Asking prices for new Manhattan apartments jumped 12.4 percent to an average $1.46 million in the past year, according to StreetEasy’s monthly report released Monday. The demand is growing for

Critical testimony is expected Tuesday in the trial of a Queens man accused of plotting an attack on the New York City subway system. Najibullah Zazi, the man prosecutors say

House Homeland Security Chairman Peter King said Tuesday that his constituents aren’t excited about presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney, and that the former Massachusetts governor wasn’t rallying working class Republicans

The New York Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit against the NYPD to force it to disclose a portion of a disciplinary process that’s never been open to the

Anders Behring Breivik on Tuesday defended his massacre of 77 people, insisting he would do it again and calling the bomb-and-shooting rampage the most “spectacular” attack by a nationalist militant

Here’s a stunning idea — arming transit workers with Tasers so they can zap bad guys who menace them. It’s the brainchild of state Sen. Eric Adams (D-Brooklyn), who wants

The radical Islamist preacher Abu Qatada was arrested Tuesday and will be deported from the UK to Jordan, the Home Office confirmed. Qatada, who was once described by a judge

On Tuesday morning, space shuttle Discovery will become the first of NASA’s three shuttles — plus a shuttle prototype — to travel to its new retirement home. NASA flew its

The following are Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s remarks as delivered at Woodhull Medical and Mental Health Center in Brooklyn today: “We are here at Woodhull Medical and Mental Health Center

The third and final winner of the $656 million Mega Millions drawing last month will come forward Wednesday morning, Illinois lottery officials announced Monday. The single ticketholder will be presented

A major Israel TV station on Sunday night broadcast a detailed report on how Israel will go about attacking Iran’s nuclear facilities in the event that diplomacy and sanctions fail

Millions of dollars in counterfeit money orders and checks are now in the hands of authorities after being seized at JFK airport. Customs and Border Protection Officers say the orders

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton cut loose during her trip to the Summit of the Americas in Colombia, over the weekend, partying at a local club early Sunday morning. According

4:35PM EST: A firefighter is dead and five others have been hurt battling a warehouse blaze in Bushwick. All six were taken to Woodhull Hospital. Two were in critical condition

The condition of the Tzaddik from Yavniel, Rav Eliezer Shlomo [ben Malka] Shick is improving as was reported by YWN-ISRAEL. Those with the rav are reporting that he awakened a

A notice was publicized on Sunday, 23 Nissan 5772 in Meah Shearim in the name of HaGaon HaRav Moshe Brandsdorfer Shlita challenging the kashrus of the Toldos Avraham Yitzchak mikve.

Just two days after President Barack Obama gave a sharply edged response to news anchor Larry Conners of KMOV in St. Louis after Conners had asked the president about Americans

A Delta flight from Istanbul to JFK made an emergency landing in Dublin this morning, officials said. Delta flight 73 from Istanbul to John F. Kennedy Airport was due to

The principles of openness and universal access that underpinned the creation of the internet three decades ago are under greater threat than ever, according to Google co-founder Sergey Brin. In