Brooklyn – Councilman David G. Greenfield hosted Manhattan Borough President and New York City Comptroller candidate Scott Stringer and about 60 Jewish community leaders for a town hall meeting last week in Borough Park to discuss the community’s priorities, concerns and pressing needs. Following the meeting, Councilman Greenfield announced that he is endorsing Mr. Stringer […]

Pittsburgh’s lone Republican mayoral candidate has enlisted the aid of a nationally known black conservative to stand in for him. Josh Wander, 42, of Squirrel Hill said he can’t make

Even as U.S. officials this week awaited the arrival of a sample of the new bird flu virus from China – typically the first step in making a flu vaccine

The U.S. Treasury Department said on Thursday it has imposed sanctions on an Iranian businessman, a Malaysian bank and a network of companies it accused of attempting to evade international

Google has launched a tool that lets users decide what happens with their email, Google Plus and other accounts after they die — or become inactive online for any other reason. Called “inactive account manager,” the feature lets users of Google’s services tell the company what to do with email messages and other data if […]

Four Japanese automakers are recalling 3.4 million vehicles sold around the world because their airbags, made by Japan’s Takata Corp, are at risk of catching fire or injuring passengers. This

Airlines are struggling this year to get planes to the gate on time. The government said Thursday that 80.3 percent of flights by U.S. carriers arrived on time in January

With a federal corruption investigation targeting the mayor and deputy mayor, Trustee Joseph Gross has joined the growing list of people running for mayor. Gross said Wednesday that he hopes to right the financial and ethical ship that has gone awry under Mayor Noramie Jasmin’s first four-year term in office. The election is in November, […]

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Thursday defended President Barack Obama’s proposed cuts to the military as the best approach as the Pentagon grapples with smaller, deficit-driven budgets. Dismissing a suggestion

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and other Silicon Valley leaders have formally launched a political group aimed at revamping immigration policy, boosting education and encouraging investment in scientific research. Zuckerberg announced

Swastikas were discovered, this week, on the gates of the Jewish cemetery in Warsaw. They were apparently spray painted after many people visited the site on Holocaust Remembrance Day to

A recent study by a group of researchers at the University of California at San Diego may blow a hole right through New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s theory on soda contributing to obesity. The team found that consumers tend to buy more soda when it’s sold in single servings than when it’s in one […]

U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew and Republican lawmakers concurred on Thursday that overhauls of the corporate and individual tax codes should be tackled together, but their agreement ended there. Diverging

Hinting at a missile launch, North Korea delivered a fresh round of war rhetoric Thursday with claims it has “powerful striking means” on standby. Seoul and Washington speculated that it

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg isn’t weighing in on whether former Rep. Anthony Weiner should get into the race to succeed him. Bloomberg said Wednesday that it’s up to

The World Meteorological Organization has retired “Sandy” from its rotating list of hurricane names because of the devastation last year’s storm by that name caused in Jamaica, Cuba and the