Falling mail volume and soaring red ink may soon doom Saturday mail delivery and prompt three-day-a-week delivery within 15 years, Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe warns. Donahoe’s forecast is based on
The father of a man who plotted in 2009 to set off homemade bombs in Manhattan subway cars tried to thwart investigators by destroying evidence and misleading a grand jury,
The death toll for police officers, including those fatally shot in the line of duty, is on pace to rise for the second straight year, despite a sustained decline in
With the mercury rising into the 90s for the fifth day in a row, the city is once again opening its 450 cooling centers. An excessive heat watch is in
The possibility of paying for groceries with your smart phone just moved one step closer to becoming a reality. Eight months after competitors AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile disclosed their unlikely
12:15PM EST: [UPDATE IN EXTENDED ARTCLE] A highly credible source tells YWN that the cause of death in the murder of Leiby Kletzky A”H, was overdose. The source tells us
In the wake of the tragic disappearance and subsequent murder of eight-year-old Leiby Kletzky, Councilman David Greenfield announced a bill today to create a ‘Safe Haven Program’ for children. This
Today Wednesday is the last day of Shiva for the parents and five sisters of Leiby Kletzky a”h. It is difficult to fathom how they were able to survive the
New York lawmakers are set to make a push today for a nationwide communications network for first responders. The legislation has been around since shortly after the September 11th attacks
A La Mesa man who posted racial epithets and a call to “shoot” Barack Obama on an Internet chat site was engaging in constitutionally protected free speech, a federal appeals
The U.S. House on Tuesday night passed the “cut, cap and balance” deficit reduction plan backed by tea party conservatives but dismissed by President Barack Obama, who offered strong praise
The wage negotiations between representatives of the doctors and the Treasury hit another stalemate Wednesday. As the disruptions in the health system enter their 108th day, doctors and residents in
As IDF officials continue to grapple over the subject of religious coercion in the army, the former head of Personnel Directorate said Wednesday that “there is indeed a problem with
NYS Gov. Cuomo on Tuesday said that for the next six months, his administration will focus on “jobs, jobs, jobs.” Cuomo said the administration will soon be seeking bids to
NYC cops issued an astonishing 32 percent fewer traffic tickets last week compared to the same period a year ago — after being threatened with the loss of vacation days
Prosecutors tell CBS 2 they have received the report by the medical examiner which details Leiby Kletzky’s cause – and perhaps even time – of death. With that information, today
The Taliban in Afghanistan insisted Wednesday that their leader Mullah Mohammed Omar was alive, saying a text message and Internet posting announcing his death were fake. Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid
Police are asking for the public’s help in finding a robbery suspect who escaped from the 61st precinct stationhouse in Brooklyn while in police custody last night. Thomas Davtian, 27,
Rogue subway riders are becoming an increasingly bigger problem for the MTA, though the turnstile-jumping cheaters tend to be on the smaller side. Children taller than 44 inches, which is
Iran has brought down a U.S. “spy drone” flying near its Fordo nuclear enrichment plant in Qom province, state-run media reported Wednesday. The date of the incident has not been
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