Privacy watchdogs are demanding answers from Apple about why iPhones and iPads are secretly collecting location data on users — records that cellular service providers routinely keep but require a
New Jersey’s Turnpike Authority may vote as early as next Wednesday on privatizing its toll collectors. It would mean that union jobs that now pay $65,000 a year would turn
Internal Affairs cops got a big break in their exploding ticket-fixing probe when they caught a Bronx sergeant shamelessly trying to make a traffic violation disappear for an honorary NYPD
Gas prices are pumped up across the Tri-State Area, and theres seemingly no end in sight. The average price in New York is $4.04 per gallon, while drivers in Connecticut are paying $4.10 per gallon. In New Jersey, gas now costs drivers $3.72 a gallon. With gas prices along the Garden State Parkway and New […]
A father and son on a fishing trip were fished out of danger when they became stranded in Raritan Bay today and had to be rescued by the NYPD Aviation
[PHOTO LINK POSTED BELOW] Three girls – ages 3, 4 and 6 – were taken to Westchester Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries after an inflatable children’s ride flipped over on
Mayor Bloomberg says New York City is moving to phase out the use of polluting heavy oils to heat buildings. Bloomberg announced the initiative Thursday as part of the first update to the citys 4-year-old environmental plan. The phase-out of heavy heating oils would start right away. The goal is to reduce fine particulate matter […]
A Republican invitation for Israels prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, to address Congress next month is highlighting the tensions between President Obama and Mr. Netanyahu and has kicked off a bizarre diplomatic race over who will be the first to lay out a new proposal to reopen the stalled Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. For three months, White […]
Its so easy: You see an open wireless connection called Linksys or dlink and you jump on to check your email or see if anyone has retweeted you. In fact, we did all the reporting for this story, including VoIP calls, over an unsecured Wi-Fi network. Were we breaking the law? Its not clear, says […]
New York Times Co.’s first-quarter earnings fell 58% as a decline in print advertising offset gains from digital ads. More than 100,000 people have paid for online access to the
Donald Trump, who has said he looks forward to filing disclosure statements if he becomes a presidential candidate, has a net worth of more than $7 billion, sources told POLITICO.
The Westboro Baptist Church, based in Topeka, Kansas, has succeeded in attracting plenty of attention by holding prominent protests at the funerals of fallen U.S. military soldiers and Marines. In
Military prosecutors have recommended the death penalty for the accused mastermind of the deadly 2000 bombing of the destroyer USS Cole. The announcement Wednesday from the Defense Department is another
The NYPD went on a towing and ticket blitz in Williamsburg yesterday — apparently forgetting that it was still Pesach. More than 41 cars were towed and more than 100
Apple devices appear to be tracking their owners’ locations and storing data about people’s whereabouts without their knowledge, according to a report posted Wednesday on a site called iPhone Tracker.
Corfu, Greece – Arsonists on Tuesday broke into a synagogue on the island of Corfu and burned the communitys prayer books and torah scrolls at the start of the Jewish Passover holiday, police said, prompting condemnation from the government and Jewish groups. The attackers broke into the synagogue through a side entrance. Firefighters put out […]
Radio host, Guardian Angels founder and Gotti family nemesis Curtis Sliwa was once the victim of a drive-by shooting. Now he hopes to have drive-through prostate cancer surgery. Sliwa announced
With the unrest in the Middle East, some economists say $5 a gallon gas will become the norm. At first you might have thought your eyes were playing tricks on you, but they werent. Gas prices hit $4.99 for premium in Stamford on Wednesday, reports CBS 2s Scott Rapoport. Drivers say its all part of […]
The Federal Aviation Administration on Wednesday issued new orders requiring that air traffic control supervisors oversee the arrival and departure of planes carrying the vice president and first lady. The
A same-gender marriage bill may have been defeated in the State Senate less than two years ago, but advocates say enough time has passed to change the stakes, pointing to increased public support and new members of the State Senate. The opposition is down to 36, which is a record low. So that’s a seat […]
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