State Farm, the largest U.S. home and auto insurer, said it would start flying two planes over areas affected by superstorm Sandy on Saturday, towing a banner with its claims
Fuel flowed toward disaster victims on Saturday and the lower Manhattan skyline lit up for the first time since superstorm Sandy slammed into the U.S. Northeast, while people in devastated
U.S. President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney remain essentially tied in the race for the White House with razor thin margins in four key swing states, according to
A senior Israeli official described Egypt’s new government on Friday as a “shocking dictatorial force” and predicted there would be no high-level contacts between the two countries, but the Israeli
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg lashed out on Saturday at the Long Island-based power company that serves some of New York City’s outer neighborhoods for making inadequate progress restoring power
Mayor Michael Bloomberg tried to sell the New York City Marathon as a symbolic victory for the city after a devastating storm, invoking two of the biggest symbols of them all Rudy Giuliani and 9/11. The former mayor, Bloomberg said, made the right decision by holding the marathon less than two months after the […]
More New Yorkers got power Saturday for the first time since Superstorm Sandy struck the region, but frustrations mounted over gasoline shortages as refueling sites turned into traffic jams of
After Degel HaTorah officials decided to oust Menachem Carmel from the third place on its list, which in essence in the seventh slot on the Yahadut HaTorah list, it now appears that Rav Yisrael Kellerman, a Jerusalem councilman may receive the spot. Kellermans good ties with gedolim in Bnei Brak and Shaare Zedek may him […]
The findings of a study released by the Central Bureau of Statistics reveals some alarming information. The level of pesticides in agricultural produce in Israel in 2008-2010 is the highest
Sources confirm to YWN that Mayor Bloomberg has caved into pressure, and has decided to cancel the Marathon, which was scheduled for this Sunday. Bloomberg was facing a growing backlash
A third day of “panic buying” of gasoline among Sandy-struck New York area motorists o n F riday prompted action from authorities, who waived shipping regulations even as pipelines and
Mayor Michael Bloomberg says the New York City Marathon will go on despite storm-related objections. Bloomberg discussed the marathon Friday while giving a briefing on the storm. He says New
Bill de Blasio, Public Advocate for the City of New York has joined the list of elected officials calling on Mayor Bloomberg to postpone the marathon, which the Mayor says will still be taking place this coming Sunday. The following statement was given to YWN on Friday afternoon: The pain and suffering still unfolding in […]
Another messy — and wintry — storm may cause post-Election Day problems for an already weather-weary East Coast, forecasters say. But meteorologists add that it’s six days out, so that’s
Brooklyn Councilman David G. Greenfield is offering a $1,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the group of men seen on surveillance video violently beating and robbing a Jewish man in Crown Heights just as Hurricane Sandy was making landfall on Monday night. Surveillance video posted on crownheights.info shows a […]
The following is a statement from Town of Ramapo Supervisor Christopher P. St. Lawrence: As we struggle to maintain a sense of normalcy in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, I
The new mikva that was constructed in Jerusalems Har Nof neighborhood was a project that began about a decade ago. This week, the project was completed and the opening of the new mikva is just days away. The neighborhood is desperately in need of the mikva and those involved in the project are proud to […]
President Shimon Peres on Thursday afternoon sent a letter to US President Barack Obama to express his sympathy to the people of the United States in the wake of Hurricane
President Barack Obama and Republican rival Mitt Romney each got something Friday out of the final snapshot of the nation’s economy heading into Election Day, with more job creation and
A key pipeline delivering fuel into the storm-stricken New York area has resumed shipments and barge shipments were slowly returning to normal, offering hope for relief from a gasoline supply crunch that has frustrated the region. Colonial Pipeline, a conduit that supplies about 15 percent of the East Coasts gasoline, diesel and jet fuel, said […]
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