A voter in Amherst, Ohio, offered to arm-wrestle President Obama in exchange for his vote. The president responded he’d prefer a basketball game, according to a White House pool report.

The American Automobile Association believes the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is violating federal law by spending toll revenue to rebuild the World Trade Center site. The group is in court Friday seeking more detailed revenue and spending documents from the agency. Were looking for financial information that we think will show […]

The Wall Street Journal opinion page offered up a blistering rebuke of Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign on Thursday, suggesting it is “slowly squandering a historic opportunity” to defeat President Barack

A key member of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime has defected, a Western diplomat said Friday, a stunning blow to the embattled government. He is Brig. Gen. Manaf Tlas, a

Less than two months before millionaire Guma Aguiar vanished, his wife filed a legal document asking a Florida court to overturn the couple’s prenuptial agreement. In the April filing, obtained

British police used smoke grenades and a stun gun in an early-morning swoop Thursday on a home close to London’s Olympic Park, as six terror suspects were rounded up in

The city Board of Health has adopted new requirements for day care centers after a series of News 4 I-Team reports raised questions about the death of a Staten Island

The New York City Board of Elections began the slow and tedious process of counting about 2,000 absentee and affidavit ballots Thursday in the contested Democratic primary in a district where veteran Rep. Charles Rangel is trying to hold on to his chance for a 22nd term. The New York City Board of Elections tally […]

Despite repeated alerts, tens of thousands of Americans may still lose their Internet service Monday unless they do a quick check of their computers for malware that could have taken

There is an old saying Its all about timing and if one applies this to the growing conflict surrounding efforts to draft chareidim, one must look in astonishment at the timing of the motzei shabbos rally. Shabbos is the 17th of Tammuz, marking the beginning of the Three Weeks and Sunday is observed as the […]

Is the Transportation Security Administration going too far with their latest move? According to a report from KJCT8.com , the next time you fly, a TSA agent may ask to

Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) announced $825,000 in Department of Homeland Security grants that will go toward protecting 11 vulnerable non-profit organizations in his congressional district against terrorist attacks. Nadler

Distracted drivers, responsible for some 30 percent of all crashes, beware: Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood is stepping up his bid to get you to turn off that cellular phone and

The Romney campaign, along with its Romney Victory fund, raised more than $100 million in June, obliterating the campaign’s goal and setting the one-month record for any Republican campaign, according

Operation Work Brake, a five-day enforcement campaign promoting safety by cracking down on speeders in and around construction zones, will kick off Monday, July 9 and run through Friday, July 13, 2012, the New York State Thruway Authority and State Police Troop T announced. Road crews face constant dangers everyday in work zones, so keep […]

Professionals from around the world will be participating (with or without a red nose) in a unique first international seminar for advanced medical clowning next week at the University of

After several years of advocacy by Chabad leaders on behalf of Jewish inmates in New Jersey state prisons, the NJ Department of Corrections reached a landmark decision to allow inmates to light the Chanukah Menorah in prison. Historically, Menorah lightings were prohibited in the states penal institutions, says Rabbi Mendy Katz, Obviously safety and security […]

The European Jewish Congress (EJC) is demanding a more proactive response to the recent escalation in anti-Semitic attacks around Europe. Today, a French Jewish teenager, who attends the Toulouse school

The New York City Board of Elections began the slow and tedious process of counting about 2,000 absentee and affidavit ballots Thursday in the contested Democratic primary in a district

The National Council of Young Israel (NCYI) today announced that Rabbi Pesach Lerner has decided not to return from his six-month working sabbatical to resume his role as Executive Vice

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