12:10PM EST: There are reports of shots fired at the Turkish Embassy in Tel Aviv. UPDATE 12:20PM EST: One person has been shot according to preliminary reports. A large police
Forget the L train; soon Brooklyn hipsters will be taking the ferry. The city issued a request for proposals yesterday for a Williamsburg ferry landing, part of a plan to bring water taxis to the East River. It’s part of a pilot program that will begin next spring after a one-year delay. The ferry would […]
U.S. Sen. Carl Levin got an apple pie in the face Monday morning during a question-and-answer session for the Mecosta County Democrats at a Big Rapids deli. A young man
From The Brooklyn Paper: Last week’s shooting in Williamsburg’s Hasidic Quarter may be part of a larger trend of bloodshed and drug activity. Three people have been struck by bullets in the Southside, according to the 90th Precinct, which stretches south of Broadway to Flushing Avenue, most recently the shocking shooting of a rabbi’s son, […]
Three people were killed Tuesday morning in a head-on collision between a car and a van near Kibbutz Magal on Tuesday. Ichud Hatzolah, Paramedics from MDA, and a medevac, were all rushed to the scene on Route 581 in the Sharon Region. Four victims were transported to Rambam Hospital in Haifa, after being extricated from the wreckage. […]
California – A federal appeals court decided Monday to put same-gender marriage in California on hold at least until December, interrupting the wedding plans of scores of Toeiva couples who
NYPD detectives are being buried in a blizzard of paperwork that tracks their every move – in triplicate – even as the number of murders they solve hits a five-year
A state ethics hearing into a lingering controversy over the Paterson administration’s solicitation of Yankees tickets will be missing its star attraction: Gov. David A. Paterson. The State Commission on
Hundreds of New York City crosswalks are getting pedestrian countdown clocks. Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s administration studied the signals in a pilot program of 24 intersections. The city found that the countdown clocks were particularly helpful on wide streets with longer crosswalks. Starting this month, 1,500 intersections will get the clocks, which are common in cities […]
Ferndale, NY – Seven girls at Camp Machaneinu were taken to the hospital on Monday evening following a bike accident. Catskills Hatzolah had recieved calls for seven patients who were
About 75 firefighters from seven departments were called to battle a firery blaze at the Blueberry Hill apartments at Route 306 and Kearsing Parkway. A police officer was taken to Nyack Hospital for exhaustion, but no injuries among firefighters or residents were reported. The fire started about 7:30 p.m. About an hour later, officials said the […]
President Barack Obama’s endorsement of the “Ground Zero mosque” during a speech on Friday night spurred some hope among supporters that a forceful case could be made for both the
Sullivan County, NY – A Kiddush Hashem was witnessed at camp Shalva of Bobov in Monticello, NY, when over 1000 children, ages 5 to 14 lined up to welcome many Sullivan County officials including the Sullivan county Sheriff, Monticello Police Chief, Fallsburg Police Chief, Chief of the Fire Department, town and Highway supervisors, and Jewish Community leaders. […]
Lakewood, NJ – Close to 400 students in Yeshiva Bais Hatorah were scheduled to start their school year today, but instead remain at home, with parents wondering where they will
One passenger was killed when an airplane crashed in bad weather and split into two when landing early Monday on the island of San Andres, Colombia, officials said. The number
Sholom Rubashkin was the vice president of America’s largest kosher meat plant, Agriprocessors, located in Iowa. Rubashkin provided kosher meat to Jews throughout much of the country seeking to comply with biblical dietary rules. In 2008, after Rubashkin contacted U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and offered to cooperate, several hundred federal agents raided Agriprocessors. […]
Dov Weisel grew up surrounded by boxes. During the early days of Yad Eliezer when Dov was young, the entire organization functioned on a volunteer basis, and most of it functioned out of his home. “I remember my father tossing me over food boxes to get me into bed,” reminisces Dov with a smile. The […]
A group of former employees from the now-defunct St. Vincent’s Hospital and Medical Center will file suit Monday in Manhattan Supreme Court, accusing management of grossly exaggerating the institution’s debt,
Iran will push ahead with a major expansion of its uranium enrichment capacity, its nuclear chief said on Monday, despite international sanctions meant to force the Islamic Republic to curb
A leader of the Hamas terror group yesterday jumped into the emotional debate on the plan to construct a mosque near Ground Zero — insisting Muslims “have to build” it
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