Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is urging a group of House Republicans to give up their push for a bill that would slash payments to the United Nations and limit
The massive heat wave that baked half the country in triple digit heat indexes last week may have caused as many as 64 deaths in 15 states, the National Weather
Wheels To Lease, the Jewish world’s leading car leasing company, revealed this morning that the winner of their Free Car Giveaway will be announced on the Country Yossi Summer Show – Thunder 102.1 FM on Sunday August 7th between 8 and 10 pm. The Free Car Giveaway, which closes for entries on July 31st, was launched in […]
Dozens of Continental Airlines flights were canceled Wednesday because too many pilots called in sick. Officials said about 21 flights were canceled because of the illnesses. Airline officials did not
A water main break in the Bronx is causing problems for commuters and residents. The 52-inch pipe broke around 4 a.m. and was reported around 7:15 a.m. Wednesday in the
A Texas lawmaker is calling for a congressional investigation of the Houston National Cemetery after he went undercover and determined that cemetery officials are still preventing Christian prayers at the funerals of military veterans. “The Obama administration continues to try to prevent the word ‘God’ from being used at the funerals of our heroes,” said. […]
Federal health officials have decided in an initial review not to add cancer to the list of health conditions related to the 2001 World Trade Center attack and its cleanup,
The following is from the Algemeiner: “An event like this is so beyond the scope of life – so, so foreign, that it will probably take some time to recover.” Rabbi Shaul Wilhelm, Director of the Chabad-Lubavitch Center in Oslo, Norway told the Algemeiner on Tuesday afternoon. According to the Rabbi, the Jews in Norway […]
New York ambulances - including Hatzolah vehicles – can now use rear-projecting blue lights in an effort to make them more visible to oncoming motorists and therefore safer. The measure passed by the Legislature and signed this month by Gov. Andrew Cuomo gives ambulances the same option as fire and police vehicles for one or more […]
U.S. counterterrorism officials are increasingly convinced that the killing of Osama bin Laden and the toll of seven years of CIA drone strikes have pushed alQaeda to the brink of collapse. The assessment reflects a widespread view at the CIA and other agencies that a relatively small number of additional blows could effectively extinguish the […]
Con Edison says New York customers used not a million, not a billion, but a trillion watt hours of electricity during last week’s brutal four-day heat wave. That’s one-sixth of what Vermont generally uses in a year. The all-time peak record for energy use was broken at 4 p.m. Friday, clocking in at 13,189 megawatts. […]
The front-runner in the fight to become New York’s next mayor isn’t even in the race. A new poll from Quinnipiac University found that city voters put Police Commissioner Raymond
Assemblyman David I. Weprin, the Democratic candidate to replace former Representative Anthony D. Weiner in a special election on Sept. 13, is a Modern Orthodox Jew who keeps kosher, observes
All that yellow plastic you see scattered around the floor of your favorite subway station may look cheap and disposable. But the MTA says it costs the agency $20 million
[PHOTO LINK IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] On Tuesday, July 26th, the NYPD was readying to wrap up their nearly two-week-long investigation at the Levi Aron house on East 2nd Street. Before they prepared to turn the house back over to its owners, the NYPD reached out to Misaskim’s Disaster and Recovery team to come down to […]
The following is a response by Tevi Troy to Rep. Steve Rothman’s (D-NJ) Politico op-ed which claims that Obama is a pro-Israel president: Rep. Steve Rothman’s attempt to convince people
A swastika was found on a Flatbush Hatzolah ambulance, Tuesday afternoon. The Ambulance had just brought a patient to Maimonides Medical Center on Fort Hamilton Parkway, when the driver noticed the swastika scratched into the drivers side of the ambulance. Maimonides Security personnel called 911, and the NYPD conducted a bias-crime investigation. Maimonides Medical Center […]
The United States Postal Service announced today it’s mulling the closure of thousands of post offices nationwide, including dozens here in the city. Officials say that they are conducting studies
Boro Park – A massive memorial gathering for Leiby Kletzky A”H was held on Monday evening at the Ateres Golda Hall in Boro Park. The thousands of participants were joined by many Admorim and Rabbonim who were in attendance. Among the speakers were HaRav Avrohom Schorr Shlita, Morah Dasra Khal Tifres Yaakov, Rav Yeshaya Yaakov […]
The Metropolitan Transit Authority has long been planning to bring cell phone and WiFi service to New York City subways. The company chosen to bring the service underground is Transit Wireless. They’re expected to have all stations wired by 2016. While the deal includes subway stations, commuters won’t receive signal in tunnels. AT&T and T-Mobile […]
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