Monticello, NY - A young man was assaulted by 2 perps in the parking lot of Wal-Mart, aided has a broken nose and is being treated by Hatzolah. Police are on the scene. ...

Round Top, NY - 16-year-old Buchiur Yoel Yida the oldest of six children of Reb Yosef Dovid Levy from Kiryas Joel, who was together this week with some 30 to 40 boys in Machna Kiryas Yoel [United Talmudical Academy of Kiryas Joel] Camp in the Green County area was transported by Hatzolah to a local hospital after falling approx 30 feet off a tree onto a rock, and was pronounced death...

DENVER, Colo. -- Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., was already not having the Democratic National Convention that she'd been hoping for, her and her husband's well-received speeches notwithstanding. Then it got worse. After Wednesday night's festivities ended, there was a minor elevator mishap at the Pepsi Center that involved Clinton, sources tell ABC News. Apparently, the elevator got...

Silicon Valley, CA - An obituary for Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs was mistakenly published by Bloomberg News today. The stock story detailing the death of the Cupertino-based Apple founder, who is still alive, appeared “momentarily” after a reporter had updated it, Bloomberg said. The incomplete obit was distinctly marked “Hold for release — Do not use,” the reports said Following...

Amarah, Iraq - On the plains of the Tigris River lies the shrine of Ezra Hasofer, the Jewish prophet, who returned to Jerusalem at the end of the Babylonian exile. According to biblical scholars, Ezra died years later back in the Mesopotamia at age 120 in what is now called Uzair. Locals believe Ezra passed away while roaming through the area with his donkey. His shrine still exists in this...

Sullivan County, NY - White Lake is a small hamlet in the town of Bethel on Route 17B. As most people familiar with the Catskills in Sullivan County know, White Lake becomes a strong Satmar enclave during the summer months. Few people, however, know that a new Mikveh is being built in the area to accommodate the spiritual needs of the Satmar Chassidim that make their summer homes there. And...

London - A police community support officer has been suspended after colleagues accused him of making Nazi salutes at work. Paul Ryan has been ordered to stay at home after allegedly impersonating Adolf Hitler while on duty. The claims are now being investigated by the Metropolitan Police. Ryan is alleged to have begun goose-stepping and making Nazi salutes in the North London office of...

Borough Park, NY - Numerous Hatzolah members are responding to 18th Avenue and 53rd Street for a motor vehicle accident with one vehicle that overturned and is on fire. U/D: 3:26pm Aided has been removed from the vehicle with minor injures, Hatzolah ambulance to respond to the scene...

Brooklyn, NY - A lawyer for a group of Shulamith School parents, Robert Tolchin, said Tuesday there has been no response from the school to a second summons to the RCA beit din. The Beth Din of America declined to comment. In a letter earlier this month Rabbi Shlomo Weissman, the director of the rabbinical court, directed Rabbi Moshe Zwick, Shulamith’s executive director, to respond by...

Brooklyn, NY - High blood pressure is a time bomb that can trigger a deadly heart attack or stroke without warning. And because the condition often has no symptoms, getting checked is the only way to know whether you have it and if it is under control. To make checking your blood pressure easier and more accessible, the Health Department is teaming up with pharmacies in East and Central Harlem...

Maspeth, Queens - In a vote of 7-5, a majority of drivers at Alle Processing in Maspeth, Queens voted to join Teamsters Local 805 for dignity and respect on the job. The vote took place at 5:30am on August 28, 2008 on the company’s premises, and was supervised by the National Labor Relations Board, Region 29 (Brooklyn and Queens). Workers voted yes after they endured a relentless anti-union...

Edison, NJ - An elderly holocaust survivor whose story is told in the brand-new book "Small Miracles of the Holocaust will be donating a Sefer Torah to his shul on Labor Day in what promises to be a poignant and emotional ceremony. Hersh Hanfling lost his entire family in the holocaust and will be dedicating the Sefer Torah in their honor. What makes this story poignant is that Hersh...

Williamsburg, NY - Hatzolah responding on a rush to a child left alone in a car unattended at White Avenue and Penn Street, possible not breathing. U/D: 12:16pm Hatzolah on the scene slowing down additional units, reporting windows of the vehicle were open...

Brooklyn, NY - Williamsburg’s 90th police precinct has experienced the sharpest rise in crime since last year of any neighborhood in Brooklyn, making some locals nervous. Of Brooklyn’s police precincts, Williamsburg’s 90th, which encompasses the gentrifying South Side plus its central and east sections, has seen the greatest rise in crime over the past year — 13.49 percent —...

Williamsburg, NY - A teacher at a prominent Satmar yeshiva in Williamsburg is being sued by a former student for sexual assault and abuse. In court papers filed Wednesday, Joel Engelman is seeking $5 million in damages from Rabbi Avorohom Reichman, the yeshiva, the United Talmudical Academy and the Satmar Bungalow Colony, where Reichman also teaches in the sects summer camp in upstate White...