NYC – Doormen and other building workers have struck a deal with building owners on a new four-year contract, averting a threatened strike. More than 30,000 workers, including doormen, porters,
More than two dozen British Airways flights have taken off for London, hoping to be able to land despite restrictions on English airspace because of ash from a volcano in
If President Obama wants to run again in 2012, he may need to prove to the state of Arizona that he was in fact born in the United States. That
The little girl from Yerushalayim who fell from a structure on Monday night, Rivka bas Yael, remains in an intensive care unit of Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital. A family member reported on Tuesday evening that “the neurologist is optimistic” and her condition appears to have stabilized. The family calls on the tzibur to continue davening […]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration should take steps to lower the amount of salt in the American diet over the next decade, an expert panel advised Tuesday. In a
The ban on flights over most of Britain caused by a cloud of volcanic ash drifting from Iceland has been extended until tomorrow morning as Boris Johnson, the Mayor of
After spending an extra day in orbit, the seven astronauts aboard the space shuttle Discovery landed Tuesday morning at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA officials had been closely monitoring
Attorney General Andrew Cuomo charged embattled Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada today with looting the Bronx-based nonprofit where he serves as President and CEO. The civil suit filed today in
It has been nearly two decades since New Yorkers faced their last doorman strike, but as the deadline for a new contract for building workers approached, the questions being posed
More European airports are reopening today, as air travel slowly returns to normal, five days after ash from an Icelandic volcano shut down airspace. The first flights since the shutdown
A former federal judge and a former U.S. attorney have authored a letter to the judge in the Sholom Rubashkin case, criticizing the recommendation of prosecutors that Rubashkin receive life in prison. The letter describes the government’s sentencing recommendation as “draconian” and notes the federal sentencing guidelines equate Rubashkin’s suggested punishment to those convicted of […]
[VIDEO LINK BELOW] Lakewood Police say seven people, including two children, were tied up in a Lakewood home last Friday night at 1:30AM by four men robbing the house. According
The Five Towns will soon celebrate the dedication of the Anne and Jerome Gober Torah Center – the new home of the Agudath Israel of the Five Towns Mikdash Tzvi Yechiel located at the corner of Cedarhurst Avenue and Peninsula Blvd. in Cedarhurst. The new state of the art facility includes a stunning two story […]
He has been equivocal on the subject in the past, but on Monday night White House chief of staff and native Chicagoan Rahm Emanuel made no bones about it: He
4:50PM IL: A violent protest took place earlier in Bnei Brak, in front of Ponavez Yeshiva and the area of Chazon Ish and Yismach Moshe Streets as the nation marks
The following is a WPIX exclusive: It appears that some local 7-11’s have better video surveillance equipment than one of the top terrorist targets in the world — the Lincoln
Analysts grilled Goldman Sachs Tuesday for its role in structuring a security tied to subprime mortgages even as the firm reported a stronger-than-expected profit of $3.5 billion in the latest quarter. Goldman Sachs facing a fraud lawsuit from U.S. regulators, reported first-quarter earnings that surpassed analysts’ estimates on record fixed- income trading revenue. Net income almost […]
As the state went another day without a new budget yesterday, Gov. Paterson was hard at work – meeting with his criminal defense lawyer. The NY Daily News spotted Paterson
The Israeli flag flown at the Ponavez Yeshiva in Bnei Brak every year on Yom Ha’atzmut. (Reposted from YWN archives 2009, 2008, 2007, & 2006)
Chacham Maran Ovadia Yosef Shlita announced that one is permitted to recite Hallel on Independence Day without a bracha. The Rav adds it is preferable to push off the recitation
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