Saturday, May 18, 2024

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Manhattan, NY – Heavy Police Presence In NY’s Times Square

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Manhattan, NY - A line of police cruisers with blinking red lights has been stationed in the middle of New York's Times Square following news that the Boston Marathon bombing suspe...

Jerusalem – 7 Arrested For Trying To Disrupt Diggings

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Jerusalem - Police arrested seven haredim on Monday who were trying to disrupt archeological diggings in the Schneller camp in Jerusalem, Israel Radio reported. Twenty haredim a...

Watertown, MA – Gunshots Heard Amid Boston Bombing Suspect Manhunt

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Watertown, MA - The sound of gunfire has been reported in Watertown, Mass., where authorities have been searching for a suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings.

New York – Some Google Services Hit By Partial Outage

New York - Google Inc is experiencing a small outage of some of its popular applications such as Gmail and Google Drive, the search engine said on Wednesday. The company discl...

New York – Head Of NYC Transit Picked To Be New MTA Chairman

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New York - Gov. Andrew Cuomo has nominated an experienced New York City transit executive to be the next chairman of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Thomas F. Prender...

Tokyo – Toyota, Honda, Nissan Announce Recall Of 3.4 Million Vehicles

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Tokyo - Toyota, Honda and Nissan are recalling more than 2 million vehicles globally for an identical problem with air bags on the passenger side whose inflator may burst, sending ...

Washington – U.S. Added Only 88,000 Jobs In March; Unemployment Dips To 7.6%

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Washington - U.S. employers added just 88,000 jobs in March, the fewest in nine months and a sharp retreat after a period of strong hiring. The slowdown may signal that the economy...

Fort Knox, KY – Shooting Reported At Fort Knox Military Post

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Fort Knox, KY - An Army civilian employee was shot and killed in a parking lot at Kentucky's Fort Knox, and investigators were seeking to question a man in connection with the shoo...

Detroit – Hyundai, Kia Recall More Than 1.8 Million Vehicles In U.S.

Detroit - Hyundai Motor Corp and its Kia Motors affiliate are recalling more than 1.8 million cars and SUVs in the United States to address a potentially faulty switch and a loose ...

Detroit – GM Recalls About 33,700 Vehicles To Fix Software Issue

Detroit - General Motors Co is recalling about 33,700 model-year 2013 Buick LaCrosse sedans and Cadillac SRX crossover vehicles globally to address a potential software problem tha...

New York – Dow At Record, Ends Up For 10th Straight Day

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New York - The Dow Jones industrial average extended its recent winning streak to 10 days on Thursday and once again closed at a record high as investors were encouraged by data th...

New Jersey – TSA Defends Security Operations At Newark Airport

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Newark, NJ - The Transportation Security Administration is defending its operations at Newark Liberty Airport in New Jersey following a report last week that an undercover inspecto...

New York – Bin Laden Spokesman Pleads Not Guilty

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New York - A senior al-Qaida leader and son-in-law of Osama bin Laden pleaded not guilty Friday in federal court in New York to plotting against Americans in his role as the terror...

New York, NY – Morning Commute: Wet And Messy, Alternate Side Parking Suspended

New York, NY - New York City area's morning commute: wet and messy. A very wet snow is causing some slippery road conditions. Accumulations of several inches are expected on ...

New York – Dow Jones Industrial Average Surpasses All-time High

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New York - The Dow has never been higher. The Dow Jones industrial average jumped nearly 100 points early Tuesday, reaching an all-time high, powered by China's strong economic ...

Washington – Pentagon Unveils Plan To Tap Potential Of Mobile Devices

Washington - The Pentagon unveiled a plan on Tuesday to ultimately enable the Defense Department's 600,000 users of smartphones, computer tablets and other mobile devices to rapidl...

Syrian – Report: Army Shoots Down Israeli Drone Near Border

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Syrian - State TV reported on Wednesday that government forces shot down an Israeli drone near the Lebanese border. Mayadeen TV reported Syria had shot down an Israeli craft ove...

Big Bear Lake, CA – Remains Found In Burned-Out Cabin Positively ID’d As Christopher Dorner

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Big Bear Lake, CA - Remains recovered from a burned-out California mountain cabin following a standoff between police and a gunman this week have been positively identified as thos...

Brooklyn, NY – Woman Hit, Killed by Subway After Fainting in Station

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Brooklyn, NY - Authorities say a person has been killed by a subway train in Brooklyn. MTA spokesman Kevin Ortiz says the female victim may have become ill before falling. S...

New York – Northeast Digs Out From Blizzard; New Storm Brews In Plains

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New York - The Northeast started digging out on Sunday after a blizzard dumped up to 40 inches (1 meter) of snow with hurricane force winds, killing at least nine people and leavin...