The crazed woman who shoved a Queens immigrant to his gruesome death in front of a subway train told cops yesterday that she did so because she thought he was a Muslim, authorities said.
Erika Menendez, 31, was charged with second-degree murder as a h…

If you want to stay out of trouble in California, don’t let your dog chase a bear. And don’t get caught releasing feral hogs in Kentucky. New laws prohibiting both of those activities are among the dozens of regulations and changes taking …

With only 22 fatal crashes this year, air travel is officially the safest it’s been since the dawn of the jet age.
The Aviation Safety Network reports that the number is down 28 from 2011 and more than 10 from a 10-year average. The last U.S. cra…

It seems like we’ve been talking about what will happen if the president and Congress don’t agree on a deal to avoid automatic spending cuts, but the actual effects of tumbling over the dreaded fiscal cliff are finally starting to set in.
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Is it almost over?
The president gave his closing arguments on the fiscal-cliff fiasco in a rare appearance on Meet the Press today. Obama blamed the GOP’s “trouble saying yes” for the failure to strike a deal.
Referring to gun contro…

The Capitol’s halls may be dark and silent, but don’t be fooled. It’s getting down to the wire.
With only two days left before the nation barrels off the fiscal cliff, Senate leaders negotiated into the night over a new plan on taxin…

By Moshe Phillips
President Obama’s decision to nominate Senator John Kerry as his next Secretary of State will prove to be a disaster for Israel.
The choice of the American Jewish establishment to vehemently protest the expected nomination of f…

Talk about halacha taking over.
Today, Tzipi Livni, at a campaign event, issued a warning that a government led by Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu and his coalitionwill be a “halachic, fearful state,” which will be viewed as vulnerable and w…

Talk about halacha taking over.
Today, Tzipi Livni, at a campaign event, issued a warning that a government led by Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu and his coalitionwill be a “halachic, fearful state,” which will be viewed as vulnerable and w…

The Chairman of one of Israel’s largest Arab political parties, United Arab List, met Thursday with the man who orchestrated the 2002 suicide bombing of a Pesach Seder at a hotel in Netanya that killed 35 people.
Ibrahim Sarsur met with Abbas Al…

A suburban New York newspaper that sparked an uproar among gun enthusiasts by publishing names and addresses of residents holding pistol permits is now planning to publish even more identities of permit-toting locals.
Further names and addresses will…

Germany’s respected news weekly Der Spiegel has mistakenly published an obituary for former U.S. President George H.W. Bush.
The unfinished obituary appeared on Der Spiegel’s website for only a few minutes today before it was spotted by In…

Iranian special forces and military diving units practiced defending their ports and coastline against attacks today, state-linked media reported during naval war games meant to warn off states threatening the Islamic republic.
The highly-publicised &…

A leading American cultural magazine on developing technology, Wired, published an unusual review on Friday of the “craziest” job openings in the military-industrial complex.
The short list includes a surprising ad for an intelligence cont…

By Ed Koch
In his December 26 New York Times editorial, Tom Friedman wrote in support of former U.S. Senator Chuck Hagel and the possibility that he will be chosen by President Barack Obama as Secretary of Defense. He stated: “So, yes, Hagel is …

Visit your parents. That’s an order.
So says China, whose national legislature on Friday amended its law on the elderly to require that adult children visit their aged parents “often” – or risk being sued by them. The amendment does…