Cindy Sheehan, the mother of a fallen soldier in Iraq who reinvigorated the anti-war movement, was arrested and removed from the House gallery Tuesday night just before President Bush's State of the Union address, a police spokeswoman said. Sheehan, who was invited to attend the speech by Rep. Lynn Woolsey, D- Calif., was charged with demonstrating in the Capitol building, said Capitol Police...

Williamsburg +MVA Involving A School Bus+ A School bus involved in a motor vehicle accident with a van that passed a stop sign on Wallabout corner Harrison Ave, FDNY, NYPD ESU Units and Hatzolah on the scene requesting additional Hatzolah members with a rush to respond for multiple children on the bus and the diriver who is injured. U/D: 18:43 Bus was full with children, but only 2 have been...

Crown Heights +Motor Vehicle Accident+ A MVA at Atlantic Avenue between Brooklyn and New York Avenue's, Hatzola responding...

New York State is vulnerable to a terrorist attack or natural disaster even four years after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, according to a state Senate report released...

Los Angeles - Michael Jackson's lawyer fears his client's past anti-Semitic remarks could be hurting him in a child-custody battle...

New York - Governor Pataki and the Senate majority leader, Joseph Bruno, are seeking broader appeal for a proposed school tax credit. They said parents in under performing districts could use it for gifted programs and for preparatory courses for the SAT, as well as for tutoring and private school tuition...

Bronx - A preliminary investigation has indicated that a police officer was justified in shooting an off-duty colleague who was pointing a gun at another man. U/D: 13:38 Surgeons on amputated the lower right leg of the off-duty police officer who was gravely injured in the friendly fire incident in the Bronx...

Washington - The United States Senate has confirmed Samuel Alito as the 110th Supreme Court Justice of the United States in a 58-42 Vote. U/D: 13:14 Samuel Alito has been sworn in as 110th justice at the Supreme Court building...

Williamsburg - While hospital visits by asthma sufferers are falling in New York, decreasing by about 10% in 2004, according to city statistics, they remain about twice the nation's average. Bushwick-Williamsburg, after Harlem, had the highest rate of hospitalization for asthma sufferers, at 12% in 2004, quadruple the city's average...

New York City Police Officer Alfredo Toro, who shot a gunman in the Bronx Saturday morning, who turned out to be another cop, is an Orange County resident. Toro, a 20-year veteran of the police department is a Washingtonville resident and remains secluded at home. He shot the man who did not listen to his orders to drop his weapon when he confronted him outside a hamburger store. Off-duty Officer...

Fast-growing Commerce Bank is planning to add at least another 10 branches in New York City this year, as a part of a broader effort to build its business on the east coast.Known for keeping its branches open seven days a week, the bank plans to build three branches in Brooklyn, one of them in Borough Park, two in Manhattan, three in Queens, and one each in Staten Island and the Bronx.By the end...

Sullivan County - Legislators are expected to pass a law that will allow volunteer firefighters and members of volunteer ambulance squads to apply for an exemption on their county taxes. The law would provide a real property tax credit of up to $3,000 to qualified volunteers who have at least five years of active service or have accrued more than 20 years of active service with a fire company or...

Goleta, California - A former female postal employee opened fire at a mail processing plant killing six people before committing suicide...

Williamsburg +Pedestrian Struck+ A motor vehicle accident hitting a couple walking on Bedford Avenue and Clymer Street and fled the scene, Hatzolah PD are on the scene. U/D: 20:43 NYPD of the 90th Pct are looking for a black Nisan Ultima vehicle, aided have minor injuries...

Food makers may not want to dwell on it, but the ingredient that gives Dannon Boysenberry yogurt and Tropicana Ruby Red Grapefruit juice their distinctive colors comes from crushed female cochineal beetles.Pressed by consumer advocates, the FDA is expected to publish a food-labeling proposal online today that would require companies to disclose when a food contains beetle-derived colorings...