New York – Texting Ban While Driving Begins Today
New York - New York's ban on texting or otherwise using portable electronic devices while driving goes into effect on Sunday.
State officials say the goal is to reduce accidents from distracted dri...
New York, NY – Bloomberg Restores $8M in Yeshivah Vouchers Until June 30 2010
New York, NY - Two weeks before the election, Mayor Bloomberg told Orthodox Jewish leaders in a private meeting that he planned to restore $8 million in day-care vouchers that the administration had p...
New York – VINDAF VIEWS: Bava Basra 72
New York - Aquilaria malaccensis is a tree that is found in India (and some other countries too). It is known as Agarwood and is also the most expensive tree in the world. It is often infected by a ...
Munich, Germany – Demjanjuk Witness Also Suspected of Mass Murder Involvement
Munich, Germany - A witness in the forthcoming trial of accused war criminal John Demjanjuk is being investigated under suspicion of himself having been involved with the murder of at least 434,000 pe...
New York City – In NYC’s Mayor’s Race, Both Candidates Campaign Ads Are Far From The Truth
New York City - As the New York City mayor's race enters its final, combative stretch, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and his opponent, Comptroller William C. Thompson Jr., have unleashed a flood of adver...
Nebraska – US Military Base to Honor Holocaust Survivors Still Alive in Omaha
Omaha, NE - Home to America's nuclear arsenal and some of its military's most advanced and classified platforms, the United States Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM), located just outside Omaha, will soon...
Jerusalem – Eda Haredit: Organ Donation Is Murder
Jerusalem - Following a Ynet report on the Chief Rabbinate's decision to recognize brain-respiratory death, thus allowing organ donations in accordance with Jewish religious laws, the Badatz, the Eda ...
New York – Turning Back the Clock: All About Daylight Savings
New York - Time to fall back and shift an hour of light to the morning, as most of America switches to standard time.
Clocks move back one hour at 2 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 1, 2009, local time.
The sh...
New York – NYC Marathon Gears up for 40th Running Sunday
New York City - An estimated 40,000 people from around the world are preparing to lace up for the New York City Marathon.
Runners will begin pounding the pavement Sunday morning on the Staten Islan...
New Jersey – Corzine Could Lose His Job Over NJ’s High Property Taxes
New Jersey - For the privilege of living in perhaps the nation's most-maligned state, New Jerseyans pay the highest property taxes in America.
That overriding issue -- not President Barack Obama, h...
Jerusalem – Early Morning Muslim Prayer Call is a Rude Awakening for Many
Jerusalem - While recent rioting in and around Jerusalem's Old City has left religious tensions between the capital's Muslims and Jews simmering, a new dispute - this time concerning the volume of pra...
New York City – NY Times: Buildings Dept. Woes Have Persisted Despite Bloomberg’s Overhaul
New York City - Mayors have been grappling with inefficiency and corruption within the city’s Buildings Department for decades. John V. Lindsay’s buildings commissioner so tired of allegations of graf...
Lakewood, NJ – Citing Personal Safety Store Owner Removes Obscure Sign
Lakewood, NJ - Hershel Herskowitz , owner of Toys For Thought, was called by the Inspection Dept to remove an obscure sign because it was put up without a permit.
The sign which was posted on a Se...
New York – VINDAF VIEWS: Bava Basra 71
New York - What is the law when there is no one to inherit someone who has deceased? In New York State, according to chapter 17-B of the New York State Consolidated Laws specifies the order of inheri...
New York, NY – City to Get $5 Billion in Stimulus
New York, NY - New York City will receive a combined $4.9 billion in federal stimulus funds for operating expenses and capital spending through June 2012, enough to create or retain more than 28,000 j...
Jerusalem – Interior Minister: Expel illegal Aliens They Bring AIDS Into Israel
Jerusalem - The government should force illegal aliens out of the country, as an influx of foreigners will bring drugs and disease into Israel, Interior Minister Eli Yishai told Channel 2 Saturday eve...
Washington – Obama Names 110 White House Visitors [Full List]
Washington - Celebrities George Clooney and Oprah Winfrey and prominent lobbyists, corporate executives and Democratic fundraisers were among the first to score visits with President Barack Obama, his...
Staten Island, NY – Transit Probes Photo of Texting NYC Bus Driver
Staten Island, NY - New York City Transit officials say they have launched an investigation after a passenger photographed a bus driver typing on his cell phone as he steered through traffic.
The p...
Washington – Obama Lifts Ban on U.S. Entry For Those With HIV
Washington - President Barack Obama said Friday the U.S. will overturn a 22-year-old travel and immigration ban against people with HIV early next year.
The order will be finalized on Monday, Obama...
Monsey, NY – US State Department Secret Mission Rescues 60 Yemeni Jews
Monsey, NY - In his new suburban American home, Shaker Yakub, a Yemeni Jew, folded a large scarf in half, wrapped it around his head and tucked in his spiraling side curls. "This is how I passed for a...