Mitt Romney has opened up 7 percent lead over President Obama nationally, according to the latest survey from conservative polling outlet Rasmussen. Romney took 50 percent of the vote against
A fireworks display is set to go off Saturday near Liberty Island around 11:30 p.m. The fireworks are part of the Ellis Island Medals of Honor dinner, which honors several
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A majority of New Yorkers want to live in smoke-free apartment buildings, according to a new Quinnipiac poll, but less believe City Hall should outright ban smoking inside people’s homes.
Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said the NYPD hasn’t been briefed on the specifics of the thwarted underwear bomb plot operation, which he said is the type of information the city
For the second time in a year, Bloomberg angered critics by suggesting that some parents don’t understand the importance of an education. “We have a lot of kids who unfortunately
The Postal Service said its loss widened to $3.2 billion in the first three months of 2012 and repeated on Thursday its warning that it will likely default on payments
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly today presided over a Police Memorial Day ceremony at One Police Plaza honoring 15 members of the New York City
Bill Clinton thought so little of President Obama — mocking him as an “amateur” — that he pressed his wife last summer to quit her job as secretary of state
New details are emerging about the agent sent by Saudi counterterrorism agents into Yemen to track a plot by al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula to bomb a U.S.-bound airliner.
When midnight rolled around and flight traffic thinned out, air-traffic controllers guiding planes in the busiest U.S. corridor whipped out laptops to watch movies, play games or gamble online. Controllers
An elderly Manhattan couple whose car became stuck near their wooded Catskills vacation home died after nine fruitless attempts to make a cellphone call for help and after the woman
The President’s Residence reported that President Shimon Peres was diagnosed with a hernia during his visit to Canada. He received immediate treatment and continued with his agenda for the trip.
Israel will not be invited to NATO’s May 20-21 summit in Chicago, the alliance’s top official said Friday. But he denied that alliance member Turkey had blocked Israel’s participation. Instead,
JPMorgan Chase, in a surprise announcement, said Thursday that it has suffered trading losses of $2 billion since the start of April. The group that suffered the losses is part
The Cuban government got a rare opportunity to put its position on a U.S. contractor jailed in Havana and on hostile U.S.-Cuba relations before an American audience Thursday when CNN’s
Historic correspondence by President George Washington to a Jewish congregation in Rhode Island is the centerpiece of an exhibit in Philadelphia this summer. The National Museum of American Jewish History
A class of 30 girls was visiting an airport in Venice Italy as part of a regular class outing when this latest anti-Semitic attack occurred. As the girls were getting
Israel’s new air force commander, Major-General Amir Eshel told the media that his force is “ready for anything”, signaling confidence in the shadow of a possible planned assault against Iran’s
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