New Year's Day/Eve News

It's not like me to make a list of resolutions or things to do for the Jewish New Year.

PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd's chief of staff has quit and will take on a job outside Government.

Pop star Paolo Nutini will help bring in the New Year by performing in two different cities on one night, it has been announced.

The girl and the woman sexually attacked by Joshua Smith were easy prey, prosecutor Jill Fedje told jurors Tuesday.

Sunset on Wednesday night begins a 25-hour period of fasting and introspection for Jewish communities around the world observing the Holy Day of Yom Kippur.

Support The Chronicle Articles 00:11 10/06/2008 Good Morning, Ehud 'Why do such people reach their conclusions only on finishing their term of office?' By Uri Avnery In colloquial Israeli Hebrew, when someone ...

Somewhere along the way, Death Cab for Cutie became a band of rock stars. From its origins as an intense, somewhat insular indie-rock group playing cramped stages in small clubs, the Seattle quartet has grown ...

This program won't just help you drop 10 pounds- it's going to make you look forward to exercising.

Wait and see ... the Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, right, has a softer view on Palestine but it is the Kadima leader, Tzipi Livni, who is set to influence direction.

'The beach was a supreme mess' The strict beachfront management guidelines used during peak holiday seasons in Durban will be implemented all year to prevent beaches being trashed by drunk revellers.

A 50-year-old Eureka man who pleaded guilty to charges stemming from an alleged a oebendera that ended with a dead cat and his wife injured was sentenced Thursday to four years and four months in prison.

A teenager was killed by a blow from a broken bottle in a street attack hours after celebrating the new year, a court heard.

Flobots Fight On Into Fall Tuesday, Sep 30, 2008 4:11AM Denver six-piece hip hop collective Flobots has added another leg to its run in support of debut, Fight With Tools .

I was reading opinions page in the newspaper and decided to write this letter. Torrington is a pretty little town, or could be.

"You're OK," prosecutor Heidi Westby whispered to the 56-year-old victim Tuesday as she led her past the courtroom's brass bar and onto the witness stand to testify in the rape trial of Joshua L. Smith.

Hebrew Day Institute teacher Eti Bardack blows the shofar during a celebration of the Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashana on Friday.

Associated Press Onion jam and honey liven up simple chicken dish Perfect for Rosh Hashana, the Jewish new year that begins at sunset today, this dish tempers sweet honey with thyme and onions.

Israel should withdraw from nearly all territory captured in the 1967 Middle East war in return for peace with the Palestinians and Syria, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was quoted on Monday as telling a newspaper.

I had a chance to visit with my favorite psychic friend Irene Hughes , 88, and her husband Bill , 93, last week and catch up with everything that's new and exciting not only in their lives, but also what's in ...

Weight loss season typically isn't until January, but this weekend, Curves is debuting a new campaign that attempts to give women the motivation they need to work out until it is time for their New Year's ...