New York – Rise in C-Sections Is Stirring Worry
New York - The rate of babies delivered by cesarean section in New York City increased to 30.6%, in 2006, up from 29.7% in 2005, in a trend that some politicians, doctors, and women's health advocates...
Brooklyn, NY – Chanukah Subway Thug Gets Extra Jail Time
Brooklyn, NY - A thug's arrest last month on charges of attacking Jewish subway riders earned him an extra year in jail for an earlier hate crime conviction.
Joseph Jirovec, 19, had pleaded gu...
New York, NY – Jewish Leaders Defend Obama
New York, NY - Jewish organizational leaders defended Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama from a smear campaign claiming that he's a Muslim.
Obama has been the subject of an e-mail making t...
Michigan +Mitt Romney Wins Republican Primary+
Michigan - Mitt Romney battled to save his flickering White House hopes Tuesday, as voters in rust-belt Michigan weighed in on the turbulent Republican presidential race in a crucial primary. It appe...
Brooklyn, NY – Mastermind in Body Parts Scheme to Plead Guilty
Brooklyn, NY - A former surgeon has agreed to plead guilty to charges he orchestrated a grisly plot to plunder corpses and sell body parts for transplants.Michael Mastromarino was making millions by c...
Brooklyn, NY +Child Struck+
Brooklyn, NY +Child Struck+ A motor vehicle accident with a child that was struck on Ocean Avenue and Avenue "K" Hatzolah onm the scene.
New York, NY – Get Ready For Smart Shopping Carts.
New York, NY - Microsoft's new souped-up supermarket shopping carts may do for the grocery list what GPS did for driving directions.
A box of cereal will be scanned as it's tossed in the cart. Shop...
New York, NY – U.S. Stocks Take Sharp Dive In Trading.
New York, NY - The U.S. stock market resumed its January swoon after Citigroup Inc. reported a record loss, retail sales unexpectedly dropped and falling oil prices dragged down energy shares.
Citig...
New York, NY – NYPD Comish Requires Clean Shaves
New York, NY - The NYPD wants to make sure New York's Finest shave off their facial hair.The Police Department send out a memo, that Police Commissioner Ray Kelly reminded officers that they...
Brooklyn, NY – Parking Tickets on the Decline
Brooklyn, NY - Believe it or not, fewer car windshields got slapped with parking tickets in Brooklyn last year.
Overall, cops wrote 59,589 less tickets in 2007, an 11% drop from 2006.The areas with th...
Lakewood, NJ – Frum U.S. Air Force Chaplain Creates Kiddish Hashem
Lakewood, NJ - On January 1st, Chaplain Rabbi (Capt.) Raphael Berdugo, 305th Air Mobility Wing, was honored by the Mayor of Lakewood and received an award for his service to his country. As Chaplain f...
Odessa Ukraine – Police Investigating Appearance of anti-Semitic Leaflets in Odessa
Odessa Ukraine - A criminal case related to the distribution of anti-semitic tracts has been opened.
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) said it will investigate the case, together with the prosecu...
Tyneside, England – Probe Under Way for Blaze in Jewish School
Tyneside, England - A probe is under way following a blaze in a Jewish school on Tyneside. The blaze ripped through the school in Grasmere Street West, Bensham, Gateshead.Fire chiefs say there were tw...
New York, NY – Mayor Bloomberg Der Baal Tzedakah.
New York, NY - Mayor Michael Bloomberg donated $205 million to 1,100 nonprofits last year, an increase of tens of millions of dollars from previous years, according to a new ranking.
The billionaire...
Brooklyn, NY +Pedestrian Struck by Bicyclist+
Brooklyn, NY +Pedestrian Struck by Bicyclist+ An accident with a pedestrian that was struck by a bicyclist on Bedford Avenue and Penn Street in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, Hatzolah on the sc...
New York, NY – Historian Threatens To Reveal Polish Atrocities Against Jews If Tried For Slander
New York, NY - A U.S. historian has threatened to publicly reveal alleged Polish atrocities against Jews in the aftermath of World War II, if the Polish State Prosecution tries him for "insulting the ...
New York, NY – Assembly Bill Would Open Retailers Restrooms To The Public.
New York, NY - A state lawmaker wants New York retailers to be required to open their employee restrooms to random passers-by who are suffering from Crohn's disease, an inflammatory bowel disorder of ...
Mamaroneck, NY – Village Agrees to Pay $4.75 Million to Yeshiva
Mamaroneck, NY - The village has reached a $4.75 million settlement with an Orthodox Jewish school that it had fought over its expansion plans.Mamaroneck Mayor Kathy Savolt says the settlement with th...
New York, NY – Cost of Milk Jumps 36%
New York, NY - Got money? Milk prices are up 36% from last winter, soaring to an average price of $4.31 a gallon in New York City.A nationwide increase in demand for the corn-based fuel additive ethan...
Monroe, NY – Rabbi Illegally Converts Home Into Synagogue Then Demands Approval for Addition
Monroe, NY - Hasidic Rabbi Herman Wagschal was charged with 11 code violations in relation to the first-floor conversion of his McMansion-style single-family residence at 16 Lanzut Court into a synag...