Inspectors have found small, subsurface cracks in three more Southwest Airlines planes that are similar to those suspected of causing a jetliner to lose pressure and make a harrowing emergency
Detectives from The NYPD’s 70 precinct have solved a vicious murder, and taken a dangerous man off the streets Sunday afternoon - just hours after the crime took place. The suspect was charged Sunday with killing his 62-year-old wife, on East 14th Street between Avenue’s J and K. The husband, Noor Hussain, reportedly gave statements to Detectives, and was […]
Yedioth Ahronoth reported Monday that a source close to Goldstone stated that in the past few days the judge had approached the editor of the New York Times opinion pages requesting to post the article he wrote in the paper – and was told his article was rejected. The editor gave no explanation as to […]
President Obama on Monday officially launched his campaign for a second term in the White House. In a video message, entitled “It begins with us,” a series of Obama supporters
Bodies of victims of the crash of Air France flight 447 have been found in the wreckage of the plane, a French government minister said in a radio interview Monday,
Homicides and shootings have dropped dramatically in the first three months of the year, NYPD statistics show. Eighty eight people were murdered in the city in the first three months
In the biggest such study to date, a group of research institutions including the University of Miami has identified four new genes implicated in causing Alzheimer’s disease. And while only five or six of up to 100 genes linked to Alzheimer’s are now known, the development signals a “monumental breakthrough” that could lead to identification […]
Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Sunday that the new state budget unfairly singles out the city and makes it impossible to prevent layoffs and cuts in services. Bloomberg said in his
A problem with the cabin pressure forced an American Airlines flight from Boston to St. Thomas to divert to JFK Airport on Sunday morning. Flight 883 landed without incident around 10 a.m. American’s spokesperson Jim Faulkner said they are inspecting the plane, but they don’t expect to find any rips in the fuselage. Passengers got […]
Last week many hailed the passage of the New York State Tuition Assistance Program for rabbinical students. Many activists and community leaders hurried to claim credit for the passage of
The NY Post reports: A city official for the first time is revealing a rise in cancer among firefighters who served at Ground Zero, The Post has learned. Dr. David
Crayola is causing huge headaches for a lot of parents but it’s not the usual culprit. No crayon on the walls, this time the culprit is bubbles. The Colored Bubbles hit shelves in February for ten bucks for a pack of three. They sold better than expected with some toy stores reporting it’s hard to […]
President Barack Obama is expected to announce that he will run for reelection in 2012 on Monday, CNN reports. Democratic sources tell the network that the president will alert supporters
President Obama and other U.S. officials are condemning both the burning of a Quran at a Florida church, and the violence in Afghanistan protesting it. “The desecration of any holy
As the housing market heated up and New York City refugees began flooding into Orange County a decade ago, all eyes were on southeastern Orange — that prime turf where commuters can jump on the Thruway or board buses and trains for the city each morning. But in spite of its reputation as the epicenter […]
A top banking regulator believes banks may need to kick billions of dollars into a fund that would pay homeowners to settle ownership disputes that emerge during foreclosure proceedings over
With revolutionary fervor sweeping the Middle East, Israel is under mounting pressure to make a far-reaching offer to the Palestinians or face a United Nations vote welcoming the State of
Moishe (“Moishi”) Holtzberg, the four-year-old boy who lost his parents in the 2008 terror attack on the Chabad House in Mumbai, is expected to light a torch together with his
Dozens of people accused of felonies in Nassau County — five of them already convicted — have filed legal challenges seeking to throw out charges based on potentially tainted evidence
Daniel Hernandez, the intern who went to the aid of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords after she was shot, said Friday that he has talked to the congresswoman several times on the phone and is amazed by her recovery. Hernandez said the phone calls — the most recent was Wednesday — have included “short interactions and long […]
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