Williamsburg, NY – FDNY and Hatzolah responding for a fire on the 1st floor of a 3 story building. Hatzolah from multiple areas are responding into Williamsburg for the fire at 117 Hewes Street between Marcey and Lee Avenues. **UPDATE** As per the fire department the fire is under control.

Poland – The website of the Buchenwald concentration camp was attacked by hackers who erased the “Book of the Dead” that was established to commemorate the victims murdered in the camp in the Second World War.

Tver, Russia – A court in central Russia has sentenced a neo-Nazi leader to life in jail and imprisoned 13 others for four hate killings and multiple assaults. The Tver city court said in a statement Tuesday that 22-year-old Dmitry Orlov led a cell of the Russian National Unity, a once-powerful organization that since 1990 has [...]

Albany, NY – Gov. David Paterson says he backs Rep. Charles Rangel 100% as the fellow Democrat faces an ethics case in the House. Paterson says it’s been an honor to watch Rangel in public service over the last 40 years. Both come from a political powerhouse of Democratic politics in Harlem. Rangel, until recently the House [...]

Fallsburg, NY – A 57-year-old man has been indicted in Sullivan County Court in numerous thefts of copper wire from a bungalow colony in Fallsburg. James Everett of Fallsburg is accused of burglary, grand larceny, criminal mischief and criminal possession of stolen property. Authorities say Everett stole copper wiring worth $5,305 from several bungalows last fall. He also [...]

Brooklyn, NY – A petty crook was caught red-handed thanks to a tip from a member of Flatbush Shomrim civilian crime patrol, authorities said. The volunteer called 911 after spotting Dimitry Kolker, 21, climbing the rear passenger-side window of a 1993 GMC Suburban SUV parked at East 14th Street and Avenue “M” in Midwood, officials say. Cops [...]

Manhattan, NY – New York City’s police commissioner says a suspect has been arrested in the “bouquet bandit” case. Police say 44-year-old Edward Pemberton was arrested at 9:15 a.m. in connection with two bank robberies. Pemberton, who also went by the alias John Lowe, is believed to be the so called “bouquet bandit.” He performed [...]

Manhattan, NY – A bigot was busted after he scattered papers scrawled with anti- Semetic threats outside the Jewish Guild for the Blind on the Upper West Side, police said. In a bizarre act of hatred, Dimitrios Apolonides, 37 left several small pieces of paper that said “Kill Jews” on the street and sidewalk outside the [...]

New York, NY – Michael Bloomberg spent $109.2 million on his winning bid for a third term as mayor of New York City. That’s more than 11 times his Democratic opponent, who lost by fewer than five percentage points. The billionaire mayor’s campaign filed its final spending report Thursday with the state Board of Elections. Bloomberg is [...]

Brooklyn, NY – Perhaps it was just an abundance of caution, but a section of the emergency room at Kings County Hospital was shut down and exterminated after a patient came in with bed bugs, officials said. The patient came in Sunday night on an ambulance that was found to have one bed bug in it, [...]