Buffalo, NY – New York Democrat Massa To Retire From Congress
Buffalo, NY - Rep. Eric Massa, a freshman Democrat from New York, said Wednesday that he will not seek a second term after a recurrence of cancer late last year, dismissing blog reports that he had ha...
New York City – Diamonds International Pledges $50,000 to Haiti Disaster Relief
New York City - Jewish owned Diamonds International, the largest jewelry retailer in the Caribbean, will donate $5,000 from each of the company’s regions to disaster relief in Haiti -- a total contrib...
Dallas, TX – Continental Will Charge for More Leg Room
Dallas, TX - Continental Airlines will begin charging coach customers extra if they want a seat with more legroom.
Prices will vary depending on the length of a flight and popularity of the route. ...
Jerusalem – Israeli Raid Called Off After Facebook Slip
Jerusalem - The Israeli military says a planned raid on a West Bank village was called off after an Israeli soldier disclosed its details online.
The military says the combat soldier posted the tim...
French Port of Marseille – Giant Waves Hits Sailing Cruise Ship 2 Dead
French port of Marseille - Greek and Cypriot officials say 26-foot waves have crashed into a cruise ship with nearly 2,000 people on board off France, smashing glass windshields and killing two passen...
New York City – NYPD Officer Claims Pressure To Make Arrests
New York City - An Eyewitness News investigation talks to a police officer who reveals the pressure they are under to make quotas.
When Officer Adil Polanco dreamed of becoming a cop, it was out of...
Monticello, NY – Judge Wants To Jail Attorney Representing Teens In Beating Of Orthodox Jews
Monticello, NY - Attorney William Brenner was summoned before Sullivan County Judge Frank LaBuda Wednesday for a hearing on judicial contempt.
LaBuda is threatening to jail the Grahamsville attorne...
Bronx, NY – Missing Scarsdale Doctor Found Dead
Bronx, NY - A depressed Scarsdale doctor mysteriously vanished Sunday -- and her physician hubby has told cops, "I think she's dead," was just found dead in the Bronx.
Dr. Mark Greenberg, 61, recei...
Los Angeles, CA – Pride In Judaism Photography Contest
As part of their Be True project, Jews for Judaism, an international education and outreach organization, is holding its first photo contest. Students ages 10-22 living anywhere in the world can submi...
Albany, NY – Ethics Panel Accuses Gov. Paterson of Soliciting, Lying
Albany, NY - When it rains, it pours. And Gov. David Paterson can't climb out of the mud.
New, separate allegations saddle Paterson as he struggles to extricate himself from the growing scandal su...
New York – Autopsies and the Jewish Law
New York - In almost every venue or endeavor, American citizens generally face three varying sets of laws. There are federal laws, state laws, and local laws. Mature, intelligent citizens view their...
New York – Understanding Depression In The Jewish Population
New York - The Rambam talks about depression, referring to it as 'marah shechorah', which literally means “black bile.” In his time, it was thought that there are four types of body fluids, and when t...
Manchester, England – Muslim Women Who Refused to Take ‘naked’ Full-Body Scan Barred from Flight
Manchester, England - Two Muslim women have become the first passengers to refuse to subject themselves to controversial 'naked' full body airport scans, it emerged today.
The pair - who security o...
N.Y. Canadian Border – Another Tefillin Scare Arouses Suspicions of Border Officials
N.Y. Canadian Border - When a plane made an emergency landing back in January after a teenage boy donned the black Jewish prayer boxes known as tefillin, people across North America treated it as some...
Valhalla, NY – ER Worker Charged With Stealing From Plane Crash Victim
Valhalla, NY - A patient care technician at Westchester Medical Center and his girlfriend were arrested Tuesday on grand larceny and other charges for allegedly going on a spending spree with a credi...
Israel – Signs Hung Overnight Against ‘Kosher’ Mehadrin Bus Lines
Israel - Dozens of young people protesting the separation between men and women on public transportation in Jerusalem toured a number of cities Tuesday night where they hung signs in protest of the "m...
Orlando, FL – Details Emerge Of Nightmare In Trainers Death At SeaWorld
Orlando, FL - It took only two seconds for a killer whale to yank Dawn Brancheau down into the SeaWorld pool -- but up to 30 chaotic minutes before rescuers were able to free her lifeless body from th...
Brooklyn, NY – Gov. Paterson Gives $500,000 To Help Assemblyman Hikind Child Abuse Prevention Initiative
Brooklyn, NY - In the days before Gov. David Paterson’s already-embattled administration began to implode in an alleged cover-up scandal involving a top aide, Paterson reportedly agreed to allocate $5...
Williamsburg, NY – Kid Mugger Preying on Hasidic Women Nabbed by Shomrim Patrol
Williamsburg, NY - A kid mugger who preys on Hasidic women in Williamsburg held up a mother pushing her baby in a stroller yesterday -- only to be nabbed minutes later by a Jewish patrol, police sai...
Queens, NY – Child Directs Air Traffic Control at JFK Airport
Queens, NY - Employees at the Kennedy Airport air-traffic control tower are under federal investigation for apparently allowing a school-age kid to give directions to pilots.
The youngster, seeming...