Airmont, NY - A panel of federal judges has ruled against the village's attempt to void a settlement that allowed a developer to proceed with plans for a yeshiva and dormitories on Hillside Avenue. Today's decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals stated, in effect, that the village had the benefit of legal counsel when it signed the settlement, and so it couldn't argue now that the agreement...

Israel - Israel suffers from one of the world's highest rates of pedestrian fatalities from road accidents, Traffic Police Chief Cmdr. Avi Ben-Hamo told the Sderot Conference on Society today. In 2007, 433 people were killed in traffic accidents, Ben-Hamo said. Of those, 34 percent were pedestrians, placing Israel high up in the international rankings of pedestrian fatalities. "The average...

Mumbai, India - Armed terrorists have struck several crowded spots in south Mumbai, killing several dozens and injuring hundreds. The attacks happened Wednesday night inside the Chhatrapati Shivaji train terminus as well as inside some posh hotels in southern Mumbai. Several train stations have been evacuated and the domestic as well as international airports are on high alert. There are...

Maspeth, NY - workers at one of the nation’s largest kosher meat producers have voted against joining a union, though the union that led the drive is contesting the vote and accusing the company of foul play. The November 13 vote at the Alle Processing factory in Queens came amid widespread scrutiny of labor conditions in the kosher meat industry. In May, what had been the nation’s largest...

New York - The stock rally accelerated Wednesday as investors continued to scoop up stocks hit in the recent selloff, with the Dow industrials and S&P 500 rising for a fourth straight session. Trading volume was moderate as investors bailed out early ahead of Thanksgiving. All financial markets are closed Thursday and close early Friday. The Dow Jones industrial average gained roughly 3%...

Spring Valley, NY - A $6.5 million federal civil rights case alleging the Village Board improperly denied a bus company a special permit because of animus against the Orthodox Jewish owners will likely head to mediation soon. The plaintiffs, operators of the Monsey Trails commuter bus company, filed its lawsuit in March asking a federal judge to order the village to remedy the action and to...

Postville, IA - Agriprocessors' former CEO Sholom Rubashkin pleaded not guilty today in U.S. District Court to 12-counts involving illegal immigrants, identity theft and bank fraud. Rubashkin, 49, of Postville, was charged with two additional charges in this second superseding indictment of harboring undocumented aliens for profit and conspiracy to commit document fraud. He was previously...

Mumbai, India - Terror struck the country's financial capital late on Wednesday night as coordinate serial explosions and indiscriminate firing rocked eight areas across Mumbai including the crowded CST railway station, two five star hotels--Oberoi and Taj-- leaving 100 persons dead and 1000 injured. Armed with AK-47 rifles and grenades, a couple of terrorists entered the passenger hall of...

Sacramento, CA - Three eminent Sikh religious musicians were thrown out of a US Airways flight after the pilot refused to fly with them onboard in California, a leading US-based Sikh group alleged on Wednesday. The three -- Gulbag Singh, Davinder Singh and Iqbal Singh -- had boarded the plane in Sacramento on November 15 after being cleared by the security. In a complaint letter to the...

Jerusalem, Israel - For the first time in almost 40 years, not a single ultra-Orthodox party will be represented on the Jerusalem municipal coalition. Other religious parties, including the National Religious Party - National Union, have secured a seat, but none from the Haredi sector. Incoming Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat will be sworn into office next week should he succeed in forming the...

Kaser, NY - The Khal Kdishas Ley synagogue and study center was condemned for numerous building-code violations yesterday, after a roof fire brought attention to problems there. It was the second time in four years that the structure was condemned by local officials after a fire. There were no injuries in the 11:30 a.m. blaze, which was extinguished within a half-hour, (reported by VIN News)...

Scotland - Babies transported in forward-facing buggies could end up "emotionally impoverished" due to lack of face-to-face contact with the parent pushing them, a British study suggested. Having infants facing their parent gives them positive reassurance and reduces mental stress, said the study by researchers at Dundee University in Scotland, believed to be the first of its...

Jerusalem - Rabbi Aharon Teitelbaum, shlita, one of the two present Satmarer Rebbes, visited Jerusalem in August 2007 to lay the cornerstone for a new community housing project. The project, named Kiryas Yoel, was being built on Jerusalem's Raoul Wallenberg Street, on the plot where the city's Edison Cinema once stood. The cornerstone-laying event was widely covered by the media at the...

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Washington, DC - Federal authorities are warning law enforcement personnel of a possible terror plot against the New York City subway system during the holiday season. An internal memo obtained by The Associated Press says the FBI has received a "plausible but unsubstantiated" report that al-Qaida terrorists in late September may have discussed attacking the subway system. Anti-terror...