Flatbush, Brooklyn, NY +Pedestrian Struck+
Flatbush, Brooklyn, NY +Pedestrian Struck+ A motor vehicle accident with a pedestrian that was struck on Coney Island Avenue between Avenue "K" and Avenue "J" Hatzolah responding.
Jerusalem, Israel +Parade Gets Go-Ahead
Jerusalem, Israel Israel’s attorney-general turned down a request by Jerusalem police to call off this week’s parade.
Attorney-General Menachem Mazuz ruled that the parade, which has drawn threat...
Midwood, Brooklyn, NY – Pakistani Hate Crime Attack Victim Speaks Out
Midwood, Brooklyn, NY - Police are calling it a vicious hate crime. The victim is Pakistani and his alleged attackers are a group of Jewish teenagers as was reported first here on VOS IZ NEIAS.
The v...
Borough Park, Brooklyn, NY +Pedestrian Struck+
Borough Park, Brooklyn, NY +Pedestrian Struck+ A motor vehicle accident on 17th Avenue and 54th Street with a pedestrian that was struck, Hatzolah responding medics and back-up medics also requested.
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New York – Spitzer’s Campaign Boss Disciplined For Drunk Driving
New York, NY - Just days before the general election, the man organizing Eliot Spitzer's run for governor was arrested for allegedly driving drunk. Eliot Spitzer's campaign says it has imposed "approp...
Brooklyn, NY +MVA+
Brooklyn, NY +MVA+ A motor vehicle accident on Bay Parkway and McDonald Avenue with a total of four aided non serious one is pinned in the auto, Fire Department on the scene requesting EMS, jaws in us...
Orange County, NY – Route 105 Road Work Delayed Until Spring
Orange County, NY - Drivers rounding the sharp bend on County Route 105 and passing Kiryas Joel should be on the noticed that the road improvements that Orange County planned to be finish by fall are ...
Beit Shemesh, Israel – Charedim Stone Non-Kosher Buses
Beit Shemesh, Israel - Dozens of ultra-Orthodox men hurled stones at Egged buses in the town of Beit Shemesh, near Jerusalem, protesting the fact that the buses were "not kosher" because there is no s...
Brooklyn, NY – Concorde Supersonic Jet to Travel to the Borough, but Not by Air
Brooklyn, NY - A Concorde supersonic jet that once flew to and from Kennedy Airport in Queens and has floated at the edge of Manhattan for two years is now headed to its third borough: Brooklyn.
O...
Monroe, NJ – Chabad Jewish Center of Monroe Opens Its Own School
Monroe, NJ - The Chabad Jewish Center of Monroe has opened a religious school for elementary-age pupils in Monroe Township.
“We are calling it a pilot program,” said Chanie Zaklikovsky, the school...
Israel – Chillel Shabbas Leads to Dismissal of Senior Electric Official
Israel - The head of logistics in Israel Electric Company, Tzvika Mor, has been dismissed from his senior post as a result of the Friday night chillel Shabbas b'farhesia event.
Israel electric cam...
Rockville, MD – Police Seek Public’s Help for Vandalisms to Vehicles
Rockville, MD - Detectives from the 4th District seek the publics help for information on vandalisms that occurred in the Aspen Hill Section of Rockville.
Officers of the 4th District were called...
Brooklyn, NY – Builder in Court with City Over Stop Work Order
Brooklyn, NY - Developer Mendel Brach and fellow developer Moshe Oknin teamed up with architects Robert Scarano and Henry Radusky in the race to build an apartment tower at 144 N. Eighth St. in Greenp...
Jerusalem, Israel – Police Arrest Youths for Rioting
Jerusalem, Israel - Hundreds of haredim took to the streets of Jerusalem Motzai Shabbos, police claim they were throwing rocks and firecrackers at inter-city traffic, setting fire to everything flamma...
Baghdad, Iraq +Saddam Hussein Sentenced+
Baghdad, Iraq - Saddam Hussein has been convicted and sentenced to death by hanging for crimes against humanity.
Jerusalem, Israel – Police Search for Protesters Who Put Up Posters Comparing Police Official to Nazi
Jerusalem, Israel - Police launched a search for anti-parade protesters who put up posters in Jerusalem comparing a senior police official to a Nazi officer.
Written as a mock obituary, the poster...
Brooklyn, NY +Serious MVA+
Brooklyn, NY +Serious MVA+ A motor vehicle accident with a pedestrian that was struck and is in serious condition on East 17th Street and Avenue "I" Chesed She'll Ems on location.
Monsey, NY – Suspicious Death Likely to Remain Unknown
Monsey, NY - Ramapo police probably will never know exactly what killed Leon Stettiner, whose body was found face-down in his yard near his wrecked van, as was reported at that time on VOS IZ NEIAS. ...
Albany, NY – Removal of Hevesi Recommended by Governor Appointed Lawyer
Albany, NY - A lawyer appointed by Governor George Pataki says there is enough evidence to recommend that Comptroller Alan Hevesi be removed from office for using a state worker to chauffeur his wife....
Jerusalem, Israel – Protesters Against Parade Not Released for Shabbas
Jerusalem, Israel - The Jerusalem Magistrates Court late on Friday decided to delay by three days the release of four Ultra-Orthodox Jews suspected or protesting and attacking policemen at a protest o...