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One of the world’s most despised leaders was quite possibly the safest man in New York City on Monday night. The city is going to...

A new poll by Rasmussen finds a 16-point lead for Democrat Andrew Cuomo in his gubernatorial race against Carl Paladino, the Buffalo real-estate developer...

Rabbi Yehuda Levin Injected himself into the Carl Paladino-Andrew Cuomo gubernatorial race this morning and promptly raised an old political bugaboo that has long...

The Brooklyn Paper reports: Assemblyman Vito Lopez, the most powerful politician in Brooklyn, has had his share of battles with political opponents throughout his career,...

The UN may be welcoming Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, but that doesn't mean that New York lawmakers are happy about it. A group of elected...

New York’s aging natural-gas pipelines are ready to blow, experts warn. Huge swaths of infrastructure maintained by Con Ed, National Grid and a handful of...

12:30PM EST: A large fire is burning under Metro North’s 138th Street Lift Bridge in East Harlem. The bridge’s four tracks carry Metro-North trains in...

Ninety percent of Americans are concerned about the economy, according to a new CNBC poll, and two-thirds of those surveryed think neither Democrats nor...

Ally Financial Inc.’s GMAC Mortgage unit told brokers and agents to halt foreclosures on homeowners in 23 states including Florida, Connecticut and New York. GMAC...

According to Israel's Army Radio there is a new initiative to secure the release of Jonathan Pollard in return to the extension of the...

Maybe this is why Mayor Michael Bloomberg doesn’t take a salary. The billionaire mayor has only two pairs of work shoes, which he has been...

Chacham Hagon Ovadia Yosef Shlita, turned 90 on Sunday, continuing his busy schedule of meeting people, delivering Shiurim, and writing Seforim. Rav Ovadia Yosef was...

Over the past few months, the Chevra Kadisha in Eretz Yisroel has invested significant resources in upgrading its technological services, in hopes of helping...

World leaders are descending on the city this week for the United Nations General Assembly, bringing major traffic tie-ups and gridlock on the east...

The White House is pushing back hard against a New York Times report that the president's political team is considering a national ad campaign...

The United States under President George W. Bush was prepared to take in 100,000 Palestinian refugees as part of a Middle East peace deal,...

The longtime White House correspondent who resigned from Hearst newspapers in June in the wake of comments she made about Israel will receive a...

U.S. officials formally declared an end to the worst oil spill in U.S. history Sunday, a milestone that followed nearly five months of dashed...

From last minute kapparos and the start of sukkos preparations on Erev Yom Kippur to the Tisch by the Belzer Rebbe after the fast,...

The travel period for the Jewish holiday of Sukkot is from September 19 through October 4, 2010. Observant Jewish travelers may carry four plants –...

A summit of U.S. Muslim organizations is scheduled to begin Sunday in New York City to address a proposed Islamic center near Ground Zero...

Excerpts from a NY Post exclusive: Assemblyman Vito Lopez bullied and cajoled eight little old ladies during an arm-twisting session aimed at getting them to...

Bedbugs have infiltrated yet another NYC apparel giant -- this time it was Niketown, the company's flagship store on East 57th St., that was...

Starting this Sunday and stretching through the winter of 2015 the Hudson Street entrance to the Holland Tunnel will be closed for improvements to...

The tornado that blew through New York City Thursday, knocking down thousands of trees and limbs has doubtless sent many people scurrying to their...

The Pope told a Mass attended by more than 50,000 in England on Sunday that the world felt "shame and horror" at suffering inflicted...

Iran's loopy dictator, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, is headed to the Big Apple this week for the meeting of the UN General Assembly. In the spirit of...

President Obama is preparing to seek Congressional approval for a huge arms sale to Saudi Arabia, chiefly intended as a building block for Middle...

With praise and thanks to Hashem, the Jewish community of Northeast Philadelphia is happy to announce the formation of Philadelphia Hatzolah. The program has...

A horrific traffic accident in Orange County has left at least six people dead. Seven other people were critically injured. It happened on the...

The sudden blast of Mother Nature’s fury on Thursday lasted just minutes, but left a path of destruction across the tri-state area. The National Weather...

The National Weather Service confirmed Friday that a tornado did indeed touch down in Ocean County, New Jersey during a severe storm that ripped...

Taken Erev Yom Kippur 5771, as the Gadol Hador, Maran Hagon Rav Chaim Kanievsky "Shlugs Kapparos".

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