A Jewish retiree was murdered in Rome at the same time that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was visiting the Italian capital. The 74-year-old man was stabbed on Monday night on
Consumers will soon have a way to know how well a sunscreen protects them from skin cancer and wrinkles, not just sunburns. In a long-anticipated announcement, the Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday that new rules � set to take effect by no later than next summer � will allow sunscreens to claim “broad spectrum” […]
Rep. Peter King is defending his controversial hearings on the growing �radicalization� of American Muslims as the House Homeland Security Committee prepares to hold its second forum on the issue this week – focusing on what�s happening inside the prison system. �I thought the first hearing was very successful in alerting America to the threat […]
New Jersey�s top cop will be answering questions Tuesday about Gov. Chris Christie�s use of state police helicopters for transportation. The Assembly Homeland Security Committee called State Police Superintendent Rick Fuentes to testify after reports that Christie used choppers twice recently to attend his son�s high school baseball games. A political firestorm erupted, and Christie […]
Newark, NJ – In light of summer approaching, NJ State Police (NJSP) hosted their annual �Pre-Summer Community Leaders� Conference� Monday at the FBI headquarters in Newark, New Jersey. Over 70 police chiefs and NJ law enforcement agencies participated in conference where police and the community interact, and leaders of all faiths communicate their unique concerns […]
The National Park Service is planning a 600-site campground in Brooklyn’s Floyd Bennett Field, a onetime airport used by Amelia Earhart. The campground would be the largest urban tent-pitching site
Mitt Romney couldn�t have scripted an easier debate for himself. The Republican presidential frontrunner came into the debate looking strong and emerged from it stronger, as his opponents repeatedly passed up opportunities to go on the attack � and even inflicted damage on themselves as they tried to avoid confrontation. Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty […]
President Barack Obama says his wife and daughters aren’t “invested” in him being president and would have been fine had he decided against running for re-election. But he says they
New York’s notoriously high taxes and public spending, combined with restrictive “nanny” policies, make it the “least free” state in the country, a new study has found. The Empire State
A�cop who�refused to cut a troubled Bronx prosecutor a break told NYPD investigators he was unfairly punished after busting her for DWI, police sources said. Officer Elliot Zinstein arrested Assistant District Attorney Jennifer Troiano on the Major Deegan Expressway on Aug. 26, after she got into a three-car wreck. Reeking of booze and wandering into […]
Sources linked to the Jewish community in Istanbul say that leaders of the IHH organization have approached them with a request to send a message to Israel saying they are
Orthodox Union director of public policy Nathan Diament joined other Jewish community leaders in a session with high-ranking government officials including Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano at the White House last Friday to launch a new partnership between DHS and Jewish community organizations � including the Orthodox Union. The alliance marks the first […]
Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann said Monday night during a debate of declared and potential Republican presidential contenders that she had filed the paperwork needed to enter the race. Bachmann, a
A shadowy group of hackers behind a string of recent cyberattacks claimed on Monday to have stolen internal data from the US Senate website. The hacker group, which goes by
President Barack Obama said in an exclusive TODAY show interview that if he were Democratic Rep. Anthony Weiner, he would resign. �I can tell you that if it was me, I would resign,�� Obama told Ann Curry in an interview for air Tuesday. �When you get to the point where, because of various personal distractions, […]
Three wavering Democratic lawmakers in the State Senate have agreed to support legislation legalizing same-gender marriage in New York, several people with knowledge of the negotiations said on Monday, marking a potential turning point for the long-debated measure. The three senators � Joseph P. Addabbo Jr., Shirley L. Huntley of Queens and Carl Kruger of […]
Citigroup waited up to three weeks before notifying credit card customers that their accounts had been hacked, according to a published report Monday. Citigroup held off on notifying customers in
Flying aboard Air Force One Monday, White House� spokesman Jay Carney responded to questions about the Rep. Anthony Weiner scandal. Unsurprisingly, the White House isn’t thrilled. “The president feels, we feel at the White House, this is a distraction, as Congressman Weiner has said himself, his behavior was inappropriate, dishonesty was inappropriate,” Carney said. “But […]
At 1:30 p.m. this Wednesday, June 15th, in the Thomas Eagleton Federal Courthouse in St. Louis, Missouri, an appeal will be argued before three judges on the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals in one of the most bitterly contested and controversial criminal trials in many years. The appeal�United States v. Sholom Rubashkin�involves Rubashkin�s conviction of […]
Commuters in Brooklyn and Queens now have a new way to get to work all year long in Manhattan. The new East River Ferry kicked off its maiden voyage on Monday. �What we really need to do if we�re going to clear out our streets, make our subways a little less crowded, is embrace our […]
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