City ambulances, which have been equipped with GPS systems since 2005, cannot provide turn-by-turn directions. According to the New York City Fire Department, the systems are only designed to help
Allentown, PA – One person has died and five others are missing after a thunderous gas explosion demolished two center city Allentown row homes late Wednesday night and set six
El Al Airlines is preparing for increased passenger traffic on its routes with a big purchase under the controls of CEO Eliezer Shkedi. El Al has bought four Boeing 737-900 ER (extended range) passenger jets from Boeing, and has an option to buy two more, for $215-320 million (depending on whether four or six planes are […]
A unique group consisting of 220 Jewish, Arab, Druze, Bedouin and Christians teenagers is expected to visit Nazi concentration camps in Poland later this month. The participants are all students
Not long before getting “robbed” by fake Hasidic Jews, a pair of financially desperate Diamond District jewelers cleared out their safe—replacing the contents with what appear to be empty boxes, according to a bombshell video played by prosecutors yesterday in Manhattan Supreme court. The footage is the DA’s smoking gun in the case against Atul […]
Osama bin Laden dethroned as top terrorist threat to the United States? That’s the assessment of Michael Leiter, head of the National Counterterrorism Center, who testified Wednesday before the House
A struggling Brooklyn hospital is making plans to shut down in March after a decision by the Cuomo administration to delay grants to help finance a merger intended to rescue
After 219 years as the citadel of American capitalism, the New York Stock Exchange was near an agreement to be acquired by Deutsche Börse AG in a deal that would create the world’s largest financial exchange. If a deal is reached and regulators approve, the combined company would trade more stocks and futures than any […]
[PHOTO LINK BELOW] For many teens, a trip to Israel is a rite of passage. Between Bar Mitzvahs with families, Yom Tov travel, and the ubiquitous teen tours of every
Saudi Arabia has threatened to prop up President Mubarak if the White House tries to force a swift change of regime in Egypt. In a testy personal telephone call on
On February 8, 2011, the Internal Revenue Service announced their second voluntary disclosure initiative, giving amnesty for U.S. taxpayers with foreign accounts that will allow them to pay penalties and
The rank-and-file police and fire unions angrily stepped up their attacks on Mayor Bloomberg Wednesday, slamming Hizzoner as a “liar” who is trying to “steal” their pension benefits. Using searing
YWN was sent the following Kashrus alert, with a request to publish it. We have reached out the Kashrus organization making this claim, and they confirmed that they have in fact disseminated this alert. They told YWN that they have tested over 100 cans of sardines before coming to their conclusion, that it is impossible to […]
Everybody in Midwood knows Officer Khosh somehow – especially if you text whilst driving. Day in day out he patrols our neighborhood, keeping us safe. Filipp Khosh was born in Khmelnitsky, Ukraine 36 years ago. Like so many others in the former USSR, he grew up in a home with no knowledge of Yiddishkeit whatsoever. […]
At the State Capitol, former Gov. David A. Paterson has most definitely left the building. But his digital presence apparently has not. New Yorkers who have written to the governor’s office have been receiving an automated e-mail reply from Mr. Paterson, not his successor, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, who took office more than a month […]
U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords, recovering from a gunshot wound to the head sustained January 8, is regaining part of her ability to speak, her spokesman said Wednesday. C.J. Karamargin would not divulge what Giffords has said, other than saying she asked for toast. Giffords is at TIRR Memorial Hermann rehabilitation hospital in Houston. She was moved […]
As the momentum continues to build in the push for clemency for Jonathan Pollard, supporters of the effort to release Pollard have launched a major television ad campaign, which urges people to contact the White House and ask the President to free Pollard. The 30-second ad is currently airing throughout New York City on CNN, […]
Aspiring politicians in New York once made a point of visiting the three I’s: Italy, Ireland and Israel. For the GOP’s presidential prospects in 2012, it’s all about one: Israel. A stop in the Jewish state is becoming as critical to a would-be president’s political resume as an early trip to Iowa or New Hampshire, […]
There is a new tool available to combat distracted driving and it is different because it puts much of the control in the hands of parents. The wireless company T-Mobile
Mayor Michael Bloomberg donated $279.2 million to charity in 2010, making him the second most generous philanthropist in the nation last year, according to the annual ranking by the Chronicle
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