IRS attorneys have asserted in internal documents that the Fourth Amendment does not protect email and that a warrant is not needed to plant a GPS location tracker on a car in its owner’s driveway. In documents obtained from the IRS by the ACLU under the federal Freedom of Information Act and posted on the […]
Police in Brooklyn have the man they were searching for in custody in connection with a Williamsburg hate crime investigation, but they say a number of alibis provided by the
Florida is the nation’s foreclosure state, and Miami is the foreclosure capital. The greater Miami area posted the highest foreclosure activity of any large city in the nation in the first quarter, with one in every 79 residences receiving some type of foreclosure filing, RealtyTrac said. Miami’s foreclosure activity was more than three times the […]
Philip Checchia’s home in Barnegat, New Jersey, escaped undamaged from Hurricane Sandy in October, but the 67-year-old is bracing for a different kind of storm damage – higher property taxes.
PC sales have seen the steepest decline in nearly 20 years due to the increasing dominance of tablets and smartphones, according to a leading technology tracking firm. Sales of personal
Alexander Heit’s final text cut off in mid-sentence. Before he could send it, police say the 22-year-old University of Northern Colorado student drifted into oncoming traffic, jerked the steering wheel
[VIDEO & PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] According to Benyamin Storchan, director of the excavation on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority, “Numerous ritual baths have been excavated in Jerusalem in recent years, but the water supply system that we exposed in this excavation is unique and unusual. The ritual bath consists of an underground chamber […]
Discussions between the United Nations and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s government on a possible investigation into the alleged use of chemical weapons in Syria have reached an impasse, U.N. diplomats
Microsoft’s Windows 8 software appears to be driving buyers away from PCs and toward smartphones and tablets, research firm IDC said Wednesday. That’s leading to the fastest drop in PC
U.S. doctors are prescribing enough antibiotics to give them to 4 out of 5 Americans every year, an alarming pace that suggests they are being overused, a new government study
President Barack Obama’s proposed 2014 budget includes an increase of $3.9 billion to the health department as it prepares to implement the administration’s healthcare overhaul, setting money aside for mental
The U.S. Internal Revenue Service is missing a chance to raise a lot more revenue by turning a cold shoulder to people offering up the inside scoop on tax dodgers,
U.S. stocks climbed 1 percent on Wednesday, with both the Dow and S&P 500 ending at historic highs as cyclical shares led the way higher for a second straight day.
President Barack Obama proposed on Wednesday increased spending to protect U.S. computer networks from Internet-based attacks in a sign that the government aims to put more resources into the emerging
The New York Post reports, however, that Justin Johnsen, a 31-year-old cyclist from Brooklyn, was billed $1,263.01 for a November accident in which a police car struck him. Johnsen says
The following is the only official statement released by the “Kehillah Kosher” Kashrus agency in Los ANgeles, regarding the Doheny meat scandal, reported extensively on YWN. It should be noted that Doheny Meats was not under Kehillah Kosher certification, but under the RCC. 28 Nissan 5773 / April 8, 2013 As to the recent development involving Doheny Meats, Kehilla […]
The White House, at odds with Iran over its nuclear program, offered on Wednesday to help Tehran grapple with a deadly earthquake in southern Iran. The powerful 6.3 magnitude quake
Following news that the person-of-interest in the mezuzah burning case, 35-year-old Ruben Ublies, has been apprehended, Speaker Christine Quinn, Council Member Stephen Levin and other elected officials are congratulating NYPD on their investigation. “Acts of hatred against the Jewish community have no place in our city,” said Speaker Quinn. “I applaud the NYPD for their […]
The following is from Canadian Jewish News: Kosher consumers in Toronto will have plenty of chicken, despite the impending closure on May 3 of Chai Kosher Poultry, one of the city’s largest suppliers, industry insiders say. Moishe Friedman, president of Marvid Poultry in Montreal, said he supplies many kosher retailers in Toronto and has the […]
New York City Councilman Peter Vallone Jr. introduced legislation Tuesday that would either ban or introduce tight regulations on costumed characters in New York City. The proposal comes in the wake of several incidents involving the costumed characters in Times Square. Most recently, a man dressed as Cookie Monster from “Sesame Street” was arrested this […]
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