A second air-traffic controller has been found sleeping on the job at night — this time intentionally. And the government said Wednesday he’s being fired for it. The Federal Aviation Administration said the unnamed controller slept for five hours intentionally during the midnight shift on Feb. 19 in Knoxville, Tenn. It’s the second incident in […]
The Metro supermarket chain has decided to put a Star of David back up over its display of Passover products at its franchise in Westmount, following several angry phone calls
A robber wanted in connection with seven street and subway robberies is still on the loose. Police say the suspect follows victims from the train to the street or the subway platform, engages them in conversation, and then pulls out a gun or a knife. The suspect steals the victims’ electronic devices and flees. The […]
New York – Half of the New York City Council today, including Councilman David G. Greenfield, General Welfare Chair Annabel Palma, Assistant Majority Leader Lew Fidler and Council Members Steve Levin, Brad Lander and Tish James, joined together to stand up for impoverished children by demanding a full restoration of funding to Priorities 5 and […]
Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi has appealed directly to President Barack Obama to halt what the Libyan leader called “an unjust war,” and wished Obama good luck in his bid for
Glenn Beck will end his daily Fox News Channel program later this year. His departure was jointly announced in a statement on Wednesday by Fox and Mr. Beck’s company, Mercury Radio Arts. Fox News and Mercury Radio Arts, which have clashed over the making of “Glenn Beck,” will “work together to develop and produce a […]
New York – An Inspector General probe found widespread misuse of police parking placards by lawmakers and other state officials, the Daily News has learned. Inspector General Ellen Biben, who
Workers scored a key victory Wednesday in their struggle to gain the upper hand in the weeks-long crisis at the Fukishima Daiichi nuclear power facility, though a top Japanese official
Yigal Amir, who assassinated Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, will remain in solitary confinement, the Petah Tikva District Court ruled. The ruling will be reexamined in July. A hearing on the
Customers of Verizon Communications had their email addresses exposed in a massive online data breach last week, according to an email to customers obtained by Reuters. In what could be
An email sent to certain members of the media and New York state officials threatened violence against state office buildings, the state legislature and school buses. A warning was sent
Leading Gedolim in Eretz Yisroel are calling on the Charedi public not to volunteer in Magen David Adom, stating that serving in the rescue organization leads to serious religious prohibitions
While congress battles over the budget, President Barack Obama is hitting the road and returning to New York City Wednesday. He was just in the city a week ago to
The IDF military attache in Washington, D.C. held a moving ceremony on Sunday (Apr. 3) saluting wounded American soldiers (currently in recovery) who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan. The ceremony was planned with the help of the Jewish Institute for National Affairs (JINSA), its aim to express Israel’s appreciation and gratitude to soldiers and their […]
Who wouldn’t want their parking ticket torn up on the spot? The New York City Council wants to give drivers a 10-minute grace period at muni-meters, but the ticket-happy Bloomberg administration has said not a chance. Riding to the rescue is the City Council, which has introduced a bill to force traffic agents to cancel […]
As the Westchester Board of Legislators is poised to call on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to expand its 10 mile Emergency Planning Zone (EPZ) around Indian Point, the federal agency Tuesday announced it sees “no basis at this point” for expanding it. The NRC’s statement applies to all US nuclear power plants. The current EPZ […]
The push is on for President Barack Obama to return to the Middle East. This time to Israel. Mr. Obama met Tuesday at the White House with Israeli President Shimon
Sometimes, honesty is not the best policy. The city is tightening the screws on its system for awarding property-tax exemptions — a move one lawmaker attributes to his discovery that
President Obama will be expanding his town-hall-style sessions to the next frontier, White House officials said on Tuesday: Facebook. Mr. Obama will hold a town-hall-style meeting with Facebook’s chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, on April 20, while the president is on a trip to California, his aides said. The session will be conducted from Facebook headquarters […]
Radioactivity in fish exceeding health guidelines was detected for the first time off northern Japan as Tokyo Electric Power Co. dumped tainted water into the ocean to gain control of
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