Bloomberg Wins Third Term
9:42 p.m. NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg is being projected to have won a third term as New York City's 108th mayor based on...
WTC Site to Be Open to Victims’ Families on 9/11
Volunteers and Sept. 11 victims' relatives will read the names of the lost together at this year's commemoration, and the families will again be...
NYC Council Grants 5-Min Parking Grace Period
The New York City Council has overridden Mayor Michael Bloomberg's veto and has granted drivers a five-minute grace period in certain parking zones around...
NYPD Beefs Up Security after Terrorism Warnings
The government expanded a terrorism warning from transit systems to U.S. stadiums, hotels and entertainment complexes as investigators searched for more suspects yesterday in...
No Stimulus for NYPD; NYC 1 of 4 Cities Not Getting Police Aid
Four major cities -- New York, Seattle, Houston, and Pittsburgh -- will get no money from a $1 billion economic stimulus program to help...
Chavez: Israel Was Created to Divide the Arab World
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez attacked Israel today during his visit to Syria, calling it an imperialist nation that annihilates other people. Chavez comments came...
Schumer: Texting & Driving Killed 95 NYC Teens in Five Years
Sen. Charles Schumer says nearly 100 teenagers have died in texting-while-driving accidents in the last five years in New York City and on Long...
Reports: Israelis, Iranians Held Secret Nuclear Meeting in Cairo
Israeli and Iranian officials discussed nuclear issues in the Middle East during a Cairo conference last month, according to media reports today. Israel Radio,...
Paterson Backtracks, Says He Didn’t Play Race Card
Gov. David Paterson backtracked yesterday, stunning reporters by claiming he never said race was the reason he was getting bad press, or that the...
Bernanke’s Trillion-Dollar Decision
The biggest decision of the economic recovery will be made in the next six months, and Barack Obama will have almost nothing to do...
Swine Flu Hits Estimated 10 Percent of New Yorkers
The new H1N1 swine flu is estimated to have infected about 800,000 people in New York City in the spring, a top U.S. health...
Cash-for-Clunkers Now for Appliances, Toys…
Cash for Clunkers was so successful that the government is about to launch a similar program for old appliances, and a huge toy store...
White House New York Fly-By Debacle Cost $328,835
President Barack Obama ordered a review of a publicity-photo shoot with one of the planes that serves as Air Force One that cost taxpayers...
Halutz Doubts Whether Israel Has Power To Hit Iran Nuclear Sites
Israel may lack the military means for successful preemptive strikes against Iranian nuclear facilities, its former top general said on Shabbos. While endorsing international...
Carter Slams Israeli Settlements
Israel must stop building settlements in Palestinian territories if peace is ever to be achieved in the Middle East, former President Jimmy Carter said...
Secret New York Minute: Trains Late By Design
Commuters using the Metro-North Railroad are learning a secret: Every train leaves Manhattan's Grand Central Terminal a minute late. A railroad spokewoman says the...
Senate Panel OKs Sotomayor
The Senate Judiciary Committee approved Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor by a 13-6 vote a short while ago, along almost perfect partisan lines and...
Report: 237 Millionaires in Congress
Talk about bad timing. As Washington reels from the news of 10.2 percent unemployment, the Center for Responsive Politics is out with a new...
Netanyahu Turns 60
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu will take time off from his busy schedule in the coming days to celebrate his 60th birthday, which is today....
Study: 8 Million Americans Seriously Considered Suicide in ’08 – Hotlines Overwhelmed
A groundbreaking new government study reveals more than eight million American adults seriously considered suicide in 2008 - a number much larger than the roughly...
