On Friday January 7, 2011 at approximately 4:45 PM, an off duty Deputy Sheriff on his way home from work at the Sullivan County Jail spotted a suspicious subject in
The NYC transportation commissioner wants to catch motorists who exceed the city’s 30 mph speed limit. Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan tells the New York Post that her agency is aggressively pushing for state authorization for speed cameras. The cameras would have to be approved by the state Legislature. But so far, the Legislature has shown no […]
The City Council plans to bombard Bloomberg administration officials on Monday with questions about why the city did not declare a state of emergency during the crippling blizzard late last
A somber Mayor Michael Bloomberg addressed a Brooklyn church, speaking about Saturday’s tragedy in Arizona and using the opportunity to reiterate his call against gun violence. Bloomberg told the congregation at the Evangelical Crusade of Fishers of Men on East 31st Street that the shootings served as “terrible examples and a terrible reminder of the […]
In early June, Lynda Sorenson, 52, had gone back to community college in Tucson in hopes of getting back on the job market. One of her classes was a basic
At a moving memorial ceremony last week for the Carmel Forest fire victims, the ZAKA Rescue and Recovery Organization launched its latest tool in its ongoing efforts to save lives
The Department of Transportation announced Sunday that alternate side parking will resume citywide on Monday. Alternate side parking had been suspended by the city since X-Mas and the blizzard that
(Video in extended article) A one-year-old girl from Yesod Ma’ale in northern Israel R”L drowned to death on Sunday after falling into a rubber pool that had filled with rain
[Op-Ed By Yossi Gestetner] Before it was even clear if Democrat Congressperson Gabrielle Giffords survived the shooting, members of the media and press were already pointing to Palin and to
U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is able to communicate with doctors by following simple commands, a doctor said Sunday. “We are very encouraged by that,” said Dr. Michael Lemole, Jr., chief
Don’t hold your breath, but a new study predicts smoking could disappear by the middle of the century. A Citigroup analysis of the tobacco industry indicates there may be zero puffers in 30 to 50 years’ time. The research was based on declining smoking rates in Britain. Currently, only one in five Americans lights up, […]
Hundreds of crackpot callers tied up overworked EMS units and swamped the 911 system with frivolous calls during the Christmas-weekend blizzard and its snowy aftermath, worsening a deadly backlog of
Authorities said they are not convinced one person was behind a shooting rampage at a town hall-style event Saturday in Tucson, Ariz., that left six dead, including a federal judge,
The following is an Op-Ed written by Michael Daly in todays NY Daily News: Here is what Sarah Palin said on the Facebook page where she depicted Gabrielle Giffords in the cross hairs of a rifle scope: “Don’t retreat! Instead – RELOAD!” Well, the guy who shot Giffords yesterday managed to keep firing until he […]
YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of R’ Shmuel Feiner Z”L, father of R’ Usher Feiner – who was Niftar last night. R’ Shmuel Z’L, 95, was recently staying with his son R’ Usher. R’ Shmuel Z’L has several children. Three children reside in Lakewood, including R’ Usher, a daughter who was married […]
YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of Rebbitzen Esther Alster A”H, wife of HaRav Shimon Alster Shlita, Rov of Bais Medrash Torah Utefillah, and Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva Gedolah of Cliffwood, NJ. She was also the principal of Bnos Yaakov Pupa. Rebbitzen Alster was R”L sick for the past few years, and was […]
The nine-year old girl who was killed in Saturday’s shooting has been identified as Christina Taylor Greene. Greene was born on Sep. 11, 2001, according to Tucson TV station KVOA. The Arizona Republic reports that Greene was taken to Saturday’s event by a neighbor who thought she would enjoy it. Greene had been elected to […]
The words “mother” and “father” will be removed from U.S. passport applications and replaced with gender neutral terminology, the State Department says. “The words in the old form were ‘mother’ and ‘father,’” said Brenda Sprague, deputy assistant Secretary of State for Passport Services. “They are now ‘parent one’ and ‘parent two.’” A statement on the […]
Gabe Zimmerman, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords director of community outreach, is among the dead from the Arizona shooting, Giffords’ office confirmed to Politico Saturday night. Zimmerman was 30, and had been on Giffords’ staff since 2007. Zimmerman was among 24 employees currently employed by the congresswoman, according to House salary disclosure information posted on Legistorm.com. The […]
The President speaks from the White House on the shootings in Arizona and on Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. Full transcript below: THE PRESIDENT: As many of you are aware, earlier today a number of people were shot in Tucson, Arizona, including several who were meeting at a supermarket with their congresswoman, Gabrielle Giffords. We are still […]
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