New York – How Much Radiation Coming From Your Cellphone?
New York - Some cellphones emit several times more radiation than others, the Environmental Working Group found in one of the most exhaustive studies of its kind.
The government watchdog group on Wed...
New York – What Rav Moshe Feinstein Said About Kosher Milk in The U.S.
New York - Rabbi Moshe Feinstein zt”l was a “one-of-a-kind” leader. With his complete mastery of the Talmud and rabbinic literature, the late Gadol HaRav Moshe Feinstein, zt"lHador used his brilliant ...
New York – Penniless Man is $166 Million Mega Winner
New York - What's in this Harlem man's wallet? He says $168 million.
James "Jimmy" Groves -- a Madison Square Garden laborer who recently defaulted on his Capital One credit-card debt -- yesterday ...
Guildford, Surrey UK – Secret to a Long, Happy Marriage, Separate Beds
Guildford, Surrey UK - You want the have a long and happy marriage? Then sleep in separate beds, an expert on sleep claims.
Not only will a couple escape arguments, but they will have a proper night'...
Brooklyn, NY – 39th Council Dist. Heats Up As The Jewish Press Endorses Heyer
Brooklyn, NY - The Jewish Press, one of the most widely-read publications serving the Jewish community in Brooklyn, today endorsed John Heyer for City Council.
Below is from the Jewish press Editor...
New York – U.S. Marshals Overseeing Sale of Madoff Homes Give Video Tours
New York - As Bernard Madoff whiles away the hours of his 150 year prison sentence in North Carolina, two more of his seized properties may hit the real estate market as early as this week to help pay...
Washington – Congress Proposes $3,800 Fines for Americans Who Don’t Buy Health Insurance
Washington - As Obama talked strategy with Democratic leaders at the White House, the one idea that most appeals to his party's liberal base lost ground in Congress. Prospects for a government-run pla...
New York – Obama Official Leaving To New Post As Commissioner Of NYC Jail System
New York - The corrections expert appointed just a month ago to direct an overhaul of the nation’s troubled immigration detention system is leaving the Obama administration to be commissioner of corre...
Sydney, Australia – Radio Host Sacked Over ‘concentration camp’ Slur
Sydney, Australia - Radio host Kyle Sandilands has been suspended indefinitely by Sydney’s 2Day FM after suggesting that Australian comedian Magda Szubanski would lose more weight “in a concentration ...
Corona, CA – Woman Inmates Celebrate B’not Mitzvah
Corona, CA - Two women, identified as Carol and Pamela — not their real names — became b’not mitzvah on Saturday, Sept. 5. Both are inmates at the California Institution for Women (CIW) in Corona, loc...
Netanya – Conflict Between Kolel Students Leavs One Yeshiva Man Dead
Netanya, Israel - A 24-year-old resident of Netanya was stabbed to death Wednesday before dawn during a fight that took place in the city center.
The man, Duvid Manshrov A"H, was evacuated by Magen D...
Jerusalem – Report: Mysterious Disappearance Of Netanyahu Was Trip To Russia
Jerusalem - The reason for Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's mysterious disappearance from the media radar on Monday was a clandestine trip to Russia, according to a report Wednesday by the Hebrew l...
Washington – Obama: ‘sin tax’ on Sodas Is Food For Thought, Despite Gov. Paterson’s Failed Proposal
Washington - Gov. Paterson's proposal to tax soda in New York fizzled, but President Obama believes it may be time to pop a similar sin tax on the nation.
The President, in an interview with Men's ...
New York – Obama To Chair UN 15-member Security Council
New York - Barack Obama will cement the new co-operative relationship between the US and the United Nations this month when he becomes the first American president to chair its 15-member Security Coun...
London – Coroner: Hatzola ‘Not to Blame’ for Brit Baby’s Death
London - The baby was taken to hospital by the strictly Orthodox ambulance service, Hatzola
The coroner at the inquest of a baby who died after his brit has praised the strictly Orthodox ambulance se...
Israel – Charedi Youth Want to Serve in the IDF But No Real Effort to Draft Them
Israel - Former soldiers with the Nahal Haredi Brigade criticized the High Court for its decision to postpone its ruling on petitions filed regarding the Tal Law.
A nine-justice panel decided today...
Millburn, NJ – Labor Protesting Work at Conservative Synagogue
Millburn, NJ - Radames Acevedo, Jeremy Delgado and Anthony Benenato, union organizers from the Laborers’ Eastern Region Organizing Fund, were protesting the use of non-union labor for renovations at t...
Moscow – Israeli Diamond Salesman Held in Russia
Moscow - An Israeli diamond salesman is being detained in Russia for charges labeled, "Unlawful holding of stones". The 60-year old resident of Haifa was arrested by Russian secret services while atte...
United Kingdom – Former Yeshiva Student, First Orthodox Civilian Chaplain For British Military, Takes Over
United Kingdom - The Ministry of Defence has confirmed the appointment of Rabbi Arnold Saunders as Jewish Civilian Chaplain to the Military (CCM). Rabbi Saunders will be responsible for the spiritual...
Berlin – Germany Overturns Nazi-era Treason Convictions
Berlin - Germany's parliament unanimously passed a blanket measure Tuesday overturning Nazi-era verdicts convicting people of treason, nearly 65 years after the end of World War II.
Treason convict...