Venezuela President Hugo Chavez, one of the U.S. government’s leading critics, said there was little hope for change in American foreign policy regardless of the winner of Tuesday’s vote for
A safe exit and possible immunity from prosecution for President Bashar al-Assad “could be arranged” if it would end Syria’s increasingly bloody conflict, British Prime Minister David Cameron said on
New York City is making changes to its garbage collections to ensure that around-the-clock cleanup continues in hard-hit neighborhoods. Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Tuesday that collections will be reduced in
Forecasters say the looming coastal storm that threatened ongoing cleanup and recovery efforts in New York and New Jersey after the devastation of Sandy is no longer expected to be
Drivers in the New York area may soon get relief from long lines and higher gas prices. A week after Superstorm Sandy hit the area, the price of gas has
Eighty-six days after Paul Ryan was introduced as Mitt Romney’s running mate aboard the U.S.S. Wisconsin in Norfolk, Virginia, the Republican vice presidential candidate returned to his home state of
From a suspected Israeli airstrike in Sudan to cyber warfare in the Gulf and a drone shot down over Israel, the largely hidden war between Iran and its foes seems
U.S. television networks face a new challenge in covering this year’s excruciatingly close presidential election: prevent closely guarded exit poll results from leaking onto Twitter, Facebook and other social media
For President Barack Obama, it ended where it all began. Obama closed his 2012 campaign with a nighttime rally Monday in Iowa, where his 2008 caucus victory jumpstarted his road
A shul funded by government agencies, a project that has the received the required permits, is at the center of a legal dispute in the community of Elad. The mispallalim
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Crime in New York City decreased 27 percent in the week since superstorm Sandy made landfall compared with the same period a year ago, and burglaries and disputes in gas
The Knesset on Monday, held a special session during which a decision was made and voted upon to extend daylight savings time in Israel for 193 days annually. DST will
Three days before his 13th birthday Aryeh Sadeh was taken to a ghetto and therefore, never celebrated his bar mitzvah. Today, Monday, 20 Cheshvan 5773, following a significant delay, Mr.
A Russian nuclear-powered attack submarine cruised within 200 miles of the East Coast recently in the latest sign Russia is continuing to flex its naval and aerial power against the
For utility crews racing to restore power to residents of this waterfront city that have been sitting in the dark for a week, the task is both mundane and monumental:
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Monday morning, met with Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer. They discussed Microsoft’s commitment to Israel, its vast investments in the local market and the
The U.S. government said on Monday it had ordered the suspension of some housing foreclosures in areas hit by megastorm Sandy and would help find hotels and motels to temporarily
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