August in Washington means time for vacation. Congress has left on a five-week break. The Supreme Court reopens in October. Now its President Barack Obamas turn. On Saturday, Obama begins a nine-day vacation on Marthas Vineyard, Mass., where he spent summer vacation in each of the first three years of his presidency. He skipped his […]
A new analysis of New York hospital data showed a reduction in surgical death rates and improvements in treating serious illnesses over a decade despite higher post-surgical infections and deaths
Eliot Spitzers campaign spent $2.5 million between July 12 and August 5 in his self-financed bid to become New York Citys next comptroller. Campaign finance reports released Saturday also show Spitzers campaign has received about $3.7 million of his own money since the former governor unexpectedly launched his bid for comptroller on July 7. The […]
Immigration advocates are swarming the country this month, trying to persuade House Republicans to pass a comprehensive overhaul. It was hard to tell at the town-hall meeting that second-term Republican
It was a tragic weekend on Israeli beaches as 10 drowning incidents were reported, of which six were fatal. A 50-year-old man died on a Haifa beach; a 72-year-old man at Dor Beach; a 57-year-old woman at Maagen Michal Beach; a 60-year-old man at Sderot Yam Beach; a 40-year-old man at Kiryat Sanz Beach; and […]
Hillary Rodham Clinton’s effort to carefully craft her post-Cabinet image has hit a few bumps. A scandal in the New York City mayoral race and a federal investigation that’s roiling
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu during the night underwent surgery for a hernia at Hadassah Hospital-Ein Kerem Hospital in Jerusalem. In wake of pain that the Prime Minister felt during the
Anthony Weiner is pressing on with his bid to become New Yorks mayor, but donations to his election campaign slowed dramatically in the days after his scandal. Campaign finance reports released Friday show that in the 13 days after Weiner acknowledged his conduct on July 23, his political committee raised $24,013. In the 13 days […]
Starting the race as a perceived underdog, Theresa Scavo has emerged as the favorite to win the September 10 Democratic primaries in the 48th Council district. Her Democratic challengers are
A war of words has erupted between the two power brokers in the Orthodox community in the race for Brooklyn District Attorney, late Friday. In the first public battle since
The U.S. electrical grid is better managed and more flexible a decade after its largest blackout but remains vulnerable to increasingly extreme weather, cybersecurity threats, and stress caused by shifts
In a radio interview in which he lamented the GOP filibusters and a gridlock in Congress, Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said he hopes Republicans who oppose the president
The White House says President Barack Obama has signed into law a bill making it easier for wounded or disabled members of the military and veterans to get through airport
Since his arrest in the 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Maj. Nidal Hasan has challenged most everything about the case: restrictions on how he can pray, orders to shave
A court has put a hold on New York City’s plans to solicit bids for health insurance for nearly 300,000 workers, retirees and their families. After a group of unions
Mayor Michael Bloomberg is fighting to preserve his legacy on law and order, working behind the scenes to win over the New York City Council as the final months run
President Barack Obama said Friday he was reassessing the U.S. relationship with Russia because of a growing number of issues on which the two countries differ, and he lamented what
President Barack Obama says hell work with Congress to change the oversight of some of the National Security Agencys controversial surveillance programs and name a new panel of outside experts to review technologies. Specifically, Obama says he wants to work with Congress to insert an opposing voice into arguments before the secret court that approves […]
A New York judge is refusing to delay a fraud trial of Bernard Madoff’s associates despite defense claims that the government has created an inflammatory indictment that dramatically changes the
It looks like a standard scene in the corner of the children’s intensive care unit at this northern Israeli hospital. The counter is jammed with stuffed animals, and balloons shaped
Popular Posts
