The U.S. Department of Education has named New York State as one of the 10 winners of the second round of its “Race to the Top” school reform grant competition.

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver called Tuesday for the developers of the mosque near Ground Zero to find a new, less controversial location. Silver, who represents the area, said there’s no question the community center project is protected by the Constitution, but said “the sponsors should take into very serious consideration the kind of turmoil” felt […]

Detectives are questioning a possible suspect in the murder of Yoseph Robinson HY”D, who was brutally murdered this past Thursday night. The man police think is tied to the killing

Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D-Brooklyn) is calling on Mayor Bloomberg to withdraw his support of the Ground Zero mosque in the wake of the revelation of Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf’s anti-American and anti-Western rhetoric. Rauf has been quoted as saying, “We tend to forget, in the West, that the United States has more Muslim blood on […]

The New York State Thruway Authority and State Police Troop T today announced that “Operation Summer Brake” will take place Monday, August 30, 2010, and continue through Labor Day, Monday,

If you’re planning on taking the Long Island Railroad Tuesday, you should plan ahead, CBS 2?s Jay Dow reports. “We’re canceling 33 out of 144 trains that we have run on a typical AM rush hour,” said Joe Calderone, LIRR spokesman. That’s a 25-percent service reduction, a debilitating crisis that’s now affecting 10 of the […]

A pig’s head with a Star of David engraved on its forehead was discovered at the entrance to a synagogue in Kaunas, Lithuania on Monday. We were praying inside when someone called us to see something in the yard. It was a real pig’s head under a Hasidic hat with peyos attached to it,” a Jewish […]

The Islamic cleric who wants to build a mosque two blocks from Ground Zero once claimed in a jaw-dropping speech that the United States has killed more innocent civilians than

Commuters who ride the subways are likely to suffer sticker shock when they hear the latest proposed fare hikes for MetroCards. According to the Daily News, the MTA is considering hiking the cost of the monthly MetroCard from its current $89 to a whopping $130. That’s a lot steeper than the preliminary hike to $104 […]

Should New York City leaders be limited to two terms in office? Should the fine for violating conflict-of-interest laws increase? Should the city reduce the number of signatures required to get on a ballot? New Yorkers will have the opportunity to decide those questions in November, a commission responsible for recommending changes to the city’s […]

Food safety regulators don’t expect any more recalls after last week’s withdrawal of about 550 million eggs from the U.S. market, but inspections are still going on following a salmonella

The Yeshiva World would like to introduce a new feature column entitled Let’s Talk Business by Meny Hoffman, CEO of the Ptex Group, a full service advertising agency that formulates innovative marketing strategies and creates exceptional, result-oriented work. This column, chock full of vital and relevant business information, will be featured twice a month for […]

Senior figures in the government or in the judicial system cannot join a prayer quorum, according to Holon’s Chief Rabbi Avraham Yosef, who is also a representative on the Chief

Tropical Storm Danielle formed Sunday afternoon in the far eastern Atlantic, the fourth named storm of the 2010 season, according to the National Hurricane Center. Late Sunday, the storm’s sustained