Millions of retired and disabled people in the United States had better brace for another year with no increase in Social Security payments. The government is projecting a slight cost-of-living

Radiation levels in pooled water tested in the No. 2 nuclear reactor’s turbine building at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant are 10 million times normal, utility company and government officials

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter will visit Cuba next week for talks with head of state Raul Castro and other officials, the Carter Center said Friday. Carter, who will be

A 14-year veteran of New York State Police has died. Trooper Kevin Dobson was killed in the line of duty Saturday morning in the Town of Tonawanda. “He was performing

Trouble continued to flare late into the night as hundreds of people attempted to hijack yesterday’s massive anti government cuts demonstration in central London. Riot police fought activists in Trafalgar

Hamas said on Saturday that Gaza terrorists had agreed to halt their rocket fire at Israel if Israel stops launching strikes against targets in the coastal territory. Hamas spokesman Ismail

Seven state workers are the Mega-lucky winners of one of the largest Mega Millions jackpots in history. The winning ticket was one of several bought by members of an office

As Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver left Albany to observe the Sabbath, he said simply, “No deal.” A budget deal had not been reached on Friday, as earlier predicted by Senate

Fallout from last week’s fuel fire at Miami International Airport continued to cause headaches Saturday for airport officials, airline staff and thousands of travelers trying to get in and out

U.S. aviation regulators are reviewing procedures and equipment to prevent a repeat of an incident in which planes landed while a controller slept. Pilots will be reminded they can divert

The IDF Chief of the General Staff has ordered, in accordance with government directives, to deploy the “Iron Dome” system across Southern Israel in the coming days. The “Iron Dome”

Mary Rothstein celebrated her 110th birthday in Melbourne yesterday…the second oldest Jew in the world. Her daughter, Ruth Cavallaro, visits her twice each day at Melbourne’s Jewish Care’s aged facility

Mega Millions fever is getting even hotter as the jackpot swells to the sixth-highest in the drawing’s history. Ticket buyers have been lining up across New York for a chance

Brooklyn — Yesterday, in a tense hearing of the New York City Council’s General Welfare Committee, Councilman David G. Greenfield demanded answers from Administration for Children’s Services (“ACS”) Commissioner John

Borough leaders were slamming the US Census Bureau on Thursday after the agency claimed that Brooklyn grew by only 40,000 people over the past decade. “It’s a mistake,” said Borough