Tuesday was among the busiest days so far this year for lawmakers. Thousands of New Yorkers converged here to lobby them for relief from budget cuts. Meanwhile, both houses of
There is no water left in the spent fuel pool of reactor No. 4 at Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant, resulting in “extremely high” radiation levels, the chair of the US
A coalition comprising nearly every Democratic state lawmaker from New York City urged Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo in a letter, to press for extending and tightening the state’s rent regulation
The U.S. military will operate a Global Hawk unmanned high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft over a stricken nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture, possibly on Thursday, to take a closer look at
Canada’s nuclear regulator said on Wednesday there was a demineralized water leak at a nuclear power plant near Toronto late on Monday after a pump seal failed. With world attention
The ex-cop who yelled “gun” before a Long Island police officer was killed in a “friendly fire” shooting is a retired NYPD veteran who has an annoying habit of listening
“The Manhattan of the Dan Region” was the title of yesterday’s Bnei Brak conference, which unveiled the “next business center of Israel” – the Bnei Brak Business Center (BBC), located
At least half a dozen Manhattan co-ops are considering a highly controversial measure that would make it illegal for individuals to smoke in their own apartments. The co-op boards are
New York City voters disapprove of Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s job performance, 51 percent to 39 percent, his lowest rating since November 2003, a Quinnipiac University poll said. The survey is
Despite protests by angry parents, a school in Florida is standing behind its decision to implement new regulations to protect a first grade student suffering from a severe peanut allergy.
As gas prices increase, more drivers will get out of their cars and on to buses, trains and subways, a study released yesterday by the American Public Transportation Association (APTA)
Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said yesterday that because of the city’s budget shortfall he’s “not certain” he’ll be able to hire 540 police recruits next month. Kelly issued the warning
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton took a short tour of Tahrir Square in the Egyptian capital on Wednesday. During the anti-government demonstrations that eventually led to the ouster of
Workers abandoned Japan’s quake-stricken nuclear plant on the verge of meltdown Tuesday when increasing radiation levels made it too dangerous to remain. Inside the evacuated Fukushima plant about 50 workers
With almost all precincts reporting results, Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Alvarez and Commissioner Natacha Seijas have been ousted from office. Results from the recall election, including absentee and early votes, show
8:00PM (Tuesday): After an intense investigation by the NYPD, the suspect wanted in the stabbing of a Yeshiva student in Flatbush, has been arrested. The stabbing which was first reported
In a last-chance effort to stop the so-called “Ground Zero Mosque,” opponents were in court Tuesday arguing the building where the mosque is to be built should be a historic
Alaska Airlines has apologized for a weekend incident in which three Frum businessmen triggered security concerns by putting on Tefilin on board a flight to Los Angeles – despite repeated
Ruth Madoff’s account at Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (BK) received transfers of at least $14 million that the trustee liquidating her husband Bernard Madoff’s firm wants to “recapture,”
One drug supplier says it has sold 250,000 anti-radiation pills to people in the U.S. concerned about possible exposure from Japanese nuclear reactors. Troy Jones, president of Nukepills.com, said his
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