A man convicted in a foiled plot to bomb New York synagogues and fire heat-seeking missiles at military planes asked a federal judge to impose a 25-year prison term and
Egypt’s official news agency said the Rafah border crossing with Gaza will be permanently opened for Palestinians on Saturday — a move that will significantly ease a blockade of the impoverished territory. MENA said Wednesday that Egypt’s new military rulers set the date for the opening of the crossing as part of efforts “to end […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has made it his goal to take America by storm during a visit that began with President Obama requesting Israel consider a return to 1967
NYC Councilman David G. Greenfield submitted a legislative request last week that would prevent the city from charging non-profit organizations, including religious institutions, for sanitation collection. The legislation was requested
An officer in Pakistan’s intelligence service chose a Jewish center as a target for the 2008 Mumbai attacks and then helped launch a new plot against Denmark, according to the star witness in a terror trial in Chicago. In his second day of testimony, David Coleman Headley, a confessed Pakistani-American terrorist, revealed more details about […]
Summonses for unsafe bicycling are up 48 percent in New York City over last year. The NYPD has issued nearly 14,000 tickets so far this year for cyclists who fun
New Yorkers will be tipping their hats to the members of the armed forces who are in town for Fleet Week. Thousands of Sailors, Marines, and Coast Guardsmen from the
As rescue crews concluded their final sweeps through the devastated town of Joplin, Mo., the death toll following Sunday’s monster tornado appeared to level off at 117, making the storm the deadliest twister to strike the United States since 1953. All members of the town’s small Jewish community – including two brothers who were missing […]
Police Commissioner Ray Kelly warned transit and law enforcement officials Tuesday that they still must be extra vigilant along rail lines after documents were uncovered at Osama bin Laden’s compound
Don’t count him out yet: Former New York Gov. George Pataki said Tuesday he’ll make a decision about getting into the 2012 presidential race in the next month during a swing through New Hampshire to talk about the national debt. “I’m not running now,” Pataki said, the New Hampshire Union Leader reported. “But we’ll see […]
Gov. Cuomo gave new meaning to “cap-and-trade” yesterday as he secured a historic agreement on a sweeping cap on upstate and suburban property taxes linked to the renewal of the
The Prison Service is searching for a prisoner suitable for studying with the murderer of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, Yigal Amir, for an hour every two weeks, the state announced
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared before Congress Tuesday to deliver an address that comes on the heels of his meeting with President Obama, and their public disagreement over the
Democrats have picked off a heavily Republican upstate New York congressional seat in a special election that became a referendum on Medicare. Erie County Clerk Kathy Hochul (HOH’-kuhl) edged past
The polls have now closed in a congressional special election that emerged as a political testing ground for the ambitious GOP blueprint to reform Medicare. Democrat Kathy Hochul held a narrow polling lead during the race’s closing days, fueled by a late wave of commercials blasting Republican Jane Corwin over her support for the controversial […]
The New Jersey Turnpike Authority voted unanimously to end the discounts on Tuesday, spokesman Tom Feeney said. The change will go into effect on July 1 and will affect Class 1, or passenger, vehicles traveling on the New Jersey Turnpike. “The New Jersey Turnpike Authority is looking for additional sources of revenue,” Ronnie Hakim, the […]
Joplin, Mo. – About 1,500 people are unaccounted for in this battered city, a Fire Department official said Tuesday, as rescue workers took advantage of a few hours of sunny weather to continue searching for survivors in buildings leveled by the country’s deadliest tornado in more than 60 years. At least 117 people have died. […]
The number of listeners to YWN Radio is Boruch Hashem growing rapidly. Most folks find it enjoyable while working to have Jewish music streaming live all day, while others listen at home, and others are listening while on the go with the YWN Radio iPhone App. The totally free App works on iPhone, iPad, & iPod Touch. […]
On a tour of Westminster Abbey in London, President Obama signed the guestbook, writing, “It is a great privilege to commemorate our common heritage, and common sacrifice.” Then, he goofed. He added “24 May 2008.” It’s not clear if he was having more fun on May 24, 2011, that he had three years ago on […]
NYS Sen. Carl Kruger will face a single trial next year on charges he pocketed at least $1 million in bribes during a long-running corruption scheme. Manhattan federal Judge Jed
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