New federal data released Thursday affirmed the chaotic flying conditions at major airports in late December, when heavy snowstorms swept through the East Coast and grounded thousands of flights. The 18 largest U.S. airlines canceled nearly 19,700 flights — 3.7% of 539,340 domestic departures — for the month, according to the Transportation Department’s Bureau of […]
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The Department of Transportation is greatly expanding the number of reduced speed zones around the city. This year, the department will triple its 20 mph reduced speed zones around schools,
Major Egyptian opposition leader Mohamed ElBaradei warned of potential violent unrest after President Hosni Mubarak announced late Thursday he would not step down before September elections. Mubarak “is gambling with
In just 30 minutes, the FDNY had their hands full in Southern Brooklyn, with multiple incidents simultaneously. The FDNY is currently fighting two 2-alarm-fires in the Flatbush area, and an
Something happened to Apple’s (AAPL) share price Thursday afternoon that has investors still scratching their heads. The stock, which had been sailing along near its all-time high of $360 a
Misaskim has just informed YWN of the Petira of Hagon Rav Yehuda Halevi Turnauer ZATZAL, the Rov of the Shomer Shabbos Shul in Boro Park. The Levaya will take place
Ruth Madoff flew from Florida to Greenwich, Conn., to attend a private memorial service for her son Mark after his suicide last December — but was turned away by his
Months after top New York City officials expressed intense behind-the-scenes frustration at the security vulnerabilities at the United Nations headquarters in Manhattan, the U.N. is now planning to spend $100
Israel’s Supreme Court has given Army Radio 60 days to explain why it refused to air a Yad L’Achim advertisement warning of missionaries. “Neshama,” begins the ad, “don’t let them
Real estate mogul Donald Trump says he is seriously thinking about running for president but won’t make a final decision until summer. Appearing on CNN’s “Piers Morgan Tonight” Wednesday night,
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak could step aside as soon as tonight and delegate his powers to his new vice president, a senior member of the Egypt’s ruling party told Britain’s
Another day, another bit of news about sky high values for a tech firm. The latest is that Twitter may be valued as high as $10 billion, based on the micro-blogging service’s recent low level sale discussions with both Facebook and Google executives. Let that news sink in. As Internet valuations climb and bankers and […]
U.S. home foreclosures jumped 12 percent last month, but the sharp divide between states suggests the industry remains backlogged by investigations into the foreclosure process. According to a report from real estate data firm RealtyTrac, lenders foreclosed on 78,133 properties in January, up 12 percent from the month before, but down 11 percent from January […]
City ambulances, which have been equipped with GPS systems since 2005, cannot provide turn-by-turn directions. According to the New York City Fire Department, the systems are only designed to help
Allentown, PA – One person has died and five others are missing after a thunderous gas explosion demolished two center city Allentown row homes late Wednesday night and set six
El Al Airlines is preparing for increased passenger traffic on its routes with a big purchase under the controls of CEO Eliezer Shkedi. El Al has bought four Boeing 737-900 ER (extended range) passenger jets from Boeing, and has an option to buy two more, for $215-320 million (depending on whether four or six planes are […]
A unique group consisting of 220 Jewish, Arab, Druze, Bedouin and Christians teenagers is expected to visit Nazi concentration camps in Poland later this month. The participants are all students
Not long before getting “robbed” by fake Hasidic Jews, a pair of financially desperate Diamond District jewelers cleared out their safe—replacing the contents with what appear to be empty boxes, according to a bombshell video played by prosecutors yesterday in Manhattan Supreme court. The footage is the DA’s smoking gun in the case against Atul […]
Osama bin Laden dethroned as top terrorist threat to the United States? That’s the assessment of Michael Leiter, head of the National Counterterrorism Center, who testified Wednesday before the House
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