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Mitzvah Tanks Take Synagogues to the Streets

Passover ends and they're back on the streets: the mitzvah tanks, synagogues on wheels offering New York City Jews an unexpected, curbside opportunity to pray. "We invite them in the tank, to have something to eat, something to drink, and we have a blessing," tank driver Yishai Eliefja told the New York Times' Cityroom...

New York Allows Same-Sex Conjugal Visits in State Prisons

New York inmates who are in same-sex marriages or civil unions are being allowed conjugal visits with their spouses or partners. The state officially announced the change in policy last week, making New York one of the few states to grant the private visits for gay and lesbian inmates in legally recognized same-sex...

60-Year Data: Tornadoes a Major Threat Beyond 'Tornado Alley'

"Tornado Alley," the Southern Plains, has earned its infamous reputation for being the most tornado-prone region in the world. From a climate perspective, though, the tornado threat is relatively high across much of the United States. The recently updated severe report database of the government's Storm Prediction Center,...

Will Donald Trump's Same-Sex Stance Alienate Gay Travelers?

LAS VEGAS -- Donald Trump's bluster may be raising the would-be GOP presidential candidate's poll numbers and ginning up ratings for his reality-TV show, but his remarks about same-sex marriage are already causing problems for his hotels and casinos. The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation posted an online list of...

Two Western Photojournalists Killed in Libya

MISRATA, Libya -- Two Western photojournalists, including an Oscar-nominated film director, were killed Wednesday in the besieged city of Misrata while covering battles between rebels and Libyan government forces. Two others working alongside them were wounded. British-born Tim Hetherington, co-director of the documentary...

Background on New York

New York (; locally or ) is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. New York is the 27th most extensive, the 3rd most populous, and the 7th most densely populated of the 50 United States.

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