Stocks finished near session lows in choppy trading Wednesday, with the Dow and S&P wiping out all of the previous session’s gains led by financials, as investors continued to cautiously
A psychiatric evaluation finds that the man charged with killing 8-year-old Leiby Kletzky, has a personality disorder. It also reveals that his sister died while institutionalized for schizophrenia. The court-ordered
Monticello, NY – At approximately 9:00PM on Tuesday evening, an 11-year-old child was sent to the parking lot are of a Monticello bungalow colony to throw garbage in the dumpster, when a strange vehicle entered the parking lot. The driver began talking to the child, and asked him a few questions. The child felt uneasy with the questions, and ran […]
A Colombo crime family associate who worked at a Brooklyn celebrity pizzeria pleaded guilty today to robbing a yeshiva of more than $50,000. In a deal with the feds, Dominick “Black Dom” Dionisio pleaded guilty to racketeering charges and admitted his role in the yeshiva heist and several other gunpoint robberies. As a consequence, the […]
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has been riding a wave of popularity in the Empire State, but now a new poll pits him against other leaders, both local and national.
The city of Rechovot in Eretz Yisroel was struck by tragedy Wednesday afternoon, when a Yungerman tripped and fell 12 stories to his death R”L. According to YWN sources in Rechovot, 22-year-old Moshe Yeshaya Z”L had been married for just one month, and was visiting a construction site on Rechov Hakarmel where he worked. Witnesses say […]
The city has decided to formally challenge the results of the 2010 Census, saying federal aid to New York hangs in the balance. In a letter to the United States
The Obama administration is seeking ideas from investors on how to convert thousands of foreclosed properties owned by government-backed entities into rental homes. The Federal Housing Finance Agency, the regulator
The NY Times reports: The race to succeed former Representative Anthony D. Weiner is much closer than anticipated, according to the first public poll for the Sept. 13 special election.
[PHOTO LINK IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] The following is from the BBC: David Cameron said every action would be taken to restore order, with contingency plans for water cannon to be
The following Op-Ed by Mordechai Twersky appears in Wednesday’s NY Times: Khotyn, Ukraine – Here in the land of Tevye, the roosters still crow. Cows graze in open fields. But Tevye doesn’t live here anymore. I have set out from Israel to Ukraine to trace my ancestors. My first stop is west of Kiev, in a […]
The NYPD has formed a new unit to track troublemakers who announce plans or brag about their crimes on Twitter, MySpace and Facebook. Newly named Assistant Commissioner Kevin O’Connor, one of the department’s online and gang gurus, has been put in charge of the new juvenile justice unit. He and his staff will mine social […]
Brooklyn, NY – A 15-year-old was tragically killed on the roof of a public school in Mill Basin, Tuesday night. Sources tell YWN that a few children were playing on
Just because Congress spent the last several months locking horns over the debt ceiling doesn’t mean Republicans have forgotten how much they hate the health care overhaul. They haven’t. And
Wisconsin Republicans withstood a Democratic campaign to take control of the state Senate Tuesday, surviving in four of six recall elections that were sparked by Gov. Scott Walker’s contentious push for public labor law reforms. Democrats needed to win at least three races to capture control of the narrowly divided chamber. The vote counting stretched […]
You’ve seen the ads, promising to cut your debt in half, that often sound too good to be true. Debt settlement companies though, are the top fraud concern in New
Construction will start soon on one of New York’s largest hotel projects, a 68-story high-rise at the northwest corner of Broadway and 54th Street with more than 600 rooms, according to officials of Granite Broadway Development and Marriott International. The project, in the works for at least a decade, will include a 378-room Courtyard by […]
Fourteen flights sat on tarmacs for more than three hours in June compared with only three in June 2010, the latest monthly data by the Transportation Department’s Bureau of Transportation
The Obama administration is planning to explicitly call for Syrian President Bashar Assad to step down in coming days, two administration officials told FoxNews. The State Department signaled for the
Apparently, “Anonymous” won’t be accepting your friend request. Members of the shadowy collective known for its politically motivated Web hacks and attacks are targeting Facebook for what they claim to
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