Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn today signed into law a historic ban on the death penalty in Illinois and commuted the sentences of 15 death row inmates to life without parole.
New York City Council Members David G. Greenfield and Stephen T. Levin, along with a group of over 50 special education advocates, providers and students spent Tuesday in Albany asking
YWN Radio interviewedMichoel Pruzanskytoday (Wednesday) at 1:30PM EST, about the release of his newest album titled MP3. The album was released yesterday, just in time for Purim, and is sure to be a hit with compositions from Yitzy Waldner, Yochanan Shapiro, Baruch Levine, Yitzy Bald and Elie Schwab. A rerun of the interview will be […]
Battle lines are being drawn as Republican Rep. Peter King prepares to hold a high-profile hearing Thursday that will examine the threat posed by radical Islam in the United States.
A Brooklyn judge has dismissed a $7,000 collection action because the creditor did not have even a scintilla of evidence to present when the case was placed on the Civil Courts trial calendar. Acting Supreme Court Justice Noach Dear rebuffed the creditors request for an adjournment because it seemed to be nothing more than another […]
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) is defending a House Homeland Security hearing on Thursday studying the radicalization of American Muslims. Committee Chairman Pete King (R-NY) scheduled the hearing. The
Rod Blagojevich has asked a judge to cancel his spring retrial on corruption charges and immediately sentence him instead on the sole conviction from his first trial. The request comes
State officials in New Jersey were conducting surprise inspections to make sure motorists werent getting shortchanged at the pump with gasoline prices rising. Weights and Measures officials cited a Delta gas station in Newark after inspectors found a pump dispensed a gallon less than it charged. Investigators also issued a citation at a Citgo station […]
After holding steady for two years, food prices in the United States are rising once again, due to growing demand and tight supplies of wheat, corn and other key commodities.
A Queens man accused of plotting a suicide bomb attack in New York’s subways launched a last-ditch effort to kill someone by deliberately crashing his car into another vehicle, an
Rabbi Shalom Dov Wolpo, chairman of the SOS Israel and Our Land of Israel movements, is taking back his call to fire rubber bullets at Israel Defense Forces soldiers and
An NPR(National Public Radio) executive was caught on camera lambasting the Tea Party as “seriously racist” and claiming that liberals might be, as a whole, more educated than conservatives. The comments from Ron Schiller, a senior executive at NPR and president of the NPR Foundation, were made during a meeting with two people posing as […]
At least 14 witnesses testified at the Havana trial of U.S. government subcontractor Alan Gross last week, including Cuban intelligence agents and members of the islands Jewish community, the State Departments top man on Cuba has reported. A Cuban government communiqu meanwhile said prosecutors presented evidence of Gross participation in the introduction and development in […]
The trustee recovering assets for Bernard Madoff investors says $10 billion, or half of the money lost in the years-long scheme, has been recovered. David Sheehan, attorney for trustee Irving
Long Island lawmakers are eyeing another smoking ban. Legislator Judi Bosworth has proposed a bill which would ban smoking in all motor vehicles in Nassau County with at least one passenger younger than 18. Bosworth said children are protected in vehicles with car seats, seat belts and airbags but not from secondhand smoke. Adults may […]
A group of Democrats complain Styrofoam cups in the House cafeteria could contain carcinogens. In a letter to Speaker John Boehner (Ohio) and other Republican leaders, the nine Democrats say
[PHOTO LINK BELOW] Misaskim held a Melava Malka this past Motzie Shabbos to demonstrate its appreciation and to encourage its Monsey, New Square, and Kiryas Yoel volunteers who dedicate time and effort to the organizations mission. The number of volunteers in Rockland County and Kiryas Yoel area has increased considerably over the last few years, […]
Rebels will not pursue Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi over crimes they say he has committed if he steps down from his post in the next 72 hours, the head of
Donald Trump doesn’t take lightly any talk that he can’t get elected president. The real estate mogul, who is testing the waters for a 2012 presidential bid, took issue with
A new report on highway travel says New York is on the fast track toward passing Los Angeles as the most congested city in the United States. If 2010 trends
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