Brooklyn, NY +BQE Roadway Closure+
Brooklyn, NY +BQE Roadway Closure+ A motor vehicle accident on the Eastbound lanes of the Brooklyn Queens Expressway at Metropolitan Avenue between 4 vehicles including 3 truckes, has NYPD closing dow...
Narrowsburgm NY – Sullivan Doctor Cleared of Negligence Charges.
Narrowsburgm NY - A longtime Sullivan physician - accused of being a Dr. Feelgood to her patients for prescribing heavy drugs to control pain - has been cleared of charges of negligence and incompeten...
New York, NY – Mayor Taps Image of Asthmatic Girl to Promote Traffic Plan
New York, NY - An image of a sad-looking little girl squeezing an asthma inhaler is being used to pressure state lawmakers into approving Mayor Michael Bloomberg's plan to reduce traffic and poll...
Albany, NY – Newspaper Accused Of Pressuring State Senator To Buy Ads
Albany, NY - New York State Senate majority leader Joseph L. Bruno claims the Albany Times Union pressured him to buy advertising in exchange for favorable coverage, asking the local district attorney...
New York – 45 Muslim Dctors Planned US Terror Raids.
New York - A group of 45 Muslim doctors threatened to use car bombs and rocket grenades in terrorist attacks in the United States during discussions on an extremist internet chat site.
Police found ...
Brooklyn, NY – Congressman Nadler Earmarks $231,000 For Brooklyn Non-Profit
Brooklyn, NY - Congressman Jerrold Nadler, hailed the passage of the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations bill because it includes $231,000 in funding for the Brooklyn-based non-pr...
Brighton, MA – Religious Stance of Temple at Center of Superior Court Lawsuit
Brighton, MA - A dispute over the religious direction of a Brighton temple has created a divide between its Conservative and Orthodox congregants.
At the heart of the battle for Temple Bnai Moshe, a...
London England – Mayor Slams Hitler T-Shirt.
London England - London Mayor Ken Livingstone joined with Holocaust survivors this week to condemn t-shirts glorifying Hitler on sale in Camden Market.
The garment, being sold in Camden Market Hall,...
New York – BlackBerry Service Devices Head to China.
New York - Research in Motion (RIM) has received clearance to sell its popular BlackBerry device in China after eight years of trying. The Canadian-based company says it's finalizing the delivery of i...
Brooklyn, NY +Pedestrian Struck+
Brooklyn, NY +Pedestrian Struck+ A motor vehicle accident with a pedestrian that was struck on Avenue "P" in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn, Hatzolah responding to the scene.
Lakewood, NJ – House Leveled by Explosion
Lakewood, NJ - Police are investigating an explosion and fire which leveled a home at Joe Parker Road this morning (Glen Pines area) - next door to Yeshiva Ma'ayan Hatorah. There was no one at home at...
Passaic, NJ – Orthodox Jewish Assemblyman Strives To Keep The Faith
Passaic, NJ - Assemblyman Gary Schaer was nowhere to be seen as lawmakers gathered in the wee hours of a Saturday morning for a critical budget vote.
Schaer, a Passaic Democrat, was in the lower leve...
Israel – Foreign Haredi Residents Invest $1.2b in Israeli Real Estate
Israel - Foreign haredi and religious investments in Israeli real estate over the past four years have brought in some $1.2 billion, a market study presented Wednesday at the ultra-Orthodox sector's e...
Moscow, Russia – Mayor Declines Sephardic synagogue in City Center
Moscow, Russia - The Moscow City Council decided that a kindergarten should be built in Mantulinskaya St. in the Moscow center instead of a Sephardic synagogue.
The decree has already been signed by...
New York, NY – Bloomberg & City Hall Staff Moving to Brooklyn
New York, NY - Mayor Bloomberg is boxing up his picture frames and files and moving out of City Hall for two weeks.
Mr. Bloomberg and his staff are leaving the bullpen and moving into the city's emer...
Manhattan, NY +Shots Fired at Passing Vehicle on FDR Drive+
Manhattan, NY +Shots Fired at Passing Vehicle on FDR Drive+ NYPD Portable and NYPD ESU Adam-1 are on the scene with a vehicle that the driver claimes hearing shots being fired and it shattered the win...
Aspen, Colorado – Yeshiva University Student Jumps Into Water to Save Woman and Her Dog
Aspen, Colorado - A New York City grad student is hailed as a hero after jumping into frigid water to aid a woman and her dog near Aspen, Colorado.
Sandy Krohn, 27, a student at Yeshiva University, w...
New York – Gov. Orderd Police To Track GOP Leader Sen. Bruno Movments.
New York - Gov. Spitzer targeted state Senate Ma jority Leader Joseph Bruno for an unprecedented State Police surveillance program that led to allegations Bruno improperly used a state helicopter for ...
United Kingdom – Britain’s Transport Union Calling To Boycott Israel.
United Kingdom - Britain's Transport and General Workers Union (TGWU) supported today a motion at its annual conference calling for the boycott of Israeli goods.
The boycott campaign is clearly sprea...
South Nyack, NY – Bridge Design Limit Police Enforcement on Tappan Zee Bridge.
South Nyack, NY - State police are limited both by design and by state law in what they can do to crack down on speeders and unsafe drivers on the Tappan Zee Bridge.
Motorists who drive regularly ac...