Rent Goes Up for New Yorkers
The New York City Rent Guidelines Board voted toTuesday night in favor of raising rents for about one million New Yorkers who live...
Obama Finally Slams Iran, Leaves Opening to Engage
President Obama finally condemned the "unjust actions" of the Iranian government today, but said it can still engage with the United States and the...
NTSB: Train In DC Crash Shouldn’t Have Been In Use
Crews dismantled the wreckage today from a subway train collision that killed nine people and injured scores of others in the nation's capital, and...
Why Ahmadinejad is Preferred in Israel
If they were to follow the ancient proverb, "the enemy of my enemy is my friend," one would think Israelis would be rooting for...
Iran Refuses To Annul Vote, Says There Was ‘No Major Fraud’
Iran's rulers stiffened their stance against protesters today firmly rejecting demands to annul the election over fraud allegations, setting up a special court for...
Israel Releases Hamas Parliament Speaker From Prison
Israel today released one of the key 'bargaining chips' it hoped to use as leverage in the efforts to secure the release of captive...
Klein: Obama May Be ‘Most Hostile President to Israel’
President Barack Obama's refusal to take a stand on protests in Iran stands in sharp contrast to demands he has made on Israel, Morton...
700 NYC Teachers Are Paid To Do Nothing
Hundreds of New York City public school teachers accused of offenses ranging from insubordination to misconduct are being paid their full salaries to sit...
Washington Train Crash Death Toll Rises to 9
At least nine people were killed and at least 75 injured when one Metro subway train slammed into another on the outskirts of the...
Student Stabbed at Lakewood Middle School After Year Ends
A 14-year-old is being questioned in the stabbing of a 15-year-old on the grounds of the Lakewood Middle School this afternoon, authorities said. Police...
Obama Signs Anti-Smoking Bill, Cites Own Struggle
President Barack Obama cited his own long struggle to quit the cigarettes he got hooked on as a teenager as he signed the nation's...
In Mumbai Terrorism Case, An Emotional, Historic Trial
The Washington Post reports: Grainy images of men wielding AK-47s riveted a packed courtroom here one day last week as the public prosecutor rolled...
Governor Paterson May Use State Police To Force Senators Into Action
NY Governor David Paterson says enough is enough. Fed up with the fighting in Albany, the governor is ordering Senators back into the state...
Mossad Chief Kept On for Another Year
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu yesterday extended the tenure of Mossad chief Meir Dagan for an eighth year, a testament to the spymaster's perceived success...
Obama to Sign Anti-Smoking Bill
President Barack Obama is set to sign into law an anti-smoking bill that will give the Food and Drug Administration unprecedented authority to regulate...
Coca Cola Israel Develops New Flavor in Israel
For the first time in its history, Coca Cola Israel is launching a new flavor of the Sprite brand which was developed in Israel...
McCain: Obama Has “Done Well”
Sen. John McCain says his opponent in last year's presidential campaign, Barack Obama, has "done well" in his first five months in the White...
Congress Works Less Than Three Days a Week
How would you like to have a job that required only two or three days a week of work and paid $165,000 a year...
100th Anniversary of Father’s Day Today: Obama – We Need Fathers to Step Up
By President Barack H. Obama
As the father of two young girls who have shown such poise, humor, and patience in the unconventional life into...
Swine Flu Scare Blamed for PM Not Seeing Livni
Swine flu fear is what kept Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu from meeting with Opposition leader Tzipi Livni on Friday as originally scheduled, the Prime...
