Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced actions to strengthen penalties for texting-while-driving to protect New Yorkers on the road. The Governor has directed the state Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to implement tougher penalties for texting-while-driving for all drivers effective tomorrow and proposed new penalties for texting-while-driving for young and new drivers. In addition, the Governor has directed the New York […]
A U.S. appeals court on Friday upheld the convictions of two Islamic militants charged with participating in a plot to bomb New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport. The 2nd
Russia’s MiG aircraft maker said Friday it plans to sign a new agreement to ship at least 10 fighter jets to Syria, a move that comes amid international criticism of
Minister of Energy & Water (Likud) Silvan Shalom promises the next major government reform will target the Israel Electric Company (IEC). According to Shalom, the reform will include the firing of up to 2,000 employees. He also promises to eliminate the infamous job perk, free electricity for the company’s employees. Shalom, who served in the […]
A reverse mortgage is a loan for elderly homeowners that use the home’s equity as collateral. The loan generally does not have to be repaid until the last surviving homeowner permanently moves out of the property or passes away. At that time, the estate has approximately between six months and one year to repay the […]
Intelligence agencies that have succeeded in thwarting many of al-Qaida’s plans for spectacular attacks are struggling to combat the terror network’s strategy of encouraging followers to keep to themselves, use off-the-shelf weapons and strike when they see an opportunity. In recent weeks — at the Boston Marathon, in the streets of London and in the […]
Mayor Michael Bloomberg has been a public face of gun control for years, but he’s in a new, unsought spotlight after ricin-laced letters were sent to him and a group
Sensitive to criticism, Israel’s Finance Minister Yair Lapid took an opportunity, during at a press conference on Wednesday, to appeal directly to the ultra-Orthodox over the heads of their leadership, which has accused Lapid of seeking to destroy the Haredi way of life. “What is actually happening is not what they are telling you,” the […]
France will ban electronic cigarette smoking in public places by imposing the same curbs enforced since 2007 to combat tobacco smoking, Health Minister Marisol Touraine said on Friday. Amid mounting
The Middle East is in the midst of a regional earthquake. Our region will not stabilize in our generation. The area was never truly stable but this time is more serious” stated Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon during a visit to Gadera. The minister added that he recently approved an Egyptian request to bring many additional […]
Hillary Clinton’s favorability rating has come back down out of the clouds after a spate of attacks and negative press about her role in the Benghazi attacks. Her all time high popularity exceeded party lines during her 4 year term as Secretary of State. Since the chatter about a possible 2016 run for president, Mrs. […]
Mayor Michael Bloomberg has been a public face of gun control for years, but he’s in a new, unsought spotlight after ricin-laced letters were sent to him and a group
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Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said on Friday that cyber threats posed a “quiet, stealthy, insidious” danger to the United States and other nations, and called for “rules of the road”
A number of fathers, representing large families, primarily chareidim, have petitioned the High Court of Justice against the Finance Ministry and its plan to drastically cut monthly child allowance payments.
An American Muslim who says he was beaten with batons by prison interrogators while held in solitary confinement overseas for more than three months has sued the FBI and State
Justice Minister (The Movement), Public Security Minister (Yisrael Beitenu) and Finance Minister (Yesh Atid) Yair Lapid have announced their support for classifying so-called price tag incidents as “acts of terror”. Such a move would compel a harsher police response as well as carrying stiffer punishments for persons convicted of perpetrating a price tag attack. The […]
They’ve been scorned in televised congressional hearings for unfairly abusing tax laws, threatened with questioning in a criminal investigation and accused of using federal jobs to push a political agenda.
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