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By Carrie B. February 11, 2013
Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta is expected to make a formal announcement this week granting additional benefits to same-sex military families.
By Lyndsay McCabe February 11, 2013
Pope Benedict announced Monday that he does not have the strength to continue in office, and will resign on February 28.
By Christian Abbatecola February 11, 2013
2 women and a gunman are dead following a shooting inside a Wilmington courthouse.
By Robert Ottone February 09, 2013
Winter storm Nemo responsible for at least five deaths across the northeast.
By Lyndsay McCabe February 09, 2013
Sheldon Silver strives to start a NY DREAM Act to provide financial assistance to undocumented immigrant students.
By Robert Ottone February 08, 2013
Car bomb attacks in Iraq place the death toll around thirty.
By Robert Ottone February 08, 2013
The Tunisian Prime Minister seeks to unify Tunisia amid political and economic strife.
By Wendy L February 08, 2013
Long Islander's who suffered from power outage during Superstorm Sandy learned a thing or two. Expectations are the handling of power outage from Winter Storm Nemo will also be handled differently with National Grid taking ...
By Christian Abbatecola February 07, 2013
Following Sandy Hook, a coalition of senators hopes to limit gun violence by improving psychological treatment in the US.
By Wendy L February 06, 2013
The United States Postal Service saw a loss of nearly $16 billion in 2012. Cuts are necessarily to bring financial stability to the organization, including stopping Saturday mail delivery service.
By Christian Abbatecola February 06, 2013
A vote on the the Boy Scouts' policy disallowing homosexuals to participate in the organization has been delayed until May.
By Christian Abbatecola February 04, 2013
A car bomb and gunmen left many dead in the city of Kirkuk.
By Robert Ottone February 04, 2013
The skeletal remains of England's King Richard III have been unearthed in a Leicester parking lot.
By Eric Anderson February 03, 2013
Sarai Sierra had been missing since January 21.
By Christian Abbatecola February 03, 2013
After announcements from the New York Times and Wall Street Journal that they had been hacked by China, Twitter has declared 250,000 accounts compromised.
By Robert Ottone February 03, 2013
Sniper and author Chris Kyle found murdered at Texas gun range.
By Christian Abbatecola February 01, 2013
An Indiana man who was convicted of murder has accidentally been set free from Jail.
By Eric Anderson January 31, 2013
The snowmobiler succumbed to his injuries on Thursday.
By Wendy L January 31, 2013
A great white shark that's been tagged by scientist was tracked this week off the coast of Long Island.
By Amy Gernon January 31, 2013
Sens. Schumer and Gillibrand have joined forces with Rep. Michael Grimm to call on the Dept. of Defense to keep the city's only Civil Support Team operational.