A late winter storm dumped heavy snow on the midwestern United States on Tuesday, contributing to numerous highway crashes and flight cancellations as it moved east toward the Ohio Valley
New Yorkers know that driving in the city can be a major hassle, and now a new analysis says New York is the worst city for getting behind the wheel.
The Dow hit a new record high today, topping 14,264. The previous record was 14,198.10, set in October 2007, when investors were squarely focused on the Federal Reserve. The Fed
Police have arrested a man in Nassau County, Long Island they say stole and tried to pawn items from a Jewish center in Oceanside. Alex Membreno, 30, worked as a
Egypt’s Islamist president is considering whether to give the military full control of the restive Suez Canal city of Port Said after days of deadly street clashes stoked by excessive
The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating a commercial pilot’s report that he spotted a small unmanned aircraft at John F. Kennedy International Airport. The Alitalia pilot told air traffic controllers that he saw the unmanned aircraft as he approached the runway at Kennedy at about 1:15 p.m. Monday. The pilot said the aircraft was about […]
Three talmidei yeshiva in Odessa were arrested in an anti-Semitic incident, the daily HaMevaser reports. The three were placed under arrested after getting off a train in Laviv. They were held in jail for two days, and following unrelenting efforts, they were released on Monday night 22 Adar 5773. Askan R’ Hillel Cohen, who heads […]
A swarm of locusts in Egypt has crossed the border into Israel on Monday 22 Adar 5773. The swarm is described as “small” and crop dusting planes and other means were deployed rapidly to attack the unwanted visitors before the situation deteriorates to the magnitude of the Egyptian infestation. Farmer Tzachi Rimon told Channel 10 […]
Likud/Beitenu continues coalition talks with his Yesh Atid and Bayit HaYehudi as it appears they will be the major coalition partners. The daily Yisrael Hayom reports that Prime Minister Binyamin
When an Israeli heading on a flight from Tel Aviv to Hong Kong placed his bag in security X-ray, he was somewhat surprised to see the response. Security agents quickly
The hit-and-run driver wanted for the death of a couple killed in a Williamsburg car crash — as well as the death of their premature baby — is a convicted killer who was nabbed for drunken driving during a road rage incident just two weeks ago, sources said. Julio Acevedo, 44, of Brooklyn, was allegedly […]
An Obama administration adviser says the White House believes smartphone and tablet users should be allowed to unlock their phones and use the devices on the network of their choosing. In a blog post entitled “It’s time to legalize cell phone unlocking,” R. David Edelman, White House adviser on Internet, innovation and privacy, responded to […]
Israel warned the U.N. Security Council on Monday that it could not be expected to “stand idle” as Syria’s civil war spills over its border, while Russia accused armed groups
A California retirement home is backing one of its nurses after she refused desperate pleas from a 911 operator to perform CPR on an elderly woman who later died, saying
The state is cracking down on fraudulent claims for school property tax rebates under a $3 billion-a-year program that’s meant to be used for people’s primary residences but has been
New York City’s Mayor Michael Bloomberg is the 13th richest person in the world, according to Forbes. The magazine released its latest annual tally of billionaires today. According to Forbes, Bloomberg’s net worth as of March 2013 is $27 billion – which also makes him the seventh wealthiest person in the United States. A record […]
THE VICE PRESIDENT: Thank you, Mr. President. (Applause.) It’s great to be here. It’s great to be here. (Applause.) Hey, Debbie. Ladies and gentlemen, oh, what a difference 40 years makes. (Laughter.) I look out there and see an old friend, Annette Lantos. Annette, how are you? Her husband, Tom Lantos, a survivor, was my […]
A near-panic amongst consumers that appeared to set-in with reports that there might be a shortage of kosher poultry this coming Passover season (which begins on the eve of March
When it was still assumed that Shas was going to be in the coalition, the chareidi party would have been instrumental in leveraging the outcome of the upcoming elections for
[VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned on Monday that Iran was getting closer to being able to build a nuclear bomb despite sanctions and diplomacy and
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