Iran’s vital oil industry appears to be the latest front in a power struggle between President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei — a fight that overseas analysts say
Authorities say more than a dozen men arrested in overnight raids are part of a ring suspected of stealing 291 expensive cars from Brooklyn and Queens worth more than $10
Jared Lee Loughner is not competent to stand trial on charges of trying to assassinate U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, a federal judge ruled on Wednesday. The judge said his ruling
Today, the Orthodox Union, the nation’s largest Orthodox Jewish umbrella organization, representing hundreds of synagogues and thousands of members across North America, including in San Francisco and the Bay Area
A man convicted in a foiled plot to bomb New York synagogues and fire heat-seeking missiles at military planes asked a federal judge to impose a 25-year prison term and
Egypt’s official news agency said the Rafah border crossing with Gaza will be permanently opened for Palestinians on Saturday — a move that will significantly ease a blockade of the
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has made it his goal to take America by storm during a visit that began with President Obama requesting Israel consider a return to 1967
NYC Councilman David G. Greenfield submitted a legislative request last week that would prevent the city from charging non-profit organizations, including religious institutions, for sanitation collection. The legislation was requested
An officer in Pakistan’s intelligence service chose a Jewish center as a target for the 2008 Mumbai attacks and then helped launch a new plot against Denmark, according to the
Summonses for unsafe bicycling are up 48 percent in New York City over last year. The NYPD has issued nearly 14,000 tickets so far this year for cyclists who fun
New Yorkers will be tipping their hats to the members of the armed forces who are in town for Fleet Week. Thousands of Sailors, Marines, and Coast Guardsmen from the
As rescue crews concluded their final sweeps through the devastated town of Joplin, Mo., the death toll following Sunday’s monster tornado appeared to level off at 117, making the storm
Police Commissioner Ray Kelly warned transit and law enforcement officials Tuesday that they still must be extra vigilant along rail lines after documents were uncovered at Osama bin Laden’s compound
Don’t count him out yet: Former New York Gov. George Pataki said Tuesday he’ll make a decision about getting into the 2012 presidential race in the next month during a
Gov. Cuomo gave new meaning to “cap-and-trade” yesterday as he secured a historic agreement on a sweeping cap on upstate and suburban property taxes linked to the renewal of the
The Prison Service is searching for a prisoner suitable for studying with the murderer of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, Yigal Amir, for an hour every two weeks, the state announced
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared before Congress Tuesday to deliver an address that comes on the heels of his meeting with President Obama, and their public disagreement over the
Democrats have picked off a heavily Republican upstate New York congressional seat in a special election that became a referendum on Medicare. Erie County Clerk Kathy Hochul (HOH’-kuhl) edged past
The polls have now closed in a congressional special election that emerged as a political testing ground for the ambitious GOP blueprint to reform Medicare. Democrat Kathy Hochul held a
The New Jersey Turnpike Authority voted unanimously to end the discounts on Tuesday, spokesman Tom Feeney said. The change will go into effect on July 1 and will affect Class
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