There will be a showdown Tuesday in Brooklyn and Queens, and Jewish voters could end up deciding a hotly contested race for Congress. Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries wants to help close
Troubled missing millionaire Guma Aguiars wife told him she wanted a divorce just hours before he vanished from his fishing boat, the lawyer for Aguiars mother told ABCNews.com today. It was the latest twist in a mystery that has sparked a vicious tug-of-war between his wife and mother over control of Aguiars $100 million estate. […]
New Jersey beachgoers were startled over the weekend to see a small plane flying overhead pulling a swastika banner. Twitter was abuzz with tweets from people who saw the plane fly over Long Beach Island on Saturday afternoon. The group behind the flight says it wasn’t meant as a representation of hate. The International RaelianMovement […]
Drivers would have to put down the phone or face stricter penalties for talking or texting while driving under a bill that passed the state Senate today. The bill (S69)
Americans spend $80 billion each year financing food stamps for the poor, but the country has no idea where or how the money is spent. Food stamps can be spent
Catskill Hatzalahs first garage opened following a Thursday ceremony in South Fallsburg. Catskill Hatzalah handles some 2,000 emergency calls per year with the bulk during the summer months, in Sullivan and Ulster counties as well as portions of Greene and Orange counties. They have 13 ambulances in use during the busy summer months and two […]
As was reported earlier today, police in Delhi report apprehending a key figure allegedly involved in the planning of the deadly Mumbai attacks of 2008. Abu Jindal, also known as
Mekubal Rabbi Binayahu Shmueli is warning of the dangers posed by the new Egypt, Ladaat reports. The Rabbi told talmidim there is reason to be concerned following the change of
Experts are suggesting putting kids with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder on drugs early in order to improve their academic performance, especially in math. How early? Some say as it could
A judge has declined to throw out an unusual state-level terror case against a man charged with plotting to blow up synagogues in New York. The ruling came Monday in
The U.S. Supreme Court today struck down several key components of Arizona’s immigration law. The one provision not invalidated is the so-called “check your papers” provision, which requires police officers
Jerusalems Kehillos Yerushalayim Chevra Kadisha, the largest in the city, is working to develop its plan for burial caves in response to the severe land shortage. The plan is based on Romes catacombs. The pilot project will encompass a 50 meter length and 10 meter width, with a height of 6.5 meters. This will result […]
How much would you give for the privilege of getting to know a tzaddik? For the sum of $10 you can become acquainted with a luminous gadol Hagaon Harav Dov Schwartzman, ztl by purchasing Rav Shmuel Wittows memoir In His Ways: Reb Dov. Whats that, you say how can such a […]
The Justice Department announced today that it will monitor primary elections on June 26, 2012, in Orange County and Queens, N.Y ., to ensure compliance with the Voting Rights Act
Following up on reports of increased attacks against children in frum areas of Yerushalayim released earlier this month,there appears to have been another attack, against a 15-year-old chareidi female. The victim was on her way to school in the Beis Yisrael neighborhood when assaulted by a male dressed in chareidi garb. She told her teacher […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Israel on Monday, for a 48-hour visit. Some senior analysts report that the visit to Israel is Putins fourth international visit since his reelection in May and this signals his realization of Israels importance in the international community. The main working portion of the visit will be a meeting […]
According to snake catcher Itti Myers of Katzrin, the snake that he carted off from a public rest room in Tiveria on Sunday, was a Burmese Python. He explained it was a young snake, about 3-years-old, measuring about three meters (yards) in length and judging by the snakes behavior, it was most likely being raised […]
The wheel boot, a groan-inducing sight for motorists in other cities, will hit the outer boroughs as soon as Monday, the Daily News has learned. The city is planning to
Crews building the city’s sixth largest skyscraper will celebrate a milestone Monday as they lift in place 4 World Trade Center’s final steel beam. Four World Trade will be the
Indian police have arrested a man suspected of helping to plan a militant rampage through the country’s financial hub Mumbai in 2008 that killed 166 people, Foreign Minister S.M. Krishna
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