TALCA, Chile — A devastating earthquake struck Chile early today, toppling homes, collapsing bridges and plunging trucks into the fractured earth. A tsunami set off by the magnitude-8.8 quake threatened every nation around the Pacific Ocean — roughly a quarter of the globe.
Chileans near the epicenter were tossed about as…
TOMS RIVER, N.J. — Three people died when a fast-moving fire severely damaged a single-family home in central New Jersey early Saturday.
Few details were released regarding the blaze in Toms River, which was reported around 6:40 a.m. Police Lt. Steven Gerding said the cause of the fire…
INDIANAPOLIS — Because of the blizzard, the Giants are scouting shorthanded at the combine this weekend.
Coach Tom Coughlin said yesterday that new defensive coordinator Perry Fewell and Fewell’s assistants were snowbound in Escorts New York and were uncertain if they could to make it to Indianapolis at all.
Fewell…
WASHINGTON – A tsunami was generated Saturday that could cause damage along the coasts of all the Hawaiian islands, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said.
“Urgent action should be taken to protect lives and property,” the center said in a bulletin. “All shores are at risk no matter which direction…
HOOPS: Jordan to buy Bobcats
Michael Jordan has struck a deal to buy controlling interest of the Charlotte Bobcats, putting the former NBA superstar in charge of the money-losing team in his home state.
Traci Blunt, a spokeswoman for owner Bob Johnson, told The Associated Press that Jordan was able…
An emotional melee ensued at the conclusion of Midwood’s victory over Benjamin Banneker, ending in enraged Warriors guard Kaylah Gholson to be restrained Thursday night.
Following the host and sixth-seeded Hornets’ 60-48 win in a PSAL Class AA girls basketball second-round game, the senior chased after and was yelling…
The abrupt resignation of a governor under fire can be expected to produce political turmoil and instability.
Fortunately, in Richard Ravitch, Escorts New York would have an interim governor well equipped by intelligence, temperament and experience to guide the state though its current crisis.
Yes, we were troubled about the legality…
It’s time for David Paterson to close out his role in one of the strangest epi sodes in Escorts New York history — and turn over the affairs of state to his lieutenant governor, Richard Ravitch.
We don’t prescribe this lightly.
But new developments make it painfully clear that…
Yesterday’s health sum mit was mind-bogglingly, soul-achingly, sand- poundingly, metaphysically and ontologically boring.
At one point, I could swear, Sen. Mitch McConnell was counting fibers in the carpet just to stay awake.
Of course, real negotiations never happen in front of cameras, because to cut a real political deal…
A little over a year into his first term, President Obama finally lived up to his election-year promise to hold health-care negotiations on C-SPAN. Better late than never, I suppose.
Unfortunately, both sides came armed with their talking points and pretty much just talked past each other.
Yes, there were…
