Westchester County, New Castle, NY - A serious motor vehicle accident on the northbound lanes of the Saw Mill River Parkway at Roaring Brook Road with one vehicle that overturned with some seriously injured involving some children that might be unconscious. All lanes are closed and traffic is being diverted off Exit 32 (Rt.-120). Police on the scene are requesting A.I.S. to respond. Chopper also...

Postville, IA - A federal investigation into the Agriprocessors plant in Postville is "continuing," according to a letter sent by a Justice Department official to Rep. Bruce Braley, a Waterloo Democrat. The letter does not specify what is being investigated, but notes that the Justice Department is coordinating with Immigration and Customs Enforcement as well as the U.S. Department of Labor...

Lvov, Ukraine - Holocaust memorial in the western Ukrainian city of Lvov was vandalized. The JTA is reporting that the local Jewish activists said the plaque at the Kleparov train station that informs passers-by that the Nazis shipped 500,000 Jews through the station to the Belzetz death camps in Poland from 1941 to 1943 was defaced with a hangman's noose and a Star of David painted on...

Vilnius, Lithuania - An Appeal Court today rejected a request by state prosecutors to imprison an 87-year old Nazi-era war criminal found guilty of Holocaust crimes. In March 2006, Algimantas Mykolas Dailide was found guilty of persecuting Jews during the World War II Nazi occupation of Lithuania. He currently lives in Germany.   However, the district court also ruled that Dailide's...

Fallsburg, NY - A South Fallsburg man was killed in a hit and run accident on Route 42 just south of the hamlet. Fallsburg police were called by a cyclist who was going to work. The victim, a man in his 50s whose name has not been released, was killed instantly, Det. Travis Hartman said. The driver of the vehicle that hit him did not stop and left the scene. Police were seeking leads on who...

Jerusalem - Mayor Uri Lupolianski on Wednesday released a statement condemning the behavior of his haredi deputy at last week's inauguration of the Bridge of Strings, calling the aftermath an "embarrassment and insult." Lupolianski was referring to Deputy Mayor Yehoshua Pollack's decision to instruct a girls' dance troupe performing at the event to cover their hair and wear long clothing to...

New York - Today we celebrate the anniversary of America’s independence, an event of great magnitude in the history of mans’ struggle for freedom. At a time like this we should be humble and realize that we are the beneficiaries of the dedication and sacrifice of countless others who came before us and built up and defended America. I wake up each day and give thanks to the Creator for...

South Fallsburg, NY - Under increasing pressure to take swift action at The Pines, Town of Fallsburg building inspector Allen Frishman said he will order the owners of the former resort to tear down at least five of the wood-framed outbuildings, some of them nearly a century old, all of which are collapsing. "I am proceeding with the removal, whatever it takes," Frishman said. The main hotel...

Tel-Aviv - An Israir airplane carrying 178 passengers sustained engine failure shortly after takeoff Friday and had to make an emergency landing at Ben-Gurion Airport. The plane landed safely causing no casualties or damage. The airplane, an Airbus A320 model, had taken off from Israel to Berlin when the pilots informed supervisors of pressure loss in one of the engines. The plane was directed...

Williamsburg, NY - It has been a rough year for 90th Precinct, where crime is up 18 percent from its levels of June 2007. There have been 758 “major index” crimes this year – crimes taken into account when calculating a city’s crime rate – up from 644 at this time last year. The biggest culprits in the crime uptick have been grand larcenies, up 42 percent, and robberies, up 21...

Crown Heights, NY - They're all over the place. Any place a Jew finds himself in need. In need of a geshmake beis medrash, a shul and a mikvah, which no less than the Satmar Rebbe of Kiryas Joel, Reb Aharon Teitelbaum, shlita, found in Palm Springs, California, adopted long-time home and outreach post of Rabbi Yonason Denebeim. (The same beis medrash and shul is where 90-something Herman...