Monsey Library Stabbing Suspect Walked Free After Attempted Rape Due To Bail Reform
SPRING VALLEY (VINnews) — The 25-year-old who stabbed a female security guard to death in the Finkelstein Memorial Library in Spring Valley after she asked him to lower his music, ...
Police: Monsey Stabbing Victim Had Asked The Attacker To Lower Music
SPRING VALLEY (VINnews) — The Monsey community was shaken on Tuesday after the news broke that a fatal stabbing had occurred inside the Finkelstein Library in Spring Valley.
As ...
Disturbance In Queens, As Gas Rupture Causes Evacuations [VIDEOS]
KEW GARDEN HILLS (VINnews) — The Kew Garden Hills community of Queens was inconvenienced on Wednesday, after a construction crew accidentally struck high-pressure gas main, causing...
New York City’s Latest Tactic To Combat Anti-Semitism: An Ad Campaign Featuring Diverse Jewish New Yorkers
NEW YORK (JTA) — New York City is hoping that a new ad campaign will make Jewish New Yorkers feel comfortable despite a recent spate of anti-Semitic attacks.
The campaign, launc...
Monsey: Stabbing In Finkelstein Library, Victim Pronounced Dead [VIDEOS]
MONSEY (VINnews) — A stabbing occurred in Monsey on Tuesday afternoon, leaving one victim dead.
The stabbing took place inside the Finkelstein Library, located at 24 Chestnut St...
Off-Duty NYPD Detective Commits Suicide In Queens Home
QUEENS (VINnews) — An off-duty NYPD detective hanged himself at his mother's house in Queens on Monday.
The detective had many years on the job, according to a report by the pos...
New York Attorney General Will Not Challenge T-Mobile-Sprint Merger
NEW YORK (AP) — New York's attorney general said Sunday the state will not appeal a judge's decision approving the merger of T-Mobile and Sprint.
Attorney General Letitia James ...
Teenage Orthodox Pingpong Phenom May Have To Skip Olympics Because Trials Are On Shabbat
COLORADO SPRINGS (JTA) - An 18-year-old pingpong star may have to skip this year’s Olympics because the U.S. trials are scheduled for Shabbat and she is an Orthodox Jew.
While m...
14-year-old Charged With Barnard College Student Death
NEW YORK (AP) — A 14-year-old has been arrested in the fatal stabbing of a Barnard College student in a park during a robbery in December, a crime that rattled New York City reside...
Longest-Serving Jewish Federal Judge, Named By LBJ, Retires At 98
NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge in New York City who was nominated by President Lyndon Johnson and who contributed to the landmark case that struck down racial segregation in publi...
Brooklyn Orthodox Community Gives Nearly $50,000 To Family Of Slain Jersey City Cop
JERSEY CITY (JTA) — A crowdfunding campaign spearheaded by an Orthodox community in Brooklyn raised some $48,000 for the family of the police officer killed in the Jersey City atta...
NY Gov. Cuomo To Meet Trump Says He’ll Ask To Reverse Move On Global Entry
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York's governor plans to propose to President Donald Trump that the state could share some driving records with federal immigration agencies if the administ...
Police Ambush Suspect Arraigned On Attempted Murder Charges
NEW YORK (AP) — A man accused of ambushing New York City police officers in a patrol van and then at a precinct was arraigned Monday on attempted murder and other charges.
The s...
NYPD Lieutenant Shot In Police Ambush Gets Out Of Hospital
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York Police Department lieutenant shot in the arm by a gunman who opened fire in a police precinct was released from the hospital to cheers and applause on Mo...
Police: Same Gunman Attacked Officers In 2 Shootings
NEW YORK (AP) — A gunman walked into a police station in the Bronx and started shooting early Sunday, wounding an officer just hours after he shot a different officer in a patrol v...
NYPD: Officer Shot, Wounded In ‘Assassination Attempt’
NEW YORK (AP) — Two New York City police officers narrowly escaped with their lives when a gunman fired into their patrol van Saturday night, wounding one of them in an attack offi...
NY To Sue US Over Its Ouster From Trusted Traveler Programs
ALABNY, N.Y. (AP) — New York state will file a lawsuit challenging the Department of Homeland Security's decision to block New Yorkers from participating in “trusted traveler progr...
Madoff Victims Invited To Say If He Should Get Out Of Prison
NEW YORK (AP) — Victims of imprisoned financier Bernard Madoff's mammoth Ponzi scheme can express views on whether he should be released early from prison, prosecutors said Friday....
Authorities: Man Shot in Face During Immigration Operation
BROOKLYN, NY (AP) — Federal authorities are investigating the shooting of a man in Brooklyn that involved a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer, a case that is inflami...
US Stocks Extend Rally; S&P 500, Nasdaq at All-Time Highs
NEW YORK (AP) - Health care and financial stocks led another milestone-setting rally on Wall Street Wednesday, extending the market’s gains for the week.
The Dow Jones Industria...