Retired Air Force Lt. Colonel Lee A. Archer, a Tuskegee Airman considered to be the only black ace pilot who also broke racial barriers as an executive at a major U.S. company and founder of a venture capital firm, died Wednesday in New York City.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Obama administration has begun looking for places other than the heart of New York City to prosecute the accused September 11 attack plotters in the face of fierce criticism tied to security and costs, U.S. officials said on …
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Obama administration is looking for places other than the heart of New York City to prosecute the accused September 11 attack plotters in the face of fierce criticism about security and costs, U.S. officials said on Friday.
Obama administration considering alternative site for trial, which was due to be held near where World Trade Centre stoodBarack Obama is considering moving the trial of the alleged September 11 terrorists outside of New York City amid worries about the security and cost, according to officials.The original plan was for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged [...]
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Thursday proposed a $63.64 billion budget plan for next year, an increase of about $560 million from the current one, saying the economy was not improving enough to avoid layoffs and other h…
Reclusive author of the 20th-century classic The Catcher in the Rye, whose hero Holden Caulfield spoke for rebellious youthJD Salinger, who has died aged 91, was the reclusive author of The Catcher in the Rye (1951), one of the most beloved novels in the English language since the second world war. Millions of American high [...]
A New York City woman pretended to be a hospital administrator, called an emergency room and tried to get hospital staff to take the baby of her husband’s mistress off life support, prosecutors say.
The uncle of a Colo…
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The New York City Public Advocate, a watchdog who helps oversee the $30 billion New York City Employee Retirement System, on Wednesday said he would lobby big investors to demand full disclosure of corporate spending on political c…
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York City will have to lay off more than 10,000 public workers, in addition to 8,500 teachers, if the state legislature approves the $1.3 billion of cuts the governor proposed in his deficit-closing budget, Mayor Michael Bloomb…