The New York State Court of appeals is set to decide whether Jana Winters can be compelled to testify in a Colorado court in a case which could have far-reaching consequences for the field of journalism. Winters’ legal conflict began when when she published a notebook Aurora theater shooter James Holmes sent to a psychologist […]
Average retail gasoline prices in New York have fallen 2.6 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.51/g Monday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 6,118 gas outlets in New York. This compares with the national average that has fallen 5.4 cents per gallon in the last week to $3.20/g, according to gasoline price […]
By Rowan Scarborough – Originally published by The Washington Times Questions haunt the families of Extortion 17, the 2011 helicopter mission in Afghanistan that suffered the most U.S. military deaths in a single day in the war on terrorism. The investigative file made available to The Washington Times shows that the helicopter’s landing zone was not properly vetted for […]
(AP) The Journal News has sued Putnam County to compel it to release its pistol permit records. The Journal News says it sued Thursday after the county denied two Freedom of Information requests and a subsequent appeal. The newspaper first requested information from Westchester, Rockland and Putnam counties following the Newtown, Conn., shooting massacre. It made […]
BY CHERYL SLAVIN A significant event has quietly taken place October 1. On this date every state must have in place an online health insurance marketplace as mandated by the federal Affordable Care Act (ACA). These marketplaces are designed to provide health insurance consumers the means to easily shop and compare the various health plans […]
“Personal privacy –a thing of the past,” says former NYC mayor BY KATHY KAHN There’s something lurking above you: “The Cloud.” “That’s where everything is stored today,” former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani told business owners and cyber-security staff from West Point Military Academy at an event hosted by the Hudson Valley Economic Development Corporation on […]