The flood of illegal immigrants — particularly children — crossing into the U.S. along the southern border is at a “crisis” level, creating a humanitarian emergency that both immigration officials and lawmakers are putting at the feet of the Obama administration. Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer called the overload a “crisis of the federal government’s creation.” […]
The collapse of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks has laid bare deep divisions in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition that John Kerry’s determined but ill-fated diplomacy had allowed to be papered over. Key coalition allies are demanding a government initiative to extract Israel from the West Bank, while others say now is the moment for enhanced Jewish […]
Aiming to alleviate the burden of student loan debt, President Barack Obama expanded a program Monday that lets borrowers pay no more than 10 percent of their income every month, and threw his support behind more sweeping Senate legislation targeting the issue. Flanked by student loan borrowers at the White House, Obama said the rising […]
The Walmart truck driver accused of causing a crash in New Jersey that critically injured Tracy Morgan and killed another comedian had not slept for more than 24 hours, according to a criminal complaint filed following the accident. Kevin Roper, of Jonesboro, Ga., who will make an initial court appearance on Wednesday, has been charged […]
From Top: Rosemarie Palmer, Joel Crespo, Christopher Perez BY MICHAEL RICONDA Stony Point Police announced the arrest of three suspects Friday in connection to a break-in and vehicle theft that was reported in Tomkins Cove. The incident occurred on June 5 at around 11 a.m. when the perpetrators gained access to a garage in the […]
NEW CITY – Jojo John, 36 of Nyack, pled guilty today of two counts of second-degree vehicular manslaughter for the boat crash deaths of bride-to-be Lindsey Stewart and her fiance’s best man Mark Lennon, concluding one of the most visible and emotionally-charged cases of the past year. Initially, John pled not guilty to a slew […]