The House of Representatives voted late Tuesday evening to end the Obama administration’s embattled foreclosure prevention program, arguing that it is wasting tens of billions of taxpayer dollars without a significant return or benefit to the struggling economy. The Republican-controlled House voted 252-170 to scrap the Home Affordable Modification Program, known as HAMP. The vote […]
Rep. Anthony Weiner, who’s made himself a top New York parking scold by loudly complaining about UN diplomats who fail to pay parking tickets, racked up a whopping $2,180 in
President Obama’s approval rating has hit an all-time low, according to a new poll from Quinnipiac University. The survey measured Obama’s approval at just 42 percent, with 48 percent of
YWN regrets to inform you of the Petirah of R’ Moshe Kuessous Z”L, who was Niftar late Tuesday evening in Deal, following a year-long illness. R’ Moshe was the principal at the Shaarei Torah school in Flatbush for approximately 35 years. The Levaya will be taking place Wednesday morning at the Magen David Shul, 2017 […]
As if BP’s reputation on the Gulf Coast couldn’t get any worse, the company is now scrambling to address the disappearance of a laptop containing thousands of names of victims
A hole in a US Airways jet that landed in Charlotte, North Carolina, was caused by a bullet that pierced the passenger cabin, three government sources told CNN Tuesday. Officials
An arson fire in Bedford-Stuyvesant may have been the work of an anarchist with links to the Animal Liberation Front, law enforcement officials said Tuesday. The ‘Brooklyn Free Store’ was torched on March 19 after an arsonist had tried to burn it down on two previous occasions, investigators said. The FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force […]
The Port Authority Board of Commissioners heard some startling testimony Monday regarding the state of security at John F. Kennedy International Airport. A potential breach in the airport’s perimeter, understaffed security on the AirTrain and malfunctioning police radios were among the topics of discussion as officers voiced their concerns to the board. “One thing I […]
The Knesset’s Interior Committee met this morning to discuss the ongoing security issues on Har Hazeisim. MK David Azoulai (Shas), who chairs the Committee, expressed impatience with the pace of progress to restore and secure the cemetery. Members of the committee at the hearing that included Yaakov Edri (Kadima), Nissim Zev (Shas) and Aryeh Eldad […]
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., said he was thankful after Sen. Charles Schumer accidentally spoke before a recorded conference call started. “Chuck Schumer did us a favor. He exposed
Last-minute planners beware: Spirit Airlines has added fees for travelers who wait to pay for carry-on or checked luggage within 24 hours of departure. Calling its previous bag fees an
Washington, DC – With the recent terrorist attack on a civilian bus in Jerusalem, and the brutal murder of a Jewish family in the West Bank, U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand
A fire in Brooklyn that claimed the lives of a man and his two daughters was caused by a child playing with a lighter, according to the New York City
Standing last week before a closed-door meeting of the Assembly Democrats he has led for the better part of two decades, Sheldon Silver laid out the grim reality. The hospitals and health care unions, the Democrats’ traditional allies in the annual budget fight, had abandoned them. Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo would offer no additional money […]
Expect traffic delays of presidential proportions throughout Manhattan on Tuesday. President Barack Obama will be in town from 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. Tuesday, reportedly making stops at the American
Police who busted a Fort Lee, N.J., high school house party over the weekend left a van full of teens locked up and parked outside in the freezing cold for
President Obama does not want to share your computer. He’s the President, after all, and he has his own. Obama briefly got personal about his own gadgets during a town
Smartphones could offer journalists and the public an easy and cost-effective method to provide online updates of court proceedings — which is why it’s always been frustrating that many federal jurisdictions don’t allow the devices into courthouses. Now, thanks to a newly issued document, we know why. Terrorism. An 8-page memo issued last week by […]
On Friday March 18th 2011 at approx 5:35AM, police responded to a 911 call of shots fired in front of 884 East 15th Street (just off of Avenue I) in the confines of the 70 Pct. Upon arrival, police officers found a 43-year-old white male with a gunshot wound to the head. The victim was rushed […]
At least 15 states have found trace amounts of radiation from the crippled nuclear plant in Japan, but officials say the levels of radioactivity are much too low to prompt
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