4:35PM EST: Emergency crews have been operating on Hasbrouck Drive in the town of Woodbourne the past two hours, and have evacuated some people due to flash-flooding. Hasbrouck Road has
New York broke an all-time record for a one-day rainfall Sunday as up to 8 inches of water soaked the city, snarling trains and flooding roadways. By 9 p.m., 7.7
Google Inc., maker of the Android mobile-phone software, agreed to buy smartphone maker Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. for $12.5 billion in its biggest deal, gaining mobile patents and expanding in the hardware business. Motorola shareholders will get $40 a share in cash, the companies said in a statement today. Thats 63 percent more than Motorola […]
By Rabbi Sholem Fishbane Kashrus Administrator of the Chicago Rabbinical Council Kashrus Updates Some boxes of Manischewitz Cheese Blintzes mistakenly display the word “pareve”. This product is certified by the
Jewish supporters of President Obama are ramping up their lobbying campaign to release Jonathan Pollard, claiming the move would go a long way in easing tension between the Jewish community and the White House. There are enough Jews who voted for Obama in 2008 who have questions and are moving away from him, a senior […]
Every single Palestinian Authority terrorist held in an Israeli jail receives a monthly salary from the PA. Terrorists who committed the most heinous crimes and therefore received longer sentences receive the most money, according to a report in Israeli paper Yisrael Hayom. Citing a report received by a senior government official in Jerusalem, […]
The Daily News reports: Leiby Kletzkys dad says that a new memorial song about his slain son is helping him cope with the boys horrifying death. Nachman Kletzky, 39, called into the Jewish radio show Talkline with Zev Brenner on WMCA (570 AM) early Sunday while Hasidic singer Lipa Schmeltzer was on the air talking […]
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R) stepped forward today to endorse businessman Bob Turner (R) for congress in the special election for the Queens-Brooklyn congressional seat recently vacated by former Congressman Anthony Weiner (D). Mayor Giuliani, who cut taxes in New York City more than any mayor in the city’s history, praised […]
A group of Austrian-born Israeli Holocaust survivors is working to reopen the symbolic compensation agreement signed by Austria a decade ago and demanding payment “for all the property we were robbed of”. Jewish property has been evaluated in the past by Austrian historians at some 15 billion euros ($21 billion), without interest. Since the Austrian […]
Ruth Madoff has finally dumped her disgraced hubby in a desperate bid to salvage her relationship with estranged, beloved son, Andrew, a new report says. Ruth, 70, stopped visiting the
The second-in-command of the New York City correction department has resigned amid a probe into his relationship with subordinates. Samantha Levine, spokeswoman for Mayor Michael Bloomberg, told The Associated Press
The Pakistani government allowed Chinese military engineers to photograph and take samples from the downed top-secret helicopter U.S. Navy SEALs left behind after they successfully killed Usama bin Laden, the
President Obama’s summer woes have dragged his approval rating to an all-time low, sinking below 40% for the first time in Gallup’s daily tracking poll. New data posted Sunday shows
At least seven inches of rain fell by JFK Airport on Sunday, and all through the city residents dealt with travel delays, dangerous road conditions and even some flooded basements.
Egypts Attorney General on Sunday referred a Jordanian and an Israeli to an emergency court on charges of spying for a foreign country with the purpose of harming Egyptian national interests, Egyptian media reported. Bashar Ibrahim Abu Zeid, a Jordanian telecommunications engineer, was detained in Egypt last April after intelligence information allegedly showed he was […]
The NYPD is using crucial anti-terror resources to protect Verizon workers and equipment during a massive strike against the telecom giant, The Post has learned. The short-staffed department, already stretched
There was hope amongst kosher food advocates that the Commack LI butchers who have spent more than a decade fighting kosher food laws in New York State may have come
Records show New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo used state aircraft for flights to or from his girlfriends house, where he lives, following statewide tours in which he called for belt-tightening and budget cuts. Records obtained by The Associated Press under the state Freedom of Information Law show Cuomo used a state plane and helicopter to […]
Yoni Ploni Never Talks to Strangers is a 32 page illustrated childrens book geared for frum children, researched, written and published by Rabbi Yehoshua Danese, and illustrated by Yaakov Gerber, both of whom are fathers of growing families living in the Midwood section of Brooklyn. Strangers, stalkers, molesters, groomers, or worse, use known plots and […]
Tim Pawlenty will announce an end to his presidential candidacy after a disappointing third place finish in the Ames, Iowa, straw poll, sources participating in a conference call Sunday told
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