Yankees owner George Steinbrenner died this morning after suffering a massive heart attack, the Associated Press reports. Steinbrenner celebrated his 80th birthday on July 4. Steinbrenner’s micromanaging on the field

Top-rated national talk show host Michael Savage is blasting the British Government for refusing to take him off the country’s banned list. Last year, Savage was put on a list

The United States is pushing for what would become nuclear wars against Iran and North Korea, former Cuban leader Fidel Castro said in a rare televised interview Monday. Castro blamed

An Islamic organization called the Cordoba House Project wants to spend $100 million to turn the old Burlington Coat Factory building into a community center and mosque. Opponents said that’s

Opposition to new full-body imaging machines to screen passengers and the government’s deployment of them at most major airports is growing. Many frequent fliers complain they’re time-consuming or invade their

Public confidence in President Obama has hit a new low, according to the latest Washington Post-ABC News poll. Four months before midterm elections that will define the second half of

Manhattan Beach, NY – Police have arrested a man after they say he was involved in a deadly hit and run. The victim, identified as 52-year-old Brian Waldman suffered serious

New York State Sen. Thomas P. Morahan passed away on Monday after a six-month battle with Leukemia, according to spokesman Ron Levine. Morahan, 78, died at New York Presbyterian Weill

The following is a WCBSTV report: It’s something nearly everyone’s been tempted to do at least once. You see someone else’s throwaways on street and think — that would look

BP appeared Monday night to have placed a new containment cap on its crippled well in the Gulf of Mexico that’s been gushing oil since an explosion and fire April

Social networking website Facebook has agreed to adopt an application aimed at improving the online safety of its younger users, a child protection group said on Monday. The application, which

New York – Assemblywoman Helene Weinstein joined by Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, Rabbi David Cohen, CEO of Chevra Hatzalah, and Mr. Heshy Jacobs, President of Chevra Hatzalah announced $445,000 in funding to overhaul the communication system at Hatzalah�s new command center in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn. �I am honored to have the opportunity to […]

With the support and encouragement of the Roshei Yeshiva of Lakewood, a massive gathering will be held in Lake Terrace Hall tonight (Monday), July 12, Rosh Chodesh Av, on behalf of Shalom Mordechai ben Rivka.�The Roshei Yeshiva have penned a letter urging the community to attend the asifa, and share in the pain of our […]

Not content with shutting down popular stores, bedbugs have checked into a city hospital. A triage room at the Kings County Hospital in the East Flatbush area of Brooklyn was shut down Monday morning because of a bedbug outbreak. A spokeswoman at the city�s Health and Hospitals Corporation said that, �last night a patient was […]

Gov. Chris Christie said today he will try this fall to scale back pensions and health benefits for current employees, which would go a step further than changes put in

More than thirty rabbonim from eight cities across the nation�s Midwest converged on Detroit on July 4 for what turned out to be an intensive two-day airing and discussion of important issues pertinent to the rabbinate. The conference, which was sponsored by the Midwest regional office of Agudas Yisroel of America�s Council of Synagogue Rabbonim […]

On June 15th YWN alerted the public in an article about missionary literature that was being mailed to Jewish homes in the NY/NJ area. The literature has continued to arrive