Month February 2023
NEW YORK (AP) — A powerful New York jail union boss-turned-prison inmate is poised to go free less than halfway through his sentence in a corruption case, after a judge decided this week that the nearly five-year term should be… Continue Reading →
For years, Republicans have sought to win over voters by depicting Democratic-led cities as lawless centers of violence that need tough-on-crime policies. In Chicago, some of the Democrats running for mayor are deploying the same strategy as they debate how… Continue Reading →
For the past 16 years, Batya’s Kitchen has been serving the Jewish community with their culinary needs. At Batya’s Kitchen, only the highest quality foods and freshest ingredients are offered and customer service is and always has been a primary focus. In… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (VINnews) — The State of New York has opened a bombshell investigation into whether CUNY’s School of Law discriminated against Jews. As reported in the NY Post, the state Division of Human Rights is looking into the faculty’s… Continue Reading →
You’ve seen all the status giveaways, but you haven’t seen one like this – until now. For the next month, Lakewood Alerts will be entering every single phone number signed up for its status to win an unprecedented $5,000! The… Continue Reading →
A Lebanese and Belgian citizen considered a key financier of the Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah was arrested Friday in Bucharest, Romania’s capital, federal authorities said. Mohammad Ibrahim Bazzi, 58, who was labeled a “global terrorist” by the United States in… Continue Reading →
The Supreme Court won’t have far to look if it wants a personal take on the “crushing weight” of student debt that underlies the Biden administration’s college loan forgiveness plan. Justice Clarence Thomas was in his mid-40s and in his… Continue Reading →
The Biden administration moved Friday to require patients see a doctor in person before getting attention deficit disorder medication or addictive painkillers, toughening access to the drugs against the backdrop of a deepening opioid crisis. The proposal could overhaul the… Continue Reading →
By: YS Gold The Boro Park community and its institutions were built by Holocaust survivors. They arrived here broken in spirit following the horrors previously unfathomable. They lost their family and their possessions, and all they had left was an… Continue Reading →
STAGECOACH, Nev. (AP) — All five people aboard a medical transport flight, including a patient, were killed in a plane crash Friday night in a mountainous area in northern Nevada. The Lyon County Sheriff’s office said authorities began receiving calls… Continue Reading →
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A powerful winter storm that swept down the West Coast with flooding and frigid temperatures shifted its focus to southern California on Saturday, swelling rivers to dangerous levels and dropping snow in even low-lying areas around… Continue Reading →
A powerful New York jail union boss-turned-prison inmate is poised to go free less than halfway through his sentence in a corruption case, after a judge decided this week that the nearly five-year term should be reduced. Norman Seabrook originally… Continue Reading →
Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley had a busy first week as an official 2024 presidential candidate, announcing in her native state, then hustling to early voting New Hampshire and Iowa and going on a media blitz. But as fundraising… Continue Reading →
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Tens of thousands of Israelis on Saturday protested their far-right government’s plans to overhaul the legal system, three days after parliament advanced a bill that would enable lawmakers to overturn a Supreme Court decision with… Continue Reading →
A Chinese diplomat accused the U.S. consul general in Hong Kong of interfering in its affairs after he said the city’s freedoms were eroding and warned the American not to cross political “red lines.” Consul General Gregory May gave a… Continue Reading →
There’s little doubt that North Korea’s chronic food shortages worsened due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and speculation about the country’s food insecurity has flared as its top leaders prepare to discuss the “very important and urgent task” of formulating a… Continue Reading →
There’s little doubt that North Korea’s chronic food shortages worsened due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and speculation about the country’s food insecurity has flared as its top leaders prepare to discuss the “very important and urgent task” of formulating a… Continue Reading →
The first Yarzheit of Maran Sar Hatorah Rav Chaim Kanievsky Z’l will take place this Shushan Purim. Before his passing, Rav Chaim Z’l proclaimed his son-in-law, Rav Yitzchok Kolodetsky, as one of the righteous people of this generation. His brachos… Continue Reading →
Authorities in Bulgaria on Saturday banned an annual torch-lit march in downtown Sofia in honor of a late general who led the pro-Nazi Union of Bulgarian National Legions during World War II. Hours before the event, the country’s chief prosecutor… Continue Reading →
A meeting of finance chiefs of the Group of 20 leading economies ended on Saturday without a consensus, with Russia and China objecting to the description of the war in Ukraine in a final document. The meeting hosted by India… Continue Reading →
New York Mayor Eric Adams’ brother is leaving his volunteer post as a mayoral security adviser, a position he took after controversy over initial plans to hire him in a high-paid city job. In an interview that aired Friday, Bernard… Continue Reading →