Washington +Price of Postage Stamp to Go Up a Penny+
Washington - The cost of a first-class stamp will rise to 42 cents starting May 12, the U.S. Postal Service said today.The charge for other services, such as advertising mail, periodicals, packages sp...
Borough Park, Brooklyn, NY +Working Fire in Basement+
Borough Park, Brooklyn, NY +Working Fire in Basement+ Fire Department and Hatzolah are on the scene at 1372 40th Street and 13th Avenue in the Boro Park section of Brooklyn, for a working fire in the ...
New York – Additional Federal HEAP Funds to Help Low-Income Families Stay Warm
New York - Low-income New Yorkers will get some extra help with their heating bills this winter.The money will come from an additional $82.3 million recently released by the federal government for the...
New York – +6 Guantanamo Prisoners Charged in 9/11 Attacks, Face Death Penalty+
New York - The Pentagon is seeking the death penalty for six Guantanamo detainees suspected of being involved in the9/11 terror attacks.
The six detainees who will face numerous war-crime charges inc...
New York – FDA Links Anti-Wrinkle Drugs to Deaths
New York - The popular anti-wrinkle drug Botox and a competitor have been linked to dangerous botulism symptoms in some users, cases so bad that a few children given the drugs for muscle spasms have d...
Goshen, NY – Jewish Center Celebrates Dedication of New Torah
Goshen, NY — Laughter, dancing and prayer accompanied the Chabad Center of Orange County's Torah dedication, a critical step toward recognition as a religious community.
About 300 Jews attended yest...
San Francisco, CA – Yahoo To Microsoft Sweeten The Deal, Or No Merger.
San Francisco, CA - Yahoo Inc. spurned Microsoft Corp.'s $44.6 billion takeover bid as inadequate Monday, betting that it can elicit a higher offer from the world's largest software maker or find anot...
Washington, DC – US Congressman Tom Lantos of California Dies
Washington, DC - A spokeswoman for Rep. Tom Lantos of California says the congressman has died.Spokeswoman Lynne Weill said this morning that the 80-year-old Lantos, the only survivor of the Holocaus...
Antwerp – U.S. Jew Says Kicked Out of Belgian Cafe for Wearing Kippah
Antwerp - A U.S. professor who was born in Auschwitz just before the concentration camp's liberation in 1945 said he was kicked out of a restaurant in the Belgian city of Bruges two weeks ago because...
New York – Hillary Clinton’s Anti-Semitic Donor
New York - Sen. Hillary Clinton has gotten cozy with a Turkish-born businessman whom some have described as anti-Semitic. Clinton's campaign Web site identifies Mehmet Celebi as one of her "HillRaiser...
Melbourne, Australia – Man Attacked for his Religion
Melbourne, Australia - A visibly Jewish man on the way from his home today to the local tram stop was verbally assaulted by three individuals who referred to him as a " Jew", among other ant...
New York, NY – Lawmaker Warns of Tax Rebate Scams
New York, NY - NY Senator Charles Schumer is warning city residents to watch out for tax rebate scams.
Schumer says about five million families across the city will be getting some rebate checks. S...
Chicago, IL – Sportscaster Suspended for Anti-Semitic Comment
Chicago, IL - Noted Chicago sportscaster Chet Coppock has been suspended by ESPN Radio for making an anti-Semitic comment while on the air.The incident began when the veteran personality was asked to ...
Maine +Obama Winner of Caucuses+
Maine - After a very tight race, Senator Barack Obama defeated Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton in the Maine Democratic caucuses, giving him his fourth victory this weekend as he headed into three more ...
Virginia – Congressman Considered Anti-Semitic, Endorses Obama.
Virginia - U.S. Rep. James P. Moran, a Democrat who represents the inner suburbs in Northern Virginia, has endorsed today Sen. Barack Obama, sources said.
Rep. Moran,has been in hot water in the pa...
Brooklyn, NY +Scaffolding Collapsed+
Brooklyn, NY +Scaffolding Collapsed+ Hatzolah responding with numerous ALS units and two ambulance to reports of a six-story scaffolding that collapsed from a building under construction and a utility...
Borough Park, NY +Israeli Court Approves Mondrowitz Extradition To U.S.+
Borough Park, NY - Alleged child molester Avrohom Mondrowitz can be extradited to the United States, the Jerusalem District Court ruled on Sunday.
Mondrowitz, a member of the Ger Hassidic sect in B...
Newark Airport – Motzi Shabos London-Bound Flight Returns After Lightning Struck
Newark Airport - The operator of Newark Liberty International Airport says lightning struck a London-bound flight shortly after takeoff, forcing it to return to the airport.
The Port Authority of New...
Brooklyn, NY – Hikind Charges MTA With Negligence As Yeshiva Teen Tumbles Onto Q Train Tracks.
Brooklyn, NY - In a letter to MTA New York City Transit President Howard Roberts Jr., Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D-Brooklyn) demanded that the NYCT exert more stringent protocols for maintaining subway ...
New York – Israeli Reporter: McCain A Liar, He Should Take A Polygraph Test On His Mideast Policy
New York - Senator John McCain and his Mideast policy inclinations are being challenged over an interview that he granted two years ago to Amir Oren, a journalist from the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, ...