Medicaid Patients turn to Hospitals for Emergencies, Not Routine Care
Most people covered by government health insurance for the poor visit hospital emergency rooms for perceived emergencies, not for routine care, much like those with private insurance, according to...
FBI to Review lab Work on Thousands of Convictions
WASHINGTON - The Justice Department and the FBI will review thousands of criminal convictions from over a decade ago for possibly flawed analysis of hair sample evidence.
The department and...
Fire Department Struggles With Large Apartment Complex Fire In Spring Valley
Firefighters from 10 Rockland County departments put out a blaze at a three-story building on East Funston Avenue after battling the fire for three hours.
Firefighters gutted the roof of...
Brooklyn Man gets 2.5 Years for illegal Kidney Sales
TRENTON, N.J. - A Brooklyn man has been sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison in a case prosecutors say is the first ever federal conviction for illegally selling...
Go LIPA: Long Island Power Authority Is The Worst Utility In America, Survey
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — There are 126 major utility companies in the United States and the Long Island Power Authority is the worst of the bunch.
LIPA finished dead last...
CAUGHT ON VIDEO: Ex-Wall Street Trader Kills Himself with Poison Pill in Court
A former Wall Street trader convicted of setting his Phoenix mansion on fire in a desperate ploy to get out of his mortgage put his hands to his mouth...
Man Barricades Himself in Brooklyn Apartment During Two Hour Standoff with Police
BAY RIDGE – A man who allegedly violated his parole barricaded himself inside his Brooklyn apartment on Tuesday, holding police at bay for two hours.
Early Tuesday, parole officers went...
City Payphones to Become WiFi Hotspots
The city's payphones are about to start pulling double-duty as wireless hotspots.
Officials unveiled a pilot program Wednesday that will transform some of the city's thousands of aging payphone kiosks...
Con Edison Negotiations Continue As Lockout Enters 11th Day
Consolidated Edison and its unionized workers are back at the bargaining table as they try to end an 11 day lockout.
The two sides resumed negotiations yesterday, but failed to...
City Expands 20 M.P.H. Zones Across More Neighborhoods
New York City drivers, anguished by bike lanes and pedestrian plazas, have long insisted that the Bloomberg administration was slowing them down.
On Tuesday, in a rare moment of harmony,...
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Three IDF reservists die in blast in northern Gaza
(Oct. 10, 2024 / JNS)
Three Israel Defense Forces reservists were killed and two other soldiers were seriously wounded when their vehicle hit an explosive device...
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Yom Kippur and the process of teshuvah plunge us into the depths of our souls, stripping away layers of self-deception and ego while removing...
Money-Saving Tips for Sukkot and Beyond
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