The number of people living in homeless shelters in New York City has hit a record high. The number of people living in homeless shelters in New York City has hit a record high, marking a 19-percent jump compared to 2012, a report says. The Coalition for the Homeless released its 2013 State of the Homeless report on Tuesday, revealing that an average of 50,135 New Yorkers have been sleeping in emergency... 

New York is facing a deadly meningitis outbreak that is targeting gay men, many of which are HIV-positive. The city’s health department said several gay men have been found dead in their homes, and is urging people to immediately get vaccinated. “Since August 2010, we’ve detected 12 cases of this very specific strain but what we’re most concerned about is that in the past four weeks there... 

It is an open secret that people do not watch TV as much as they used to. Many say that there is nothing interesting to watch on TV today. This answer would be considered very strange ten or fifteen years ago. Nowadays, most people miss their favorite TV shows all the time. The main disadvantage of modern television is the lack of feedback. For this reason, more and more people prefer to switch to... 

The US government has the right to use military force on American citizens, even at home – but only in “extraordinary circumstances,” the attorney general has stated in a letter to Senator Rand Paul. Paul had threatened to filibuster the nomination of John Brennan, US President Barack Obama’s pick for CIA director, “until [Obama] answers the question of whether or not... 

Two US lawmakers have introduced a bill that would make Israel a ‘major strategic ally’. The move is intended to solidify ties between the two states in the run-up to a potential strike against Iran despite US reluctance to use the military option. The bill sponsored by Representatives Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.) and Ted Deutch (D-Fla.), was timed to coincide with the yearly American Israel Public... 

Astronauts are set to do a fly by of Mars in 2018 in a private spacecraft with limited capacity making the trip rather claustrophobic for some. The craft will also be utilizing technology that turns human waste into a radiation shield to protect the astronauts from dangerous solar radiation. The mission is funded privately by billionaire Dennis Tito and has somewhat of a twist to it. Tito plans to... 

A recent survey shows that US President Barack Obama’s job approval rating has plunged to below 50 percent, the lowest level since his reelection. The survey, conducted by the Gallup, was based on nationwide telephone interviews with 1,500 American adults. Its results are based on the average ratings over three days. The results showed that Obama’s approval rating ranked only 46 percent between... 

The Joint Terrorism Task Force is investigating a possible drone sighting reported over New York City by a commercial airline pilot on Monday. The operator of a Boeing 777 flown by Italy’s Alitalia told air traffic controllers at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York that he encountered an unmanned aerial vehicle a few hundred feet in front of his aircraft while flying over Brooklyn,... 

A stunning report prepared for President Putin by Deputy Foreign Minister Gennadiy Gatilov circulating in the Kremlin today states that “for all practical purposes” the United States has become a “plutocracy” and should no longer be registered, or referred to, by the Russian government as an “open and free democracy.” Even worse, Minister Gatilov further recommends in his report that the... 

Apparently horse meat is popular all over the world, albeit unbeknownst to most consumers. And it seems equine meat will soon be making its way back to America. Horse meat hasn’t been legally produced in the United States since 2007, but the USDA is expected to approve a horse slaughterhouse in New Mexico within the next two months, according to the New York Times. Stephanie Storm of the New York... 

Canada has introduced a bill strongly resembling the Anti-Counterfeit Trade Agreement (ACTA), prompting speculation that authorities were prepared to ratify the notorious legislation. The US encouraged Canada to adopt the bill. According to Ottawa, Bill C-56 or Combating Counterfeit Products Act, is aimed at countering harmful counterfeiting activities, much like the international ACTA treaty. If... 

Adopted children in American families sometimes become “guinea pigs” for pharmaceutical companies to test new drugs. Such children are prescribed five potent psychotropic medications at a time. This is beneficial both for the adoptive parents and health care professionals. Russian diplomats found that the adoptive mother of Maxim Kuzmin who died in late January in the U.S. gave him a drug... 

Arizona may become the second state, after Utah, to recognize gold and silver as legal tender authorized for payments of debts and taxes. The Arizona Senate voted Thursday to approve SB 1439 which allows businesses and the state government to accept payments in gold or silver. The Legal Tender bill specifies that legal tender in Arizona consists of all of the following: 1. Legal Tender authorized... 

There is growing evidence that points to the serious health threat of toxic bisphenol A (BPA) running rampant in the U.S. and abroad. This chemical is extremely prevalent in the environment, and researchers note that 90% of the U.S. population is ‘contaminated’ with the chemical and don’t even know it. To add to the mounting evidence of BPA’s damaging effects, two studies have concluded that... 

US Senator Lindsey Graham A bipartisan group of US senators are pushing for a legislation to force the government to prop up any military action that the Israeli regime adopts against Iran in “self-defense.” The non-binding measure, introduced by Senators Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Robert Menendez (D-NJ), is actually aimed at pushing President Barack Obama to intensify sanctions against Iran and...