Please note that due to Hurricane Irene, the commemoration of the tenth yartzheit of HaRav Avraham Yaakov Hakohen Pam ZATZAL, the Rosh Yeshiva of Torah Vodaas and hakamas matzeivah of
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said the city would be officially lifting its evacuation order as of 3 p.m. Sunday during a news conference. More than 370,000 people had been ordered to leave parts of lower Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens. MTA Chairman Jay Walder said that many bridges would not be collecting toll to […]
Mayor Michael Bloomberg says he thinks the city made the right decisions in preparing for Hurricane Irene. He made the comment as reporters were briefly allowed into a meeting Bloomberg
Firefighters have made dozens of water rescues around the city due to Irene, which pounded the tri-state with soaking rains and high winds before it arrived Sunday morning as a
A man was arrested on Staten Island yesterday for the murder of a coin dealer in Brooklyn, cops said. Cops caught Andrew Jackson, 26, by using fingerprints he left on
As Hurricane Irene makes landfall on the East Coast this weekend, send us photographs of storm scenes and aftermath damage in your area. Please include the time and location of
ConEd operations chief John Miksad said the utility doesn’t expect to cut power before the storm hits, but flooding Sunday could bring a shutdown to areas including the southern tip of Manhattan. That would cut off power to major Wall Street institutions through parts of next week. New York is regularly blasted by winter storms, […]
Constellation Energy Nuclear Group says one of two nuclear reactors at Calvert Cliffs in Maryland went off-line automatically because of winds from Hurricane Irene, and the facility is safe and
Video taken by Shimon Gifter on Motzei Shabbos (Sunday) in Flatbush and Boro Park. To watch the video from a mobile device, click HERE. (YWN Desk – NYC)
More than 1,000 Muslims marched Saturday in Berlin and chanted anti-Israel slogans to mark al-Quds Day, set by Iran following the Islamist revolution in the country. The protestors in the
Though most of Washington is now concerned with an impending hurricane, one of the city’s oldest federal buildings sustained damage during this week’s earthquake and aftershocks. A portion of a granite railing on the roof on the U.S. Treasury building dislodged and fell either immediately after Tuesday’s earthquake or after an aftershock early Thursday, the […]
Warren Buffett earned $357 million in paper profits on Thursday simply on warrants related to his $5 billion equity infusion into Bank of America. Not bad for a day’s work.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has ordered the inspection of a hydro-power dam west of Albany after a mild earthquake. Cuomo said that while the 2.9 magnitude earthquake Saturday was small, he ordered an immediate inspection of nearby infrastructure as a precaution. That included the New York Power Authority’s Blenheim-Gilboa Dam in nearby Schoharie County. […]
Al-Qaeda’s second-in-command was killed in Pakistan earlier this week, according to a U.S. administration official. Atiyah Abd al-Rahman was killed Aug. 22 in Waziristan, a tribal area of Pakistan along the border with Afghanistan, according to the official, who wasn’t authorized to comment publicly on the matter. No information was immediately available on how al-Rahman […]
8:30 p.m. EDT Saturday, Aug. 27: The eye of Hurricane Irene has emerged back over water about 35 miles east of Norfolk, Va. Wind gusts to hurricane force (74 mph
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Even a 150-year prison sentence hasn’t convinced Ponzi king Bernie Madoff to tell the truth. The convicted fraudster’s latest whoppers include a story that he is working with Harvard Business School on “building an entrepreneurial course” that will focus on his long-forgotten accomplishments, such as his role in paving the way for electronic market-making. “I […]
[VIDEO & PHOTO LINKS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] There is a mandatory evacuation in Sea Gate, Coney Island. As per Rabbi Meisels Shlita, the Rov of Sea Gate, all Yiden must
The following is reprinted from the Halacha Hurricane Manual published by Agudath Israel of Florida, based on questions asked to Rabbi Moshe Heinemann, Rav Agudas Yisroel of Baltimore. 1. In case of an impending hurricane predicted to hit on Shabbos, may one leave the radio on? Yes, leave the radio on in a private area […]
Officials have contacted YWN and said that Posek Harav Yaakov Forscheimer Shlita was contacted in regards to keeping a radio on for this Shabbos. It was Paskened, that Lakewood residents
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