Matthew Sollars

Senators struck a deal on Tuesday to schedule a final vote on the health care overhaul for around 8 a.m. on Christmas Eve.

New York's City Council approved a rezoning plan for a 13-acre portion of the West Side Rail Yards where Mayor Bloomberg originally wanted to put a football stadium.

The City Council voted overwhelmingly to override three of Mayor Michael Bloomberg's vetoes today.

The federal government will impose big fines on airlines that hold passengers on grounded flights for longer than three hours.

Philanthropist Brooke Astor's son has been sentenced to one to three years in prison for exploiting his mother's mental frailty to plunder her millions.

Federal prosecutors in New York say they've disrupted a global drug-smuggling operation by Al Qaeda suspects.

Using a $26 software program, insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan were able to hack into live video feeds from U.S. unmanned drone aircraft.

Senators on the Banking Committee approved the nomination of Ben Bernanke to a second term as head of the federal reserve.

The British Library has a holiday treat for fans of Handel's "Messiah".

Four winners of the 2010 Midem Classical Awards have been announced. The awards will be presented at the classical music recording industry’s annual trade fair in Cannes in January.

The debate over health care reform ground to a halt in the Senate Wednesday afternoon.

A Pentagon spokesman announced that the first of 30,000 additional troops being sent to Afghanistan have arrived in the country.

Oral Roberts, the charismatic evangelist, has died of complications from pneumonia in Newport Beach, California. He was 91.

The Obama administration says Long Island's Shinnecock Indian Nation has met the criteria for recognition by the federal government.

Plácido Domingo will be given a special Grammy award for his contributions to classical music.

President Barack Obama told a gathering of the nation's top bankers at the White House to lend more to help boost the economy.

U.S. officials believe that a member of al-Qaida's inner circle was killed in a missile strike launched by an unmanned Predator drone earlier this week.

The House of Representatives passed a sweeping overhaul of the financial regulatory system on Friday.

A new report suggests that increased consumer spending may help prop up the shaky U.S.  economy.

New York's own Voices of Ascension choir was nominated for its first Grammy Award last week.