The White House Correspondents� Association on Sunday announced that Fox News will get a coveted front-row seat in the White House briefing room. The Associated Press will take Helen Thomas’ old seat, while Fox News will now occupy AP’s former seat. NPR and Bloomberg also applied for the position. “It was a very difficult decision,” […]

Former Vice President Dick Cheney remains hospitalized after heart surgery last month but is out of the intensive care unit and could return home this week, his daughter said Sunday.

Drop-side cribs will soon be banned in New York state, after Governor David Paterson signed a bill yesterday that bans the sale, import, manufacture and distribution of those cribs throughout

Discount carrier Spirit Airlines is now charging for carry-on bags. Passengers will now have to fork over $30 for a carry on bag if they pay in advance. Those who

Police say a 17-year-old Mexican boy was attacked early Saturday morning in Port Richmond in what authorities are calling the 10th bias case in the borough. The teen was returning

Swastikas were discovered on Thursday on the frontages and windows of a dozen kosher stores in Paris, the Union of Jewish Students in France (UEJF) announced. �We see it as a new demonstration of anti-Semitic hatred,� the union said. A police source said four nazi swastikas were traced with a black marker on two shops, […]

While some Republicans have written off as a waste-of-time to reachout to the NY Jewish voting base due to their Democrat-leaning voting record, US Senate candidate Joe DioGuardi (R) is

A House panel is preparing to accuse Rep. Maxine Waters of at least one ethics violation in her efforts to help a bank with ties to her husband, and the

United Arab Emirates – Blackberry maker Research In Motion (RIM) was hit with its first major ban on Sunday after the United Arab Emirates, citing security risks, said Blackberry services

The New York City Fire Department is set to reduce staffing in 60 engine companies from five firefighters to four. With a summer marked by several intense heat waves, sources

Two New York City police officers surrendered at the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office Friday morning after they were caught falsely charging a man — whom they did not know was

The Army private charged with leaking an airstrike video and downloading documents remained in solitary confinement Saturday. Military officials told CNN that Pfc. Bradley Manning is also the prime suspect

President Barack Obama hopes embattled New York congressman Charlie Rangel can end his career with dignity. “I think Charlie Rangel served a very long time and served his constituents very

Mike Grimm, a G.O.P challenger to Democrat Mike McMahon’s Congressional seat, took in over $200,000 in his last filing. But in an effort to show that Grimm lacks support among

According to an AP report, New York Knicks Basketball athlete, Amare Stoudemire,�is currently on a one-week visit to�Israel to explore whether he has Jewish heritage. Stoudemire told The Associated Press on Friday that he believes he has “Hebrew roots” through his mother, Carrie. The 6-foot-10 forward signed a five-year, $100 million contract with the Knicks […]

In a near fatal accident on the infamous Route 38 near Beit Shemesh 6 members of single family were seriously injured when their car stuck an incoming vehicle in a