Albany, NY – New Bill Makes Insurers Pay for Autism Care
Albany, NY - State lawmakers passed legislation this week that would require insurers to cover autism-related screenings, diagnoses and treatments. The move was a relief for parents of children with a...
Gaza – Hamas: We Won’t Let Red Cross Visit Shalit
Gaza - Hamas has rejected the latest request from the International Red Cross to visit abducted Israel Defense Forces soldier Gilad Shalit, Israel Radio reported on Wednesday.
Hamas denied the requ...
Manhattan, NY – Kosher Baseball Cap Has Blessing of 2 Rabbis
Manhattan, NY - A man has invented what he calls the "yamulkap," a yarmulke with a brim like a baseball cap so religious men can get some shade.
Seth Mosler, 59, who is Jewish but not strictly obse...
Cedar Rapids, IA – Prosecutor: It’s Hard To Get a 27-Year Sentence for a White-Collar Crime, But Rubashkin Earned It
Cedar Rapids, IA - Sholom Rubashkin deserves the prison time he received Tuesday in federal court, prosecutors said after a judge sentenced the former eastern Iowa meatpacking executive to 27 years.
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Jerusalem – In London, As Opposed to Israel, Most Charedim Go to Work
Jerusalem - In 2005, Amiram Gonen of the Floersheimer Institute for Policy Studies examined the practices of London's ultra-Orthodox community. It has close ties to the Haredi community in Israel, and...
Washington – Merchants Win Debit-Card Fee Battle
Washington - Retailers stand to reap billions from the financial-overhaul legislation being finalized by Congress, possibly giving them a long-sought victory by slashing the "swipe fees" that credit-c...
New York, NY – 72 Human Remains Found in Latest 9/11 Search
New York, NY - City officials say a renewed search this year of debris in and around the World Trade Center site has recovered 72 human remains.
The sifting of more than 800 cubic yards of debris r...
New York, NY – JetBlue Starts Selling Food On Longer Flights
New York, NY - JetBlue is joining other carriers offering onboard food for sale. Five new snack boxes go for $6 each.
The snack boxes will be available on flights longer than 3 hours and 45 minutes...
Manhattan, NY – Touro College Construction Manager Busted in Bid-Rigging Scheme
Manhattan, NY - A construction manager at Touro College was busted today in a bid-rigging scheme after allegedly getting caught on tape telling a crooked contractor that the FBI wasn't "interested" in...
New York – Census Village of Kiryas Joel One of the State’s Fastest Growing Places
New York - Census estimates show upstate New York's largest cities continue to have flat or declining populations, The highest growth rate, 78 percent, was in Kiryas Joel.
Buffalo had an estimated ...
Iowa – At Official Sentencing Sholom Rubashkin Says Court Verdict Shows Wickedness Of These People
Iowa - Former Agriprocessors vice president Sholom Rubashkin remained calm during his sentencing today in U.S. District Court but before the judge came in he said this hearing will “show the wickednes...
Manhattan, NY – Thief Snatches Laptops, Cellphone from Office Next to NYPD’s Commissioner
Manhattan, NY - A sneaky smooth talking ex-con swiped laptops from an area under construction on the 14th floor of One Police Plaza, where Commissioner Ray Kelly’s office is located, an NYPD spokesman...
France – Thousands Rally in Paris: Free Gilad Shalit
France - About 10,000 people attended a rally in Paris Tuesday to mark the fourth anniversary of Gilad Shalit's abduction.
The protest, organized by the umbrella organization of French Jews, CRIF, ...
Washington – CNN: General McChrystal Offers To Resign after ‘Rolling Stone’ Interview
Washington - Stanley McChrystal, the top US general in Afghanistan, has offerd to resign after he and his aides were quoted in a magazine article mocking President Barack Obama and his top advisors, C...
New York, NY – Councilmembers Deliver 12,000 Letters to the Mayor Imploring Him to Save Priority 7 Daycare Vouchers
New York, NY - Today at City Hall over fifty yeshiva administrators and advocates joined Councilmembers David Greenfield (D-Boro Park), Lew Fidler (D-Marine Park), Letitia James (D-Crown Heights), Bra...
Jerusalem – Netanyahu: Pollard Did Act as Israel Agent
Jerusalem - Jonathan Pollard acted as an agent of the State of Israel, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said Tuesday, in reaction to a comment from Israeli ambassador to Washington Michael Oren that ...
New York, NY – Madoff Accomplice Freed on Bail In Exchange to Locate Missing Funds
New York, NY - A convicted accomplice to Bernard Madoff's $65 billion dollar fraud has been freed on bail in exchange for his continued cooperation with the FBI and prosecutors who are trying to track...
Anaheim CA – Bill would Expose high-speed Train Contractors With Holocaust Ties
Anaheim CA - Train companies and foreign governments that helped support the Holocaust could be barred from working on the California high-speed railroad under a new bill in the Legislature.
The le...
Washington – Judge Blocks Gulf Offshore Drilling Moratorium
Washington - A federal judge in New Orleans has blocked a six-month moratorium on new deepwater drilling projects that was imposed in response to the massive Gulf oil spill.
Several companies that ...
Jerusalem – Israeli Researcher Develops Software To Detect Depression In Bloggers’ Texts
Jerusalem - Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) developed a software program that can detect depression in blogs and online texts. The software is capable of identifying language t...