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Obama challenges Republicans with ‘to do list’
ALBANY, New York — US President Barack Obama opened a new line of attack Tuesday against his Republican foes, unveiling a “to do list” that he said Congress should pass to bolster the US economy. “I know this is an election year. But it’s not an excuse for inaction,” Obama…
U.S. soldier dies after bitten by rabid dog in Afghanistan
A US army soldier died of rabies after being bitten by a dog in Afghanistan, US health authorities said on Thursday. The 24-year-old male first complained in mid-August 2011 of symptoms including shoulder and neck pain, odd sensations in his hands and fainting, shortly after arriving at Fort Drum, New…
Occupy protesters march on New York and other cities for May Day
The Occupy Wall Street movement has kicked off its most anticipated action of the year, with a series of May Day protests in major US cities. Protesters spent the day alternately celebrating in a New York park and branching off on “wildcat” marches around the city. There were about 15…
Romney heckled in New York: ‘You’re a racist!’
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney came to New York City on Tuesday to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the death of Osama bin Laden — but had his event somewhat spoiled by a very loud activist who repeatedly yelled that he was a “racist.” Appearing with former New York…
New York ‘Occupy’ stages ‘general strike’ on May Day
Occupy Wall Street protesters took to New York’s streets Tuesday in the highlight of a plan to mount a “general strike” across the United States. Small groups of protesters held simultaneous demonstrations outside a string of Manhattan corporate institutions including the Time-Life building and McGraw Hill publishers in the Rockefeller…
Puppy on the runway shuts down New York’s LaGuardia airport
A pooch named, appropriately enough, Byrdie, took flight at New York’s LaGuardia airport on Wednesday – but not in the way her owner intended. The 30lb Rhodesian ridgeback bolted from her crate as she was being loaded onto her Memphis-bound Delta Air flight Wednesday, shutting down all traffic at the…
Attorney: Orthodox Jews charged with sex abuse should have their names protected
The district attorney from Brooklyn, New York recently claimed that 85 Orthodox Jews charged with child sex abuse should have their names protected because of their close community bond, according to a startling report from The Jewish Daily Forward. Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes’s office rejected a Forward request under…
Police dig for remains of missing New York child
Police and FBI agents dug in an apartment basement Saturday in the SoHo district of New York to search for the remains of a boy who was six years old when he disappeared more than three decades ago. A portion of Prince Street, where Etan Patz lived, was closed to traffic as about 30…
New York law would identify buildings with smokers
NEW YORK — New York apartment buildings that permit smoking would be identified under a new law proposed Wednesday by Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Landlords of buildings with three or more units would have to inform prospective tenants and purchasers whether smoking was allowed in apartments and on balconies, as well…
Trial opens for alleged New York bomb plotter
NEW YORK — The high-profile trial began Monday of a man accused of being part of a New York trio that was only “days” from bombing the city’s crowded subway to take revenge for the US war in Afghanistan. The trial in Brooklyn features quintessential New York immigrant Muslims who…
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