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Queen Elizabeth II Dies At Age 96 After Record 70-Year Reign Queen Elizabeth II Dies At Age 96 After Record 70-Year Reign
Queen Elizabeth II Dies At Age 96 After Record 70-Year Reign This story has been updated. Queen Elizabeth II, the longest reigning monarch in the history of the United Kingdom, has died at the age of 96 after a seven-decade tenure marked by consistency and stability. She had been being treated by physicians at her sprawling Balmoral estate in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, and just hours earlier doctors said they were "concerned" about her health. Charles, the Prince of Wales, becomes the UK's King at the age 73, becoming the oldest person to ever assume the British throne. "The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon," a framed statem…
Student From Hudson Valley Among Four Killed In Ukraine Crash Student From Hudson Valley Among Four Killed In Ukraine Crash
Student From Hudson Valley Among Four Killed In Ukraine Crash A Hudson Valley man was one of four people killed in a small-plane crash. Rockland County resident Amrom Fromowitz, of Monsey, was among three yeshiva students who were killed, along with the pilot, when the plane crashed into a house in western Ukraine's Kolomyia district, on Wednesday, July 28, according to reports from Ukrainian. Their ages have not yet been released. The other students at an Orthodox yeshiva in Jerusalem have been identified as Hershy Weiss of London, and Lazer Brill of Brooklyn. The pilot has been ID'd as Igor Tabanyuk. "Our thoughts are with their fami…
Ask Elliman: Sally Slater On Equestrian Living Ask Elliman: Sally Slater On Equestrian Living
Ask Elliman: Sally Slater On Equestrian Living Between riding and selling horse properties, Sally Slater knows the ins and outs when it comes to everything from buying your first equestrian estate, to how taking care of horses teaches you how to relate to people. What is a lesson you’ve learned while riding that has helped you personally? Sally Slater: Riding and working with horses has taught me so much about life! It has taught me never to give up. Horses, like deals, take time and it can be frustrating. Some days are bad and some days are incredible. Lot of ups and downs. Attention to detail is so important in both. There are so…
Chocolate Price Hike Could Be Coming: 'Cocoa Cartel' Nations Agree On Increase Chocolate Price Hike Could Be Coming: 'Cocoa Cartel' Nations Agree On Increase
Chocolate Price Hike Could Be Coming: 'Cocoa Cartel' Nations Agree On Increase The “cocoa cartel” may be coming to cause the cost of chocolate to spike nationwide, according to reports. A new report from the Wall Street Journal found that two countries that control 60 percent of the worldwide cocoa supply - dubbed the “cocoa cartel” - may soon drive up the cost of chocolate products around the globe. The report states that the Ivory Coast and Ghana are teaming to charge hundreds of dollars more per metric ton of cocoa, which will be put in place later this year. The “cocoa cartel” is expected to charge approximately $400 extra per metric ton, a 16 percent increase. I…
Rapper Post Malone's Jet Blows Tires, Diverted To Airport In Hudson Valley Rapper Post Malone's Jet Blows Tires, Diverted To Airport In Hudson Valley
Rapper Post Malone's Jet Blows Tires, Diverted To Airport In Hudson Valley After spending nearly 5 hours in the air burning fuel, a jet that blew two tires after taking off from Teterboro carrying rapper Post Malone and 15 other people Tuesday morning landed safely at New York's Stewart Airport in Orange County around 3:50 p.m. A fleet of ambulances and other responders -- including an AirMed One medical chopper from Hackensack University Medical Center -- were lined up on the tarmac but weren't needed as the plane touched down safely. The London-bound Gulfstream IV blew its two left front tires after takeoff from Teterboro around 10:40 a.m. The pilot originally …
Community Mourns Death Of Grand Rabbi Of Viznitz Hasidim In Kaser-Monsey Community Mourns Death Of Grand Rabbi Of Viznitz Hasidim In Kaser-Monsey
Community Mourns Death Of Grand Rabbi Of Viznitz Hasidim In Kaser-Monsey Many in the Hudson Valley are mourning the death of the man who was believed to be the world's oldest rabbi. Monsey residents can expect road closures and heavy traffic as thousands gather early Friday afternoon for the funeral of Rabbi Mordechai Hager, who died at the age of 95. The grand rabbi of the Viznitz Hasidim in Kaser-Monsey died Friday at Mount Sinai Hospital where he had been recovering from a major illness. Ramapo police said all of Route 306 from Route 59 until Grandview Road will be closed for the next several hours as mourners gather. Rockland County officials said that TOR …