The FBI released this statement about the raids today that took down a drug ring that reportedly attempted to sell cocaine in Italy and heroin in the US, with major players headquartered in Brooklyn, New York, and Calabria, Italy:
Attorney General and city native Eric Holder made his position clear yesterday in a speech outlining the need to allow citizens who have served their time to have a voice in voting, the most basic American right. The Huffington Post […]
Photo c/o nbcnews.com Longtime NBC News Anchor Tom Brokaw, who was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a cancer affecting blood cells in the bone marrow, in August at the Mayo Clinic, released this statement this afternoon: “With the exceptional support of my […]
As the White House reversed the timetable on implementation for key Affordable Care Act provisions that affect small businesses, The Washington Post released this primer for business owners to understand how the adjusted timetable will affect them: “In the final regulations published […]
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With thirty two vacancies to the federal bench leaving the federal justice system clogged with too many trials and not enough judges, and old filibuster rules squashed in the fall, pundits predicted Senate Democrats would be able to push through […]
North Carolina coal power producer Duke Energy promised the people of Danville, NC, on Friday, that they will do all they can to the coal ash spill that has polluted a local river with arsenic and other toxic chemicals. As […]
Sage Kotensburg, of Park City, Utah, brought in the first goal for Team USA, winning the Slopestyle Snowboarding event yesterday in Sochi, Russia. Kotensburg’s achievements prior to the Gold were winning the Mammoth Mountain U.S. Grand Prix (2013-14), 20th […]
Picture c/o ABC Smart Cookies. The Girls Scouts of America will unveil some new cookie choices this cookie drive season, but not in our backyard. Gluten free chocolate chip cookies, as well as whole-grain wheat flour cranberry crisps, are […]
New York Catholic leaders, who lead the state’s extensive Catholic social serices infrastructure, have weighed in on how the state’s new NY SAFE Act, which attempts to curb gun control, will influence mental health professionals. According to Albany’s Times New […]
The Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, will kick off for New York viewers tonight at 7:30 p.m on NBC 4, with a replay at 1 a.m. For those willing to stay up very late, USA vs. Finland will begin at […]
Photo c/o whitehouse.gov The March 31 deadline for signing up for health insurance in the “Obamacare” exchanges has put pressure on the federal government to recruit young adults no longer eligible for parents insurance and not receiving employer subsidized care. […]
Video c/o youtube.com (The Associated Press) While Bronx and all Northeast residents have been reeling from week after week of major snowstorms, folks on the other coast are bracing for the opposite problem: a year of serious drought. As USA […]
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