New York, NY - On the ongoing violence in Mumbai, and the tragic death of Rabbi and Rebbitzin Holtzberg, Mayor Bloomberg released the following statement: “We do not yet know the full toll of the senseless and barbaric murders in Mumbai, but today we learned we have lost two New Yorkers: Rabbi Gavriel Noach Holtzberg and his wife, Rivka. This is a tragic loss for the Lubavitch community...

New York, NY - In response to the Mumbai attacks, New York City police beefed up patrols around large hotels and Jewish centers, including the Lubavitcher headquarters, said NYPD spokesman Paul Browne. The department already was on alert because of a warning earlier this week of a possible al-Qaida plot to strike the city's rail systems over the holidays. Members of the movement gathered at the...

Vancouver - Broken glass and blood covered most of the Oberoi Hotel lobby in Mumbai, India, after gunmen stormed the building, triggered grenades and marched hostages to the roof, a Vancouver man who escaped the violence said. Jonathan Ehrlich, who arrived at the Vancouver airport Thursday night, said he came close to becoming a hostage at the Oberoi Hotel, where he was staying on a business...

Valley Stream, NY - A 34-year-old Wal-Mart worker died Friday morning after he was knocked to the ground after "a throng of shoppers physically broke down the doors," pushing their way into the store at the Green Acres Mall in Valley Stream, Nassau police said. The man was knocked down and was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead. As of Friday morning the cause of death was...

Mumbai - Outrage. Anger. Pain. Tears. No words. What can we even say? How can we fathom a two-year-old who won’t see Ima again ad ki yavo Shilo? How can we comprehend two ehrliche mashgichim catching a simple maariv on business who will never come home? And how can we even begin to understand the loss of the kedoshim, Rabbi and Rebbetzin Gavriel and Rivkah Holtzberg, who lost...

Kiryas Joel, NY - The latest sewer lawsuit between Kiryas Joel and Orange County involves a village slaughterhouse and a tide of wastewater fit for a horror movie. The village is suing over a $235,477 bill the county sent for allegedly inadequate removal of chicken blood and guts from the grisly effluent that flows daily from Kiryas Joel's slaughterhouse to a nearby sewage-treatment plant run...

New York, NY - New York City traffic agents are especially busy issuing parking tickets on the day after Thanksgiving last year. Black Friday was the most-ticketed day of the last fiscal year. Also a report out today says that the number of parking tickets issued citywide has risen 42 percent since Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg took office in 2002. Analyzing of nearly 10 million parking...

Mumbai - VIN News will report all updates on the ongoing situation on Chabad house in this post. U/D 11/28 - 7:00 AM EST Israeli envoy to India estimates 6 Israelis still held hostage at Chabad center, Four Israelis safely evacuated from Oberoi Hotel in Mumbai. U/D 11/28 - 7:17 AM EST Heavy gunfire ongoing, smoke coming out of the 3rd floor. a van with six medics in surgical gowns and masks...

Mumbai, India - A relative of a child rescued from the attack on a Jewish center in Mumbai says the child's grandparents have arrived to take custody of him. His parents' fate remains unknown. Yitzhak Dovid Grossman says Shimon and Yehudit Rosenberg have arrived in Mumbai and have been reunited with their 2-year-old grandson Moshe. The child was saved by a woman who works at the Jewish Chabad...