Staff / TruthdigMay 17, 2011
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani has been retained as an adviser by Peruvian presidential candidate Keiki Fujimori, who is hoping to toughen her reputation on fighting crime in the South American country. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 15, 2011
Dominique Strauss-Kahn, director of the International Monetary Fund and the French left’s most promising presidential candidate, was arrested Saturday and charged with sexual assault, attempted rape and unlawful imprisonment of a Times Square hotel maid. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 7, 2011
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has announced that his city does not have the tax revenue needed to continue paying some 6,000 of its teachers. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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Staff / TruthdigDec 29, 2010
The holiday 2010 season is destined to go down in wintry infamy for countless would-be travelers, and even residents just trying to get around already in New York City. Here's a few of them giving their appraisal of the snowy situation in the Big Apple on Tuesday. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigAug 4, 2010
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg took a look back through his city's religious history as he took the podium Tuesday in support of the planned Islamic cultural center near Ground Zero in Manhattan. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Amy Goodman / TruthdigMar 17, 2010
She was the founding principal of the first Arabic-language public school in the United States, until a campaign of hate forced her out. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJan 26, 2010
A visitor at New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art made her mark, unexpectedly, on Pablo Picasso's turn-of-the-last-century painting "The Actor" by accidentally falling into it Friday and adding a 6-inch rip not intended by the artist to the lower right corner of the canvas. Big oops! Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigNov 28, 2009
This is just the kind of news that doesn't bode well for the state of democracy in America: New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg shelled out $102 million of his own money in his recent successful (albeit close) run for re-election. That shakes out to about $183 per vote, and the final tally may still rise. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigNov 19, 2009
Attorney General Eric Holder's idea to hold a criminal trial in New York City for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four others implicated in the 9/11 terrorist attack plot has been sharply criticized, primarily from the right side of the aisle, but Holder defended his decision before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigNov 13, 2009
Upsetting many Republicans and some family members of victims, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder has announced that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other alleged 9/11 plotters will be tried in federal court in New York City, not far from Ground Zero, and that death penalties are likely to be sought. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigNov 4, 2009
He changed the rules, he put down the cash, and now New York City's Mayor Michael Bloomberg has been re-upped for a third term, beating his Democratic competitor, City Comptroller Bill Thompson, by a slim margin on Tuesday. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigNov 3, 2009
It was partly intended as a tribute to those who lost their lives in the terrorist attacks on New York's Twin Towers on Sept. 11, 2001, but, considering America's bellicose response to that tragedy, it's hard not to read more into the story of the USS New York, a new Navy warship constructed partly from melted-steel remnants of the World Trade Center. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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