Police say that three boys were targeted in an attempted abduction at a Rockland park Sunday evening. The incident happened at Lake Welsh Beach in Harriman State Park. READ MORE: http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/monsey-news/242427/rockland-county-3-boys-targeted-in-attempted-abduction-in-harriman-state-park.html
A Sudanese woman sentenced to death for apostasy was freed Monday by a Khartoum court, and has rejoined her Christian husband with their two young children, her lawyer and state media said. State news agency SUNA said the Court of Cassation threw out the death sentence against 27-year-old Meriam Ibrahim after defense lawyers presented their […]
MID-HUDSON – County executives in six Hudson Valley counties will form a regional council to address common issues. Rockland County Executive Edwin Day said the county officials want to take advantage of their common goals and concerns. READ MORE: http://www.midhudsonnews.com/News/2014/June/23/co_exec_ccl-23Jun14.html
Confronting the threat of civil war in Iraq, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry flew to Baghdad on Monday to personally urge the Shiite-led government to give more power to political opponents before a Sunni insurgency seizes more control across the country and sweeps away hopes for lasting peace. The meeting scheduled between Kerry and […]
A woman who says she was left disfigured by radiation therapy for cancer that she never had is set to undergo surgery today to reconstruct her face and restore her dignity. Lessya Kotelevskaya, 30, will have the million-dollar, 24-hour operation for free, thanks to a surgeon at the University of Louisville Hospital. “It’s mind-boggling,” Kotelevskaya’s […]
So close … The United States came within 30 seconds of victory Sunday, about to enter the World Cup’s round of 16, about to overcome history and sweltering heat in a come-from-behind win. But then Silvestre Varela erased America’s storybook win, finding the back of the net in the fifth minute of stoppage time to give […]