The Kremlin voiced disappointment Wednesday with President Barack Obamas decision to cancel his Moscow summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, but said it remains ready to cooperate with the United States on bilateral and international issues. Putins foreign affairs adviser, Yuri Ushakov, told reporters that Obamas decision reflected Americas inability to develop relations with Moscow […]
Can a mobile app really teach a baby to find her nose? Or learn to recognize letters and numbers? Not according to an advocacy group that filed a complaint Wednesday with the Federal Trade Commission alleging that two popular baby app developers Fisher-Price Inc. and Open Solutions are trying to dupe parents into […]
Last week, Assemblyman Dov Hikind endorsedKen Thompson for Brooklyn DA over longtime incumbent District Attorney Charles Hynes.After declaring Thompson the best choice for the Jewish community, Hikind accompanied the candidate along the crowded street, introducing Mr. Thompson to shoppers and merchants, urging them to vote for the DA candidate. While Mr. Hikind was believed to […]
Ticketholders aren’t the only ones who benefit from a win like the one expected in Wednesday’s Powerball drawing, estimated at $425 million so far. Stores known for selling winning tickets
Monticello police arrested Thomas Gallishaw (18) of Brooklyn on Tuesday 8/6/13. Gallishaw was charged with felonies for robbery in the 2nd degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the
The standby attorney for the soldier charged in the 2009 Fort Hood shooting rampage accused Maj. Nidal Hasan on Wednesday of deliberately charting a course toward a conviction and death
[VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] A group of more than 100 Ramapo residents, supporters of the anti-Orthodox Preserve Ramapo group, rallied at Town Hall, on Tuesday, calling for a regime change and an end to political favoritism.Were concerned for our neighborhood. Were concerned for our town. We just really want to know that the rules are […]
New York Citys transit authority says a conductor found a small dead shark aboard a subway train in Queens on Wednesday. The conductor asked passengers to leave the car and closed it off. The train continued to the end of the line, and then a supervisor placed the shark in a garbage bag and put […]
A former Libyan militia commander on Wednesday denied charges filed in U.S. federal court accusing him of being involved in an attack that killed a U.S. ambassador and three other
MK (Yahadut Hatorah) Menachem Eliezer Moses explains that while the harsh gezeiros including significant budget cuts to yeshivos float in the air, bnei yeshivos have returned to beis medrash and
While the Democrats and the Republicans are squabbling over each other in the ongoing campaign for mayor of New York City, one candidate is working out to gain the traction
New York education officials warned early on not to expect great results on the first English and math tests given statewide to elementary students under tougher new learning standards and they’re right. The state Education Department said Thursday test results show that 31 percent of students in grades 3 through 8 scored proficient in […]
Around two hundred protesters convened at the Mughrabi entrance to Har Habayis on Wednesday morning, 2 Rosh Chodesh Elul 5773 to protest the closure of holy site to non-Muslims for
Four IDF soldiers were injured during the predawn hours on Wednesday, 2 Rosh Chodesh Elul 5773 as they were operating along the Lebanese border. According to doctors, they sustained light-to-moderate
Wednesday night, the eve of 2 Elul 5773 marks the 67th yahrzeit of the Damesek Eliezer of Vishnitz ZT”L, a son of the Ahavas Yisrael of Vishnitz ZTL. The Damesek Eliezer was vital in his role in Agudas Yisrael in Romania. After WWII he served as av beis din in Vishnitz and reestablished the Beis […]
There are growing concerns in Israel regarding the foreign currency market as Israel is without a governor of the Bank of Israel, a selection process that is likely to continue
[VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] With several swipes from the arm of an excavator and a smattering of applause from spectators, demolition began Wednesday morning on the Cleveland house where three
[VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] Anthony Weiner is taking some heat for calling an opponent at a New York City mayoral forum grandpa. AARP state director Beth Finkel says the organization found some comments at the forum it sponsored unfortunate. The exchange between 69-year-old Republican candidate George McDonald and the 48-year-old Democrat was caught on camera […]
In a rare diplomatic snub, President Barack Obama is canceling plans to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow next month. The decision reflects both U.S. anger over Russia’s
Boston Marathon bombing suspects Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev befriended a brain-damaged anti-U.S. government conspiracy theorist through their mothers health care aide job years before the deadly attack, a lawyer said Tuesday. Attorney Jason Rosenberg, who represents the family of Donald Larking, said Larking shared publications with the brothers and discussed theories including that the Sept. […]
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