The New Yorker is serializing Pulitzer-Prize winning author Jennifer Egan’s latest short story, “Black Box,” through Twitter.

On Sunday, nearly 15,000 runners will run through the streets of Manhattan for the NYC Half marathon. For organizers, it will be a dress rehearsal of sorts for its larger running spectacle: the ING NYC Marathon in November.

President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama paid tribute to U.S. military members who served in Iraq by hosting a dinner Wednesday night. As the president explained, it was an opportunity “to express those simple words that we can never say enough: thank you.”

A Marine colonel from New York will be representing the state during a dinner at the White House Wednesday night to mark the end of the war in Iraq by recognizing the men and women in uniform who served in Iraq.

A call went out last year to knitters and crocheters across the country: create a handcrafted scarf to keep Super Bowl volunteers warm in Indianapolis on Super Bowl Sunday.

From one lawmaker's tenuous relationship with facts to a serious case of Twitter misuse, 2011 gave us plenty of cringe-inducing moments. Here's a look back at 10 political gaffes we won't forget anytime soon.

Over a month after police cleared the Occupy Wall Street encampment from Zuccotti Park, some remnants still remain — the police barricades

Unless Santa Claus has upgraded his sled to a stealth model, the North American Aerospace Defense Command, known as NORAD, will be tracking Santa as he makes his way around the globe.

Federal prosecutors announced Wednesday that stolen Wedgewood china looted from one of Saddam Hussein's palaces had been turned over to Iraqi diplomats. The news hits close to home for an arts group in New York since the plates were used as part of an art exhibit that started with an interest in dates and dinner plates.

A Manhattan man who was described by city officials as an al-Qaida sympathizer was arrested on charges that he was plotting to bomb police patrol cars, postal facilities and target members of the armed forces returning home, Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced Sunday.

A bill introduced by New York Senator Charles Schumer to Congress this week would enable victims of terrorism to hold foreign sponsors of terrorism accountable in U.S. courts.

PHOTOS + TIMELAPSE VIDEO. Tens of thousands gathered to run the New York City marathon on Sunday as cheering spectators lined the streets from Bay Ridge to Central Park in the city's annual rite of autumn. WNYC editor Caitlyn Kim chronicled route in photos when a record 47,107 runners raced through the five boroughs.

View the top sellers from the fall Impressionist and Modern art auctions at Christie's and Sotheby's — without having to spend millions — here.

The Clinton Global Initiative will draw at least one VIP speaker from the United Nations General Assembly meeting across town on Day No. 2 of the annual gathering: President Barack Obama is scheduled to address the meeting Wednesday.

Twenty-two people received great news from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation over the past week — they were named as recipients of the MacArthur Fellowship, otherwise known as the Genius Award.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg asked New Yorkers to be vigilant but go about their business Friday despite a credible but unconfirmed terror threat to coincide with the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks involving New York or Washington.

Up to 11 inches of rain from Tropical Storm Irene turned Vermont’s placid streams into churning torrents of water that toppled homes, washed out roads and bridges and stranded scores of people.

The MTA will institute an unprecedented system-wide shutdown this weekend ahead of Hurricane Irene. Transportation options will be limited —  severely limited. It's best to find a safe place and stay put, but here are options available if travel is a must.