New Jersey – +AG: Cops Must Ask Suspects For immigration Status.+
New Jersey - Attorney General Anne Milgram today required all local police officers in New Jersey to inquire about the immigration status of suspects charged with serious crimes, and to notify federal...
Brooklyn, NY – Councilman Bill de Blasio: Ban Styrofoam in Schools and Restaurants.
Brooklyn, NY - New York City’s public school system goes through 850,000 Styrofoam cafeteria trays a day, 4 million in a week and more than 153 million in a school year. As this blog and an accompany...
Israel – Interpol Arrest Warrant For CEO Of Collapsed Construction Company.
Israel - The Israel Police issued an international arrest warrant Wednesday for Boaz Yona, the CEO of the collapsed construction company Heftsiba.
"Since the investigation into Heftsiba began, the ...
Vilna, Lithuania – Sen. Hillary Clinton Amongs Others Asks To Protect Cemetery Of Vilna Goan.
Vilna, Lithuania - A new office block going up in Vilnius seems like any other project in this booming city, but the local Jews are angry.
They say the work is on the site of an ancient cemetery, ...
New York – Fatah Militant: U.S. Training Was Key to Intifada’s Success.
New York - American-run programs that train Fatah militias were instrumental in the "success" of the Palestinian intifada that began in 2000, a senior Fatah militant told The New York Sun.
"I do not ...
Albany, NY – +Bomb Threat Closes Travel Plaza, Eastern Section of N.Y. Thruway+
Albany, NY - Authorities say a Thruway travel plaza outside Albany and a stretch of the highway near the Massachusetts line have been closed as state police investigate a bomb threat.
The state Thruw...
Albany, NY – Political Consultant Resigns After Making Threats To Father Of Gov. Elliot Spitzer.
Albany, NY - A prominent political consultant for the state Senate Republicans has agreed to resign following reports he made a threatening phone call to the father of Democratic Gov. Eliot Spitzer.
...
Seattle, WA – Ferry Terminal Evacuated.
Seattle, WA - Ferry terminal evacuated - The Colman dock in Seattle is closed and the terminal has been evacuated after a suspicious package was found on board the ferry Puyallup. The ferry has been d...
Brooklyn, NY +Bank Robbery+
Brooklyn, NY +Bank Robbery+ NYPD calling for a level one mobilization for a bank robbery of the Washington Mutual Bank at 1240 Liberty Avenue. Major Case Squad are enroute to the scene searching for a...
Ukraine – Chief Rabbi Takes Government to Task for Weak Responses to Antisemitic Violence
Ukraine - One of Ukraine's competing chief rabbis sent an open letter to Ukrainian officials criticizing their lack of a serious response to a wave of antisemitic violence in the city of Zhitomir...
New York, NY – Deutsche Bank Fire Draws Crowd Of Critics In Commuinty Meeting.
New York, NY - Community Board 1, which represents Lower Manhattan residents, held an emergency public hearing Tuesday night to question officials about the neighborhood’s air quality following the De...
Brooklyn, NY – Presidential Candidate Barack Obama In Brooklyn.
Brooklyn, NY - Barack Obama brings his presidential campaign to Brooklyn Wednesday. It's the second time in four weeks that the junior senator from Illinois is in Brooklyn.
He will hold a fundraiser ...
New York, NY – Blogger Server Outages
New York, NY - Millions of users worldwide are affected by Blogger's and Blogspot's total service outages, as the Google blogging servers are down. The company attributes the stoppage to maintenance. ...
Boston, MA – New City-Wide Drug Test
Boston, MA - Researchers have figured out how to give an entire community a drug test using just a teaspoon of wastewater from a city's sewer plant.The test wouldn't be used to finger any si...
Orange County, NY – Road-Annex Request by Village of Kiryas Joel Draws Local Opposition
Orange County, Monroe, NY - It began three years ago with a request by the Village of Kiryas Joel to take over part of a county road to install sidewalks and do other improvements.
Kiryas Joel leaders...
Brooklyn, NY – City Putting Brakes on Prospect Park Drivers
Brooklyn, NY - City officials announced plans to slash the hours that cars can drive in Prospect Park.
City Department of Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan had wanted to reduce the hou...
Wast Palm Beach, FL – Chabad Synagogue Shooting Suspect Competent for Trial
Wast Palm Beach, FL - An 82-year-old man charged with shooting another man outside a synagogue on Rosh Hashanah is competent to stand trial, a judge ruled.
Judge Lucy Chernow Brown signed an order tha...
Manhattan, NY – Touro College Official Says Grade-Fix Scam was Just ‘Test’
Manhattan, NY - An ex-Touro College official accused of pocketing bribes in a cash-for-grades scheme says he was "just testing the system" when he altered computerized student records.Andriq...
Iraq – Chopper Crashed Killing 14 U.S. Troops
Iraq - Fourteen U.S. soldiers were killed when their Black Hawk helicopter crashed in northern Iraq today, the U.S. military said, in one of the worst incidents of its kind in the four-year war.
Los Angeles, CA – Court Overturns Ruling on Synagogue in Hancock Park
Los Angeles, CA - A federal appeals court overturned a lower court's decision that permitted an Orthodox Jewish congregation to operate a synagogue in a residential neighborhood of Los Angeles' Hancoc...