With sadness we inform you of the passing of Rabbi Chaim Meir Lustig today, Monday at the age of 82. He was a long time resident of Crown Heights and was one of the oldest members of the Agudah Shul on Crown St.

Social networking website Facebook has agreed to adopt an application aimed at improving the online safety of its younger users, a child protection group said on Monday. The application, which follows a long campaign by the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP), appears on a user’s profile page when they add or bookmark it and [...]

Coney Island, NY – The annual “Seaside Summer Concert Series” on Coney Island is temporarily on hold, awaiting a decision from Mayor Michael Bloomberg on whether to grant a sound permit. The mayor was set to approve the measure Monday, but after hearing from critics, he decided to take an extra day to weigh whether it’s [...]

Brooklyn, NY – They are a familiar sight around the lake in Prospect Park in Brooklyn: Canada geese, scores of them. To some residents of nearby neighborhoods, the birds and their fuzzy offspring are charming hints of wildlife amid the bricks of the city. Recently, when one was found with a crossbow bolt through its [...]

Consumer Reports magazine said Monday it cannot recommend the iPhone 4 to shoppers because of persistent reception issues caused by touching the Apple Inc. phone. The magazine also questioned Apple’s explanation for the glitch, saying it tested other smartphones in its labs, including the older iPhone 3GS, and “none of those phones had the signal-loss problems [...]

Jerusalem – An ultra-Orthodox yeshiva student indicted for flag-burning has asked that the charges be dropped as protected freedom of expression. The student’s lawyer also told the Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court that the law, as it stands today, is effectively a dead letter as it doesn’t specify intent to dishonor the flag – and so many [...]

The Dow pulled off its fifth straight gain Monday but volume was some of the lightest this year as many investors took a wait-and-see approach to earnings season, which kicked off with results after the bell from Alcoa. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 18.24, or 0.2 percent, to close at 10,216.27, after gaining 5.3 percent [...]

32 home approval comes days after Netanyahu's meeting with Obama.

Approval comes days after Netanyahu's meeting with Obama.

Threat responds to 'Draw Muhammad Day.'