His alleged targets included former President George W. Bush, and New York City. Sources told CBS 2’s Marcia Kramer the suspect is a chemistry major who had the expertise to build lethal bombs. In his mug shot Khalid Ali-M Aldawsari looks young and […]
Woodmere, NY – A man was shot during an attempted robbery while he was standing on a North Woodmere residential street Wednesday night, Nassau police said. The 39-year-old Jewish victim
In a spectacular and at times nail-biting afternoon launch, the space shuttle Discovery blasted off on one final mission today (Feb. 24) to cap off its prolific 27 years of
[UPDATES IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] Flatbush – The NYPD is currently on the scene at Yeshiva Chaim Berlin on Coney Island Avenue, and are investigating a suspicious package. The officers have
4:00PM EST: Oil dropped sharply following Saudi Arabia’s assures it could fill any Libyan supply shortfalls and unconfirmed rumors Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi had been shot. A senior U.S. official
Muammar Gaddafi, the Libyan leader, has said in a speech on Libyan state television that al-Qaeda is responsible for the uprising in Libya. “It is obvious now that this issue
The following is a report by the Jewish Chronicle: At a private house in Whitefield, north Manchester, on Sunday, people were spilling out of the front door, crowding onto the
This summer, Project Mesorah, the organization responsible for furthering Holocaust education in Yeshivos and Bais Yaakov schools, is expanding its repertoire of educational activities by introducing the “Mesorah Trip to Poland”, led by world renowned lecturer and author Rabbi Paysach J. Krohn. The inaugural trip will be joined by Yerushalayim based camp, Camp Emes. Camp […]
Khalid Ali-M Aldawsari, 20, a citizen of Saudi Arabia and resident of Lubbock, Texas, was arrested late yesterday by FBI agents in Texas on a federal charge of attempted use
Agudath Israel of America, a national Orthodox Jewish organization, takes strong exception to the Obama Administration’s decision to no longer defend the constitutionality of the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), the law of the land for the past 15 years. Agudath Israel has been among the groups in the forefront of efforts to maintain […]
The following is a Daily News article: An angryly divided community board has voted to support a controversial tax break for a Midwood supermarket. Supporters and opponents of the $2
Toyota Motor Corp. said it’s recalling 2.17 million Toyota and Lexus vehicles sold in the U.S. for carpet and floor-mat flaws that could jam the gas pedal, the company’s biggest such announcement in a year. The action includes 1.38 million vehicles being added to the company’s November 2009 recall to fix floor mats that could […]
The center tube of the Lincoln Tunnel is closed, Thursday morning, because of a crash involving a motorcycle and three buses. Port Authority spokeswoman Jennifer Friedberg says the crash occurred around 7:25 a.m. The driver of the motorcycle was reportedly pinned under one of the buses involved. According to Porth Authority OEM, the driver of the […]
A record-high number of people were stopped and questioned by police last year, but fewer people have been getting summonses lately. A closer look at police data released this week
The Department of Interior’s rejection late last week of a controversial proposal for a megacasino in the Catskill Mountains outside New York was a big setback for the Wisconsin Indian tribe hoping to develop it. But it was good news for a racetrack owner in the area that has been quietly planning a major expansion. […]
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has pledged to change New Jersey’s reputation for high taxes. Judging by a report released Wednesday by the Washington, D.C.-based Tax Foundation, the state has a long way to go. New Jersey residents were the highest-taxed in the country in 2009, giving 12.2 percent of their income to state and […]
President Barack Obama condemned the “outrageous” crackdown by Libyan security forces on protesters and said Washington would work with international partners to hold Muammar Gaddafi’s government accountable. “The suffering and
A judge ruled Thursday that Britain can extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to Sweden for questioning over allegations unrelated to Wikileaks. Assange has seven days to appeal the ruling. Assange
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