9 Killed After Sightseeing Plane Crashes In Alaska
Eight cruise ship passengers and a pilot were killed when a sightseeing plane crashed in southeastern Alaska Thursday.
Jerusalem – Former Behadrey Haredim CEO Making Headlines After Being Indicted For Blackmail
Jerusalem – After a three-year long investigation, Guy Cohen, former CEO of the ultra-Orthodox news site Behadrey Haredim, and his deputy Uri Zur, have been indicted, charged with blackmailing high profile rabbis and businessmen.
Hackers Stole Secrets of U.S. Government Workers’ Sex Lives
Hackers presumably working on behalf of the Chinese government may have stolen highly sensitive personnel files containing information about drug addictions, sexual proclivities and financial woes of millions of current and former US government workers.
Bristol Palin Is Pregnant
Bristol Palin no longer has a ring on her finger, but she now has a bun in the oven.
Breakthrough In Pinto, Lahav 433 Corruption Case
New developments have surfaced in the long-standing corruption scandal between Rabbi Yoshiyahu Yosef Pinto and the former head of the special police corruption investigation unit Lahav 433 Menashe Arbiv on Thursday, after a lengthy hiatus in the case.
Marriage Annuled After Groom Turns Out To Be A Woman
The Jerusalem Rabbinate was forced this week to announce the nullification of a marriage it had performed, when it became clear that the groom was actually a transgender man, thus making the marriage invalid according to Jewish law.
Connecticut Signs Law That Allows Waterbury Hatzolah To Operate
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy cleared the way for the licensing of a volunteer group to assist with emergency medical calls in a growing Orthodox Jewish community in Waterbury.
French Taxi Drivers Smash Cars In Strike Against Uber
French taxi drivers smashed up livery cars, set tires ablaze and blocked traffic across the country on Thursday in a nationwide strike aimed at Uber after weeks of rising, sometimes violent tensions over the U.S. ride-hailing company.
France – U.S., European Authorities Investigate Possible New Leaker To WikiLeaks
France – U.S. and European security authorities are investigating whether a previously unknown leaker provided sensitive intelligence documents to WikiLeaks about alleged U.S. spying on French politicians, according to sources familiar with the matter.
Google Co-Founder Sergey Brin and Wife Anne Wojcicki Get Divorced
Google cofounder Sergey Brin and 23andMe founder Anne Wojcicki have gotten divorced after eight years of marriage. They married in 2007 and have two children together.