New York

Yesterday we reported that you shouldn’t think that the swine flu threat is over, and we told you that you should protect yourself and be very careful. We are sorry to announce that the H1N1 virus has caused yet another death in the US, but this time it was in New York City. 55 year [...]

Reporting from Washington — President Barack Obama today named Dr. Thomas Frieden, currently commissioner of the New York City Health Department, to serve as director of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Dr. Rich Besser, who has served as an unusually high-profile acting CDC director throughout weeks of government response to the emergence of [...]

When the American International Group chief executive Edward M. Liddy returned to Washington to handle Congress today, there were rumors that the federal officials were known of the company’s recent bonus payments including the inflammatory percentage.
If documents are to be checked, it shows that senior officials at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York were [...]

This year’s July 4 will be a little more special for the New Yorkers, because it’s the day when the Statue of Liberty’s crown reopens. Since the September 11, 2001 attacks the visits at Lady Liberty’s crown were forbidden for security reasons. The news was made public by Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, on Friday.
At the [...]

I can say that I would love to know this woman. Seriously. Teresa Tambunting, a 50-year-old woman from New York was accused of stealing more than 800 pounds of gold and jewelry from Jacmel Jewelry Inc. The gold that the woman stole was worth about $12 million and she stole that amount in about [...]