As New Year revelers were gathered in Times Square for the annual dropping of the ball, mere blocks away, three men were carrying out a huge burglary at the business of Gregg Ruth on West 36th, a designer and manufacturer of fine jewelry. As party-goers gathered at the square, the three men, using a hammer and […]
In a surprising vote in a closed-door meeting on Monday, just hours before the Congress begins this year’s session, House Republicans, in a 119-74 vote, adopted an amendment by Representative Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) to place the Office of Congressional Ethics, or OCE, directly under the jurisdiction of the House Ethics Committee. While, at first glance, […]
WASHINGTON — U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said Monday that the mayor of crime-ridden Chicago, former White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, ought to seek federal law enforcement help if he can’t control the soaring murder rate in the country’s third biggest city. Trump, in a Twitter comment, said, “Chicago murder rate is record-setting — 4,331 […]
SEOUL — U.S. President-elect Donald Trump refuted Kim Jong Un’s implied message that his military may soon test an intercontinental ballistic Missile (ICBM) capable of reaching the U.S. mainland, that the North Korean leader made during his New Year’s Day address. On Monday Trump sent out a Tweet saying, “It won’t happen!” North Korea just stated […]