New York, NY – Health Dept.: Make Sure Your Vaccinated Against Measles
New York, NY - In response to several New York City measles cases tied to international travel, the Health Department today urged residents traveling abroad, to Europe and to Israel in particular, to...
Borough Park, Brooklyn, NY +School Evacuated due to Gas Smell+
Borough Park, Brooklyn, NY +School Evacuated due to Gas Smell+ A yeshiva school at 5306 16th Avenue in the Boro Park section of Brooklyn, has been evacuated do to a strong gas smell inside the buildin...
Cedarhurst, NY – Measles Advisory Issued by Health Department
Cedarhurst, NY - Health officials on Long Island have issued an advisory that some people may have been exposed to measles.An 8-month-old boy with measles was at the Fortunoff Source Mall in Westbury,...
Blacksburg, VA – A Year Since Virginia Tech Massacre, A Hero To Remember, Liviu Librescu Z’L
Blacksburg, VA., Have you ever wondered how you would react to an emergency situation? A real emergency? All of us have been tested. But most people haven't been tested with the ultimate test of all:...
Manhattan, NY +FDR Drive South Traffic Alert+
Manhattan, NY +FDR Drive South Traffic Alert+ NYPD Highway units on the scene at the southbound lanes of the FDR Drive for a tractor trailer that is wedged under the concrete tunnel roof of the Gracie...
Monticello, NY – New Mayor: In Tears, I will Work For The Good of All Monticello Residents
Monticello, NY - It was celebration for breakfast and dissension for dinner, as new Monticello lawmakers took the oath of office yesterday morning and fought over the village manager appointment last...
Moscow, Russia – Neo-Nazis Planned To Attack Jews with Knives
Moscow, Russia - Police have arrested 25 neo-Nazis who were preparing to attack Jews and other ethnic minorities.
The gang was comprised mostly of law students, a sharp departure from the common ster...
Brooklyn, NY – More Than 1,000 Want To Live at The Edge on Williamsburg Waterfront
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY - A massive new condominium development with close to 1,100 units of luxury housing under construction is planned on a 7.5-acre waterfront site in Williamsburg. With an inte...
New York, NY – NYPD Dropped 34% of Misconduct Cases
New York, NY - New statistics show a spike in the percentage of misconduct claims the New York Police Department declines to pursue after a citizens' panel substantiates them.The Civilian Complai...
Lakewood, NJ – Family of Dead Veteran “at a loss” Over ID Theft By Mr. Floyd
Lakewood, NJ - The real Nathaniel James Levi has been dead for some time — hit by an Amtrak train in 1994 on the tracks in Bakersfield, Calif., the Levi family revealed.
But his identity resurfaced r...
New York, NY – Bloomberg Manipulation Tactics, Arrogant DOT Driving, Put To Rest Congestion Plan
New York, NY - Last week, with a landmark proposal at a delicate juncture, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s transportation commissioner raced to Albany as part of an all-out effort to persuade state lawma...
Vineland, NJ – Deadly Carjacking of Truck at Kosher Poultry was Found
Vineland, NJ - Police have found the truck belonging to a man who was carjacked Friday and who died of a heart attack.
The blue Dodge Dakota was found at the dead end of Sunset Avenue after a tip from...
Israel – Vicious Rabbi Hiding In Canada A Barbaric Monster
Israel - The radical rabbi that was arrsted this week in israel and is said to be hiding in canada was once linked to a plot to fire a missile at Jerusalem's Temple Mount, police said yesterday.
Ac...
Aspen, CO – Man Hospitalized After Plane Crash Near Kentucky Airport
Aspen, CO - Local friends of a Snowmass resident Richard Shenk gathered to pray for the noted photographer, who was hospitalized after a fiery plane crash outside of an airport in Kentucky.
Shenk de...
Wallkill, NY +Working Fire at Newspaper Plant+
Orange County, Wallkill, NY +Working Fire at Newspaper Plant+ Fire Department command responding to a working structure fire at the Times Herald Record newspaper plant at 20 Smith Road is requesting a...
Albany, NY +Congestion Pricing Plan Dead+
Pinned Topic
Albany, NY - Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver says his chamber has decided against a vote on Mayor Bloomberg's congestion pricing plan and is rejecting the proposal to charge a fee t...
Stromness, Scotland, UK – Firm Flies in Rabbis to Ensure Herring is Kosher
Stromness, Scotland, UK - Top rabbis have been flown in from America by a Scots herring company to make sure their fish is 100 per cent kosher.The Orkney Herring Company landed a deal to send 54,000 p...
New York – Gator Blood May Be New Source of Antibiotics
New York - Call it a case of gator aid. New research suggests that alligator blood could serve as the basis for new antibiotics targeting infections caused by ulcers, burns and even drug-resistant "s...
South Korea – New Jewish Center Welcomed
South Korea - Rabbi Osher and Mussia Litzman arrived in Seoul, South Korea, to establish the nation's first Chabad House.
They spent their first Shabbat in the capital city this past weekend and plan...
New Jersey – Law Passes, Take Off Up To Six Weeks To Care For Sick Relative.
New Jersey - The state Senate voted 21-15 today to require companies to allow workers to take up to six weeks off to care for a sick relative or newborn.
Governor Corzine says he'll sign the bill int...