Arab terrorists imprisoned in Israel, referred to as “security prisoners” made good on their threats Wednesday morning 23 Nissan 5773 and refused to accept their breakfast. On Tuesday they announced they are going to launch a hunger strike in response to the death of a Hamas terrorist in Soroka Medical Center. Despite the fact he […]
Following rocket attacks into S. Israel on Tuesday 22 Nissan 5773 and Wednesday morning 23 Nissan; Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon announced Israel will not tolerate rocket fire, not even occasional rocket fire as has been seen in the past. Ya’alon confirmed Arab media reports that the IAF during the night targeted terrorists in Gaza in […]
North Korea said it had “ratified” a merciless attack against the United States, potentially involving a “diversified nuclear strike”. “We formally inform the White House and Pentagon that the ever-escalating
Strong winds caused the Carnival cruise ship Triumph to break loose on Wednesday from its moorings at an Alabama dock where it was being repaired after its ill-fated cruise in
Brooklyn - How would you spend $1 million to improve your neighborhood? That’s the question that Councilman David G. Greenfield is asking his constituents through participatory budgeting this week. Participatory budgeting, which allows local residents to decide exactly how $1 million in government funds is spent right in their own neighborhood, is kicking off today with […]
President Barack Obama will return 5 percent of his salary each month to the Treasury in a show of solidarity with federal workers smarting from government-wide spending cuts, the White
The North Korean army said Thursday it had final approval to launch “merciless” military strikes on the United States, involving the possible use of “cutting-edge” nuclear weapons. In a statement
President Barack Obama will join all four living former U.S. presidents at ceremonies marking the opening of George W. Bush’s presidential library later this month, the White House said on
Shlomo Yehuda Rechnitz, the well known philanthropist from Los Angeles, has reportedly purchased Doheny Glatt Kosher Meats from its owner, Mike Engelman. As was reported extensively on YWN, the Rabbinical Council of California (RCC) had revoked the store’s Kashrus certification after the RCC received video footage alleging kashrus violations at Doheny Kosher Meats, a store under its supervision […]
It was a safe winter around the city with shootings and murders down sharply over the first quarter of the year, according to figures released by the city’s police department.
Hyundai Motor Corp and its Kia Motors affiliate are recalling more than 1.8 million cars and SUVs in the United States to address a potentially faulty switch and a loose
A suburban mayor caught up in a federal corruption investigation is asking constituents not to prejudge her. Spring Valley Mayor Noramie Jasmin was charged Tuesday with mail fraud in a
New York City crosswalks are not as safe as they should be. A study conducted by doctors from NYU Langone Medical Center finds that 44 percent of pedestrians hit by
Secretary of State John Kerry is traveling to Turkey and Israel this weekend to build on the two nations’ efforts to repair ties, U.S. and Turkish officials said Wednesday. Kerry had planned to depart next week for meetings in London and then South Korea, China and Japan. But he moved up his departure to Saturday […]
Theft and shelling have damaged a 2,000 year-old synagogue in Damascus, one of the oldest in the world, Syrian government and opposition activist sources said on Monday. Syria’s historic monuments have increasingly become a casualty of the civil war has killed more than 70,000 people. Parts of Aleppo’s medieval stone-vaulted souk have been reduced to […]
The police commissioner condones wrongful street stops, New York state Sen. Eric Adams testified Monday in a federal trial, a charge the commissioner strongly denied. Adams, testifying at a trial
Start spreading the news. The “212? area code is slipping out of New York City thanks to Internet-based phone companies. The coveted digits that mean so much to so many are showing up in other states and many New Yorkers don’t like it. But the next time you dial the area code, you might reach […]
The fate of two New Jersey men who face sentencing this month on terror-conspiracy charges seemed headed for a legal slugfest Tuesday, despite the fact the two defendants have already
Police are searching for a man who was captured on surveillance video violently attacking a woman on the subway in Brooklyn last month. The video shows the suspect following the
When Rockland County District Attorney Thomas Zugibe revealed in February that an investigation uncovered numerous cases of homeowners illegally filing for the STAR property tax break program, he originally planned
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