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Joining the dozens of ships cruising up the Hudson today for the beginning of the 23rd Fleet Week was New York's latest addition to anti-terrorism security -- what the Fire Department ...

Miss Universe Stefania Fernandez celebrates Cinco de Mayo at a Mexican chain restaurant. (Photo by Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images)

Over the years, Cinco de Mayo has almost become an unofficial national ...

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About 125 people gathered this morning in front of St. Vincent’s Hospital in the West Village after its board of directors voted yesterday to close most of its patient services. Neighborhood residents, hospital staff ...

Russian Consul General Andrey Yushmanov ringing the "Bell of Hope"(Photo by Chine Labbe)

The “Bell of Hope” rang 20 times shortly after noon today in memory of the victims of the Moscow ...

About 100 people gathered at the corner of Washington Place and Greene Street in the Lower East Side today to commemorate the 99th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.

Union members, students, teachers, and firefighters paid tribute to the 146 young immigrant workers whose lives were taken ...

On Saturday afternoon, March 25, 1911, a fire broke out in the Triangle Waist Company, a garment manufacturer in lower Manhattan.

Actor Gloria Lowery Tyrell playing Harriet Tubman

There are many facets to the legacy of Harriet Tubman, the most famous conductor of the Underground Railroad, known to have helped free more than 300 slaves. Gov. George Pataki in ...

New York, NY —

Once again, Barbie is the star of the American International Toy fair. This time the doll was debuting her newest professional passion.

Fans chose her latest career in an online poll, and the winner by an overwhelming margin: TV news anchor.

Michelle Chidoni, manager for the Barbie ...

Rev. Billy, the former preacher turned activist/comic performer celebrated Valentine's Day this year by holding a group "unmarrying" ceremony for couples in Central Park. The event, staged by the reverend's Church of Life after Shopping, was meant to send a message to New York's legislators who did not pass a ...

New York, NY —

On Saturday, the entire first floor of CUNY’s Medgar Ever College, in Central Brooklyn, was transformed into a free legal clinic to help Haitians in New York apply for Temporary Protected Status, or TPS.

The clinic was set up by a group of organizations including the ...