Excessive heat and oppressive humidity created dangerous weather conditions across the New York area Saturday. The heat index reached well into the triple digits across the area, with highs reaching

The fierce thunderstorm that rolled through New York City and prompted a tornado warning Friday night was nearly fatal for one Brooklyn man. Fire officials said the 54-year-old was hit

Severe overnight storms in the Chicago area caused power outages, flight cancellations and flooded homes and roadways. About 50,000 ComEd customers were without electricity Saturday morning after lightning and heavy

BP vessels that evacuated ahead of Tropical Storm Bonnie returned to the Deepwater Horizon well site Saturday to resume permanently capping the damaged well after a three-day stoppage. “It’s very

As the city medical examiner announced that a second death was related to the summer’s heat waves, the mayor and other city officials visited a senior center today to urge

The House Ethics Committee will hold a formal hearing on alleged violations by Rep. Charles Rangel, the New York Democrat forced to step aside as chairman of the House Ways

The Israel Defense Forces combat soldier who was declared missing Thursday morning after leaving his base during a training session, and turned up at his home at night, has explained

Imam Feisal Rauf, the central figure in the coterie planning a huge mosque just off Ground Zero, is a full-throated champion of the very same Muslim theologians and jurists identified

A weather system moving over the southern Bahamas has been upgraded to a tropical storm, with sustained winds now reported at 40 miles an hour, as it heads toward the

The Prime Minister’s Office announced Thursday evening that a compromise agreement has been reached by which the Knesset vote on the conversion bill will be delayed by six months while

Maran Hagon Rav Chaim Kanievsky Shlita was hospitalized on Thursday at Bnei Brak’s Maynei HaYeshua Hospital after not feeling well the past few days. Please be Mispallel for Shmaryahu Yosef Chaim ben Pesha Miriam. Additional information will be posted when it is available. (YWN Desk – NYC)

A construction crane rigger has been cleared of all criminal charges in connection with a deadly crane collapse in Manhattan two years ago. William Rapetti faced charges of manslaughter, criminally

The private plane that crashed July 13 killing a Skokie pilot and his three grandchildren had failed to take off twice before the third and fatal attempt, an investigation has

Things are getting so bad in Newark that the mayor has ordered the government to stop buying toilet paper. It’s part of Newark Mayor Cory Booker’s belt-tightening plans that include reducing most city workers to a 4-day work week and shuttering city pools.  Booker estimates that the pool closures alone would save $250,000.  He also […]

The Nassau County police department has issued a traffic advisory in Woodmere due to an overturned gas tanker. Peninsula Boulevard and Woodmere Boulevard are closed in both directions. Motorists are

A multistate investigation is raising more questions about how Google Inc. may have improperly gathered people’s private information through their unsecured wireless networks while collecting data for its Street View

Five people were killed Thursday morning when a fire tore through a house in the Port Richmond section of Staten Island. The three-alarm fire broke out at about 4:15 a.m.

Newt Gingrich says he’s opposed to a planned mosque near ground zero in New York City.   The former House speaker and possible 2012 Republican presidential candidate posted a statement on his website Wednesday, saying there should be no Muslim house of worship at the site of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. Three thousand people […]