A new lawsuit filed in U.S. federal court is taking aim at Iran, asking that it be held accountable for its role in the September 11th attacks. In court papers
In a fresh blow to the embattled Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran’s constitutional watchdog body has ruled that the president cannot serve as the country’s caretaker oil minister, a news agency reported
Syrian security forces have killed dozens of protesters in the latest armed crackdown on protesters, a leading Syrian human rights researcher has told Al Jazeera. Razan Zeitouna, a human rights
NYC Council Member Michael C. Nelson, member of the Council Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management, is outraged at the proposal by the Department of Sanitation to charge religious institutions a fee for solid waste collection. The proposal, which is part of the mayor’s Programs to Eliminate the Gap (PEGs) and still in its […]
Mayor Bloomberg, his tongue planted firmly in his cheek, took to the airwaves Friday morning and addressed the highly publicized prophecy that the End of Times will begin Saturday. “I can just tell you that official policy from the Sanitation Department and the Department of Transportation,” Bloomberg said. “If the world ends tomorrow, alternate side […]
Virginia Marine Police say they are towing the boat of a man with a suspicious device attached to himself to shore. Officials say the man is in a nine foot
[PHOTO LINK BELOW] We’ve all undertaken home improvements but these residents in flood-stricken Mississippi have had to embark on major construction projects just to protect their houses and livelihoods. These
Undercover police arrested a man for allegedly selling cardboard tubes filled with makeshift explosives in a shopping center parking lot in Co-Op City, Bronx Thursday. Sources say Nicholas Lihnier, 37,
A powerful adversary emerged Thursday to slam Mayor Bloomberg’s plan to close 20 FDNY companies – Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver. Silver, one of the most influential pols in the state,
Debating politics can sometimes get very heated, and thankfully we have freedom of speech in this wonderful country that we are fortunate to live in. But sometimes people forget that
As Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel heads to the White House on Friday for the seventh meeting since President Obama took office, the two men are facing a turning
A majority of Americans say they support legalizing same-gender marriage for the first time ever in a Gallup poll, according to a new survey released Friday. Gallup is the third
Federal regulators today overturned an order that would have zapped New York City residential electric bills by 10 percent to 12 percent. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission acted barely 24 hours after Albany lawmakers passed a law that eliminated the reason for the shocking price increase. If FERC’s original ruling stood, New Yorkers — who […]
A United Airlines ad across the street from ground zero that reads “You’re going to like where we land” has some New Yorkers saying the sign is insensitive because it
With his endorsement Thursday of a key Palestinian statehood demand, President Obama just rolled the dice with a small but vital segment of his base — the American Jewish community.
Mayor Bloomberg plans to eliminate 5,000 spots for after-schools programs and move an additional 10,500 similar slots for low-income children from local community programs to the Department of Youth and Community Development’s cheaper Out-of-School Time program. Those “draconian” cuts will leave thousands of kids with no place to go when the exit bell rings, city […]
Brooklyn state Sen. Martin Golden opposes same-gender marriage – and he wants to stop New York from recognizing same-gender nuptials performed in other states. Golden, a Republican, quietly introduced a
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has announced that the controversial diabetes drug Avandia will no longer be sold at retail pharmacies beginning this November, due to the cardiovascular risks it poses to patients. According to the new rules, which will go into effect on Nov. 18, the medication will only be available to […]
[The following Op-Ed was written by Tevi Troy] Laura Meckler had a piece in this morning’s Wall Street Journal about Jewish donors’ warning Obama not to push Israel too hard in his Middle East speech today. If she’s right about Jewish discomfort with Obama’s Middle East policies — and I think she is — Jewish […]
President Obama “disrespected” Israel and threw it “under the bus” in a wide-ranging speech on the Middle East on Thursday, GOP presidential contender Mitt Romney charged. Romney strongly criticized Obama,
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