Melbourne,Australia – Orthodox Row Over $500,000 Tax Debt
Melbourne,Australia - The former directors of Yeshiva College have been sent letters of demand by the Australian Taxation Office (ATO), which is investigating a debt of more than $500,000 accumulated ...
Washington – Honey Prices Soaring, Amid Mysterious Deaths Of The Honeybees.
Consumer Alert.
Washington - Beekeepers throughout the United States have been losing between 50 and 90 percent of their honeybees over the past six months, perplexing scientists, driving honey prices...
New York, NY – Cop Killer To Get The Death Penalty Is First In More Than 50 Years.
New York, NY - Cop killer Ronell Wilson was a dead man talking yesterday - but the judge wasn't buying his apology.
After hearing Wilson say he was "very sorry," Brooklyn Federal Judge Nicholas Garau...
New York, NY – Pace University Apologizes To Jewish Group.
New York, NY - The president of Pace University has publicly apologized to a campus Jewish group that had accused administrators of using strong-arm tactics to stop a screening of a documentary on rad...
New York, NY – Poor To Get Cash For Positive Actions.
New York, NY - Mayor Michael Bloomberg Thursday unveiled a novel $50-million initiative that will pay poor New York families cash for taking steps to lift themselves out of poverty by keeping their ch...
Palm Beach, FL – Distinguished Brazil Rabbi Resigns After Being Arrested for Shoplifting
Palm Beach, FL - A rabbi who has overseen South America's largest Jewish congregation for more than three decades has temporarily resigned his post in Brazil, after being arrested on shoplifting ...
Brooklyn, NY – Child Care Home on Fire Sends 4 to Hospital
Brooklyn, NY - A three-alarm blaze ripped through a Brooklyn group home for foster kids run by the Jewish Care Association, forcing three teens and a caretaker to scurry to safety and sending fou...
New York, NY – Le Marais Kosher Resturant 10 Mil. Law Suit Against Former Mashgiach.
New York, NY - A Manhattan kosher bistro filed a $10 million defamation lawsuit against its former kashrut inspector.
The suit filed Monday by Le Marais in New York Supreme Court of Kings County char...
Brooklyn, NY – Museum of Art Despicable Exhibitions.
Public Awareness.
Brooklyn, NY - The Brooklyn Museum, located at 200 Eastern Parkway, has opened a controversial new department, The Elizabeth A. Sackler Center, dedicated to feminist art. Since the ...
Albany, NY – Court Rules Companies Immune From Suit In Dismissals.
Albany, NY - Securities companies that disparage employees in required dismissal forms cannot be sued for the statements, the state's highest court ruled Thursday in a decision affecting one of the st...
Washington – TSA Federal security Employees Subject To Stricter Screenings.
Washington - Starting this week, federal security employees must pass through strict screenings whenever they enter secure areas.
The change follows a major security breach earlier this month At Orla...
New York, NY – Light Bulbs Blamed For Sore Eyes.
New York, NY - Metal halide Light bulbs, which are about the size of a football and give out bright, white light. Many say eyes were damaged, perhaps permanently, by ultraviolet radiation from a brok...
Brooklyn, NY +Pedestrian Struck+
Brooklyn, NY +Pedestrian Struck+ A motor vehicle accident with a pedestrian that was struck on Coney Island Avenue between Avenue "J" and "K" Hatzolah on the scene.
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY +Apartment Fire+
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY +Apartment Fire+ A working fire reported at 94 Ross Street between Wythe Avenue and Bedfors Avenue at apartment 4-K Hatzolah on the scene, Fire Department responding.
U/D: ...
Netanya, Kirays Tzanz, Israel +Passover Cleaning Tragedy+
Netanya, Kirays Tzanz, Israel +Passover Cleaning Tragedy+ An 8-month-old baby played and fell into a pail of bleach face down.
After being notice by a family member they rushed the baby by MDA ambulan...
New York, NY – Newsworthy Tidbits.
United Kingdom - NYC DOT Listen up!!, in the UK you can legally escape parking fines by driving away before the ticket is placed on their windscreen.
Stradford, CT - After Police Chase, Man Claims To...
Iran – A Bizarre Twist In The 15 UK Captured Solider’s.
Iran - Iranian authorities have released a second letter from one of the captured British sailors detained in Iran.
Leading Seaman Faye Turney, 26, the only female member of the 15 navy personnel cap...
Richmond, VA – Circuit City Stores Fires 3,400 Sales Reps, For Making To Much Money.
Business News.
Richmond, VA - Circuit City Stores Inc., the second-largest U.S. electronics retailer after Best Buy Co., fired 3,400 of its highest-paid salespeople and will hire replacements willing ...
Miami, FL – FBI: This Is The Most Bizarre Bank Heist In a Decade.
Miami, FL - As We reported this week on a bizarre bank heist, The FBI and Police are now giving more details what happened, The round, mustachioed Portuguese man who walked into the Miami Beach bank c...
Saratoga Springs, NY – Muslim College Administrator Resignes Amid Rush Limbaugh Radio Program Making Fun Of Her.
Saratoga Springs, NY - As We reported a few weeks ago about an Incident of a Turkish American Muslim Couple, Hilal Isler College Administrator of Skidmore College in NY , that Occur ed in Orlando, FL ...