It took firefighters just under two hours this morning to declare a high-altitude fire at One World Trade Center as under control. Firefighters responded to the 89th floor of the

A federal health official is expected to decide within days whether to expand an aid program for anyone sickened by World Trade Center dust to cover cancer, a move that

A Manhattan judge has put the brakes on Mayor Bloomberg�s plan to allow 18,000 livery cabs to accept street hails. The Taxi and Limousine Commission planned to start issuing license applications Monday, but Acting Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron signed an order to block �implementing any aspect� of the plan for now. Owners of 13,237 […]

The couple who named three of their four children after Nazi figures has lost custody of all of them. Self-described Nazis Heath and Deborah Campbell received national attention in 2009

One of the most powerful politicians in Washington is not too sweet on Mayor Bloomberg�s plan to ban giant sugary drinks. House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) scoffed at Bloomberg�s controversial proposal during a Friday news conference. �I like Mayor Bloomberg, but are you kidding me?� said Boehner when asked about the plan, which has received […]

A robber in a hurry struck at three banks along a stretch of Kings Highway in Brooklyn in a span of about 30 minutes on Friday afternoon, the police said.

A judge has revoked the bond of the neighborhood watch volunteer charged with killing 17-year-old Trayvon Martin and ordered him returned to jail within 48 hours. Circuit Judge Kenneth Lester

Mayor Michael Bloomberg says an audit on New York City�s 911 system shows �a new level of intellectual dishonesty� by Comptroller John Liu. Liu said this week that a contractor hired to overhaul the system may have received millions in unjustified payments. Bloomberg said Friday on WOR Radio that the contract was registered with Liu�s […]

After a two-year wait, the Wards Island pedestrian bridge is ready for some foot traffic. The 1,200 foot bridge connecting Wards Island with East Harlem reopened Friday following a $17

The Feds�and Italian law enforcement officials convened a summit in Rome and Palermo last week targeting Mafia families on both sides of the Atlantic, the Daily News has learned. A U.S. contingent � led by Janice Fedarcyk, the FBI�s assistant director who heads the New York office, and Belle Chen, the head of the office�s […]

The following is from the Record: County’s Walmart will get a June 13 hearing in Albany to determine whether it must close a portion of its supermarket on Anawana Lake

President Barack Obama has during his time in office secretly sped up the wave of sophisticated attacks on the computer systems that control Iran’s main nuclear enrichment facilities, significantly widening America’s first sustained use of cyberweapons, The New York Times reported. According to participants in the cyberattacks program, Obama decided to accelerate the attacks � […]

Golani Brigade Staff-Sergeant Netanel Moshiashvili, 21, was killed along the Gaza border by Islamic Jihad gunfire on Friday morning, 11 Sivan 5772. The shooting occurred near the Kissufim area. The

President Barack Obama is confiding to Democratic donors that he may have to revisit the health-care issue in a second term, a position at odds with his publicly expressed confidence

Mayor Michael Bloomberg spent a good part of Thursday defending his decision to target New York City�s sweet tooth again. He�s proposing new rules to ban big sizes of sugary drinks. The mayor said they�re causing New Yorkers to pack on the pounds, CBS 2�s Marcia Kramer reported. Council Speaker Christine Quinn, however, said she […]

The New York City Police Department has named a new director of intelligence. Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly announced the appointment of Rebecca Weiner on Thursday. The 35-year-old Harvard Law School

�The chareidim err regarding military service. Little by little this error is ending however�, states Rabbi Shlomo Aviner, a prominent posek in the dati leumi community. Rabbi Aviner was speaking to students about the Plesner Committee, with the latter being the government committee that is working to legislate the law that will replace the Tal […]

Despite objections of bereaved families and others, Israel today, Thursday, handed over 79 bodies of terrorists to PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen). Israel calls the move another �good-will gesture� which Jerusalem hopes will increase the popularity of Abu Mazen, who Israel views as �a moderate and viable peace partner�. Abu Mazen will be capitalizing […]

The State Department’s top official for information policy warned lawmakers on Thursday that proposals to give the United Nations more control over the Internet could lead to international censorship. Deputy