Month April 2019
Even light rain significantly increases your risk of a fatal car crash, a new study finds. The wetter the roads, the deadlier they become, with rain, snow and ice increasing the risk of deadly car crashes by 34%, according to… Continue Reading →
Brooklyn NY – New York City has issued civil summonses to 12 people it said were not complying with a mandatory measles vaccination order as the number of recorded cases in the city’s worst outbreak since 1991 rose to 390,… Continue Reading →
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio presides over a city that’s known for its skyscrapers but he is no fan of the glass towers that have transformed the Manhattan… Read more » The post De Blasio Takes Aim at… Continue Reading →
President Donald Trump’s prison-bound former lawyer told celebrity Tom Arnold last month that he pleaded guilty to some crimes he didn’t commit so his wife wouldn’t “get dragged into the… Read more » The post Michael Cohen Says He Pleaded… Continue Reading →
President Donald Trump vowed on Wednesday to resist every subpoena from congressional Democrats investigating his administration, promising an all-out legal war and drawing complaints of unprecedented obstruction from Democrats. Trump… Read more » The post Trump Vows to Resist Democratic… Continue Reading →
The measles outbreak affecting Orthodox Jewish neighborhoods in Brooklyn has grown to 390 cases, including two expectant mothers, the New York City Health Department announced Wednesday. The number represents 105… Read more » The post NYC Measles Outbreak Soars to… Continue Reading →
Colombo – Two Jewish teenage siblings from London were among the more than 320 people murdered in terrorist attacks in Sri Lanka, the British media reported. Amelie and Daniel Linsey, 15 and 19, who are dual citizens of the United… Continue Reading →
A religious exemption has been added to the New York City Council’s proposed bill banning fur sales, after lobbying by Orthodox Jewish Councilmembers and community advocates. The bill – proposed… Read more » The post Religious Exemption Added to Proposed… Continue Reading →
New York – President Donald Trump’s prison-bound former lawyer told actor Tom Arnold last month that he pleaded guilty to some crimes he didn’t commit so his wife wouldn’t “get dragged into the mud of this crap.” Michael Cohen told… Continue Reading →
Boeing estimates that it will spend $1 billion to fix the 737 Max and has pulled its forecast of 2019 earnings because of uncertainty surrounding the jetliner, which remains grounded after two crashes that killed 346 people. Read more on… Continue Reading →
A relaxing Pesach getaway to Orlando has turned into a nightmare for hundreds of folks this year. Described as “a five-star hotel program without the hotel” on its website, the “A Different Pesach Program” at the Windsor West Side allegedly ran… Continue Reading →
The follwoing is via FOX News: New York Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is being slammed over her social media silence in the wake of the Easter Sunday terror attacks in Sri Lanka. Read more on Yeshiva World News
Washington – U.S. President Donald Trump touted progress in the fight against opioid abuse on Wednesday and promised to hold drugmakers accountable for their part in the crisis, a day after his administration brought its first related criminal charges against… Continue Reading →
Washington – A former U.S. State Department employee pleaded guilty on Wednesday to conspiring with Chinese agents, the U.S. Department of Justice said in a statement. The employee, Candace Claiborne, had been accused of lying to law enforcement officers and… Continue Reading →
Americans are becoming increasingly sedentary, spending almost a third of their waking hours sitting down, and computer use is partly to blame, a new study found. Over almost a decade, average daily sitting time increased by roughly an hour, to… Continue Reading →
Hackensack, NJ – Authorities have arrested a police officer, a high school teacher, a minister and 13 others in a sting New Jersey officials said Wednesday was aimed at men who tried to set up sexual encounters with people they… Continue Reading →
New York – The college philosophy teacher accused of entering St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Manhattan with gasoline cans, lighter fluid and butane lighters had also booked a hotel just 20 minutes from the Vatican, a New York prosecutor said Wednesday…. Continue Reading →
New York – U.S. measles cases have climbed to their highest level in 25 years, largely because misinformation is turning parents against vaccines. New York City health officials on Wednesday reported 61 new cases since late last week. According to… Continue Reading →
Measles cases in the United States have surpassed the highest number on record since the disease was declared eliminated nationwide in 2000. Overall, there have been 681 measles cases across 22 states this year. Read more on Yeshiva World News
Sunnyvale, CA – The FBI is assisting California officials in the investigation of a motorist who appeared to deliberately plow into a group of people, injuring eight, authorities said Wednesday. Prentice Danner, a spokesman for the FBI’s field office in… Continue Reading →