As two ships flying Lebanese flags are about to head for Israel to become the next Gaza flotilla stars, Lebanese Foreign Minister Ali Ashami sent a letter to the United
President Obama faces rising political heat over the economy, federal spending and the Gulf oil spill, complicating the Democratic Party’s chances in mid-term elections. A new NBC News/Wall Street Journal
3:10:PM EST: Lawrence, NY – Nassau County Emergency Services has just transported two victims to St Johns Hospital following a drowning. One victim is reportedly a two-year-old child and is
A New York City man has been indicted for allegedly threatening to kill Governor David Paterson. According to court papers, the threat dates back to April of this year and
MKs from Yahadut HaTorah early Wednesday afternoon met with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to discuss the crisis surrounding the Emanuel Beis Yaakov. The chareidi legislators told the prime minister they
El Al officials have released a statement that to date, it has not received any alerts from Boeing regarding its 767 fleet. The airline is about to receive its eighth 767 model plane. Concerns stem from the discovery of cracks on a plane at the section where the wing attaches to the plane’s body, the […]
2:15PM EST: A magnitude 5.5 quake moved the ground in Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal and several U.S. states according to initial reports. UPDATE 2:17PM EST: Syracuse, NY – At least one magnitude-five earthquake with an epicenter near Ottawa, Canada sent tremors across Central New York and much of the Northeast this afternoon, according to the U.S. Geological […]
Gen. David Petraeus has been been tapped by President Obama to replace Gen. Stanley McChrystal as the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, according to a top Obama national security source.
A large levaya is set for tomorrow, Thursday, June 24th in France for seven Sifrei Torah destroyed in last Thursday’s fire in the shul of HaRav Yosef Azran z”l, located in the Rova 16 area. According to fire inspectors, the fire, which resulted in significant damage, was the result of an electrical short circuit. (Yechiel […]
Time is running out to get the Opportunity Scholarship Act, S-1872 & A-2810, passed before the summer recess. This Bill, if passed by the Legislature and signed into Law by
[The following story has been posted in the YWN Shomrim Blotter as well.] Three months after he was challenged by Shomrim NW and apprehended by the Metropolitan Police for threatening
In a tremendous display of support, sympathy and unity nearly 1000 people gathered Monday evening at Moshe Ganz Hall in Los Angeles to Daaven on behalf of Reb Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin. The main ballroom was full with standing room only, with many attendees choosing to sit in the overflow room. The tone of the evening was […]
Windsor Locks, CT – Three hundred travelers started the summer with a travel nightmare they will not soon forget. Hundreds of Newark-bound passengers sat for four hours on a tarmac in a stifling cabin after bad weather and union regulations grounded their flight from London in Connecticut. To make matters worse, passengers said, the plane’s […]
New York – Port Authority police are on high alert today following what the agency believes is a “credible threat” to its bridges and tunnels, The Post has learned. A source said the information that led to the alert came from a prisoner in Afghanistan. A secret briefing was held yesterday for PA emergency-service cops […]
The Slonimer Rebbe Shlita released a harshly worded letter on Wednesday, June 23, 2010, after the High Court of Justice ruling of Tuesday, sending some of the Emanuel wives to prison. The Rebbe Shlita states he is convinced the court is well-aware of the truth in the case, and the court’s words are simply lies, […]
A five-year-old boy from a prominent Chabad family sustained serious burns over his entire body R”L as a result of a blaze in Kiryat Malachi. The fire occurred on Tuesday night on Ben-Gurion Street in the Nachlas Har Chabad neighborhood. It appears that a lit candle toppled over and started the fire while the child […]
Remember the NYC Traffic Agent who was captured on camera by a NYC Councilman using his flashing lights to go get a cup of coffee last week? Well, WCBSTV asked
It appears that with a coalition crisis brewing accompanied by audible threats from MK Moshe Gafne that Yahadut HaTorah MKs will not automatically support the government in no-confidence motions, Prime
Former Agriprocessors vice president Sholom Rubashkin remained calm during his sentencing today in U.S. District Court but before the judge came in he said this hearing will “show the wickedness of these people.” Rubashkin, 50, of Postville, sentenced to 27 years in federal prison for bank fraud and other charges, waved at two rows of […]
A convicted accomplice to Bernard Madoff’s $65 billion dollar fraud has been freed on bail in exchange for his continued cooperation with the FBI and prosecutors who are trying to track missing investor funds. Frank DiPascali, 53, walked out of federal court surrounded by FBI agents and US marshals after being granted $10 million bail […]
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