Headlines & Breaking News

Giffords highlighted her Jewish identity as part of her first Congress campaign. “If you want something done, your best bet is to ask a Jewish...

On Friday morning the Lakewood Township held its annual reorganization meeting, where Deputy Mayor Menashe Miller was sworn in as the Mayor for 2011. ...

Confident that he’d have a chance to win, Rudy Giuliani is rounding up his top political advisers for a possible 2012 presidential run, sources...

An Israeli bird expert has called on Saudi Arabia to release a vulture that has been captured amid speculation it was on a spying...

The following is a Ynet article: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has adopted Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Gabi Ashkenazi’s stand and will aim to...

Please be Mispallel for the Vizhnitzer Rebbe Shlita of Bnei Brak, who has been hospitalized in Tel Hashomer Hospital for the past four days....

The city is making sure it’s prepared for whatever accumulation the city gets today. Only about one to three inches are expected across the...

The blame game is heating up as the EMS Union President is now calling out Mayor Bloomberg for his response to the storm. But...

Employers added fewer jobs than forecast in December and the unemployment rate dropped to 9.4 percent, a sign a labor-market recovery will take time...

An anti-Obama heckler interrupted New Jersey Rep. Frank Pallone on Thursday as he read from the Constitution on the House floor. Pallone, who lives in...

A would-be bank robber attempted to rob a Route 70 bank Thursday afternoon demanding $25,000 in cash and telling bank employees he had a...

With snow on the forecast, New Yorkers on Friday were concerned not only with roads, but with mass transit as well, Magee Hickey of...

Despite being a billionaire, Mike Bloomberg is going to have a hard time buying back the trust of his fellow New Yorkers. After bumbling the...

Facebook may be getting some new friends. The social network site will likely either disclose its financial results or hold an initial public offering by...

A senior Hamas leader on Thursday accused Israel of carrying out "countless holocausts" against the Palestinians while saying the Nazi genocide was a "lie." Mahmoud...

Planned parking meter rate increases in the four boroughs outside of Manhattan — and on streets north of 86th Street in Manhattan — have...

Train stations across London have been put on high alert amid fears of a terrorist attack on transport hubs. British Transport Police cancelled leave and...

Mayor Bloomberg’s Remarks as Delivered in the Blue Room at City Hall: “Good afternoon.  I thought we’d have a brief update on forecast for snow. ...

Judge David G. Trager, a senior federal judge sitting in Brooklyn, died Wednesday after a long bout with pancreatic cancer. He was 73. Trager was...

Defense Secretary Robert Gates staged a pre-emptive attack Thursday in Washington's looming budget battles, announcing cuts of $78 billion to the U.S. military and...

2:15PM EST: Officials are investigating possible explosions at the Maryland Department of Transportation's headquarters in Hanover and a state government building in Annapolis. Firefighters and...

To judge by his appearance, you'd think he's an Orthodox, maybe even Chareidi, Jew. He sports a large kippah and a full beard, and...

Crooked ex-Assemblyman Anthony Seminerio died today in a North Carolina prison where he had been serving a six-year prison sentence for raking in more...

Chief Rabbinate Committee members held Monday a meeting on the endless carnage on Israel's roads and highways during which they decided that Chief Rabbis...

President Barack Obama has reached outside his West Wing bubble — but well inside his Chicago comfort zone — to tap moderate former Clinton...

Two Sanitation chiefs responsible for South Brooklyn are being reassigned, according to sources in the Bloomberg administration. NBCNewYork has learned they are Brooklyn South Assistant...

The following is in today's NY Post: Back in 1991, Rabbi Pesach Lerner, 56, was approached by Aryeh Markovich on the LIRR. He wanted to...

The homeless man with the "golden radio voice" wanted a second chance -- and did he ever get it. As soon as Ted Williams, a...

YSnow is back in the forecast, less than two weeks after a massive blizzard dumped more than 20 inches of the white stuff on...

More than a dozen New York City Fire Department companies that were once again on the chopping block have been spared from the budget...

Crown Heights - Jewish girl was mugged Wednesday evening, and her blackberry was taken. The incident occurred on Kingston Avenue and Park Place at...

The High Court of Justice on Thursday ruled in favor of allowing 'kosher' bus lines, in which women and men sit separately, to serve...

Rav Moshe Adler ZATZAL from Eretz Yisroel was R"L Niftar from critical injuries after being struck by a vehicle early Wednesday evening. The accident...

The chief of the city's EMS was abruptly demoted tonight - becoming the first head to roll because of the city's disastrous response to...

The following update on DOI’s investigation into the snow storm was issued by DOI Commissioner Rose Gill Hearn today: "DOI is continuing its multi-borough investigation...