Staten Island, NY - A Staten Island couple were key players in a drug ring that smuggled millions of dollars of high-grade marijuana from Canada into the U.S. through a Native American reservation on the New York border, authorities allege. Meiers Corners residents O. K., 27, and his wife, Y. K., 24, were ensnared in a recent sting at their Suffolk Avenue home, along with a third man, B G...

Prague, Czech Republic - Holocaust survivors, Jewish groups and experts gathered in Prague today to assess efforts to return property and possessions stolen by the Nazis to their rightful owners or heirs. The five-day conference, which brings together delegates from 49 countries, is the first follow-up to a 1998 meeting in Washington that led to agreements on recovering art looted by the...

Jerusalem - There is a story about ultra-Orthodox leader Rabbi Yosef Haim Zonnenfeld, may he rest in peace, who was once told about a store in Jerusalem’s Old City that remained open on Shabbat. Without hesitating, the elderly rabbi grabbed a stool, made his way to the site, and upon arrival at the store sat down at the entrance and started to recite psalms. His act had the desired effect, and...

Los Angeles, CA - The night-time military helicopter flights over downtown Los Angeles are part of training exercises to familiarize military personnel with urban settings and prepare them for future assignments overseas. The helicopters, which have appeared nightly for the last few nights, have attracted the attention of residents as they hover over downtown landmarks like City Hall, or...

Santa Barbara, CA - An academic committee at University of California, Santa Barbara has found no reason to discipline a professor who sent an e-mail that compared Israel's offensive in Gaza to the Holocaust. University officials sent a letter to Sociology professor William I. Robinson, saying the Academic Senate's ad hoc committee has closed the matter. In January, Robinson offended...