North Korea Detains American Veteran
By Alex Dobuzinskis LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The wife of an 85-year-old American man detained in North Korea appealed to the reclusive Asian nation on Monday to
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Obama Defends Iranian Deal
By Jeff Mason SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – President Barack Obama took on critics of a newly brokered nuclear deal with Iran on Monday by saying
Where’s The Money?
By Hilary Russ NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York City’s Bloomberg administration intends to launch a database within two weeks to better track the billions of dollars of federal relief for Superstorm Sandy victims, even as city legislators hope to […]
Noreast’er To Slam NYC Area On Tuesday!
By Ian Simpson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A major winter storm set to hit the East Coast on Tuesday and Wednesday is threatening to snarl millions of Thanksgiving travelers’ holiday plans, forecasters said on Monday. The same storm that lashed New […]
Limited Iranian Nuclear Deal Announced
By Victoria and Cavaliere NEW YORK (Reuters) – Prominent Iranian-Americans praised the Iranian nuclear deal as a significant first step in what they hope will be
Warning for those traveling this week
The National Weather Service is predicting a pre-Thanksgiving nor’easter to hit Long Island. The storm is set to begin sometime Tuesday and extend into Wednesday. (Reuters) – Thanksgiving travel may be snarled by a wintry storm system heading for […]
High Bridge reopens Summer, 2014
High Bridge is scheduled to reopen Summer, 2014. Written by Nilka Martell Completed in 1848, it is the oldest standing bridge in New York. It is the only
Car Plunges into Freezing Pond Five Young Children Hurt
By Todd Melby MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) – Five young children were seriously injured after the car they were riding in veered off a rain-slicked highway ramp and slid into a near-freezing pond in the Minneapolis area on Thursday morning, officials said.
Skakel Walks For Now
By Richard Weizel STAMFORD, Connecticut (Reuters) – Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel, who spent 11 years in prison for the 1975 murder of a teenage neighbor in Greenwich, Connecticut, walked free on Thursday after a judge granted him
BABY HOPE ACCUSED KILLER PLEADS NOT GUILTY
By Curtis Skinner NEW YORK (Reuters) – The accused killer of a small girl dubbed “Baby Hope” whose death was a mystery for more than two decades pleaded not guilty to her murder on Thursday. The child’s body was found […]
An Evening at The Huntington Library
Mike Gupta, Rich Vitacco, Angel Hernandez & Tom Vasti
HOPE – Homeless Outreach Population Estimate
On January 27, 2014, the Department of Homeless Services will conduct its annual Homeless Outreach Population Estimate (HOPE). It is a unique opportunity to volunteer and participate in an extraordinary citywide effort.
MAYOR BLOOMBERG SIGNS LEGISLATION TO FORTIFY AND STRENGTHEN BUILDING STANDARDS
Remarks by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg at a Public Hearing on Local Laws “The next six bills before me today are a product of the Building Resiliency Task Force, an expert panel convened after Hurricane Sandy to outline steps to […]
Congress Runs Out Of Time Can’t Pass Trade Bill
By Elvina Nawaguna WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Obama administration’s hopes of securing “fast-track” trade negotiating authority from Congress this year look certain to be dashed given the limited time left on the congressional calendar, the No. 2 House Democrat said […]
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