Matthew Sollars

An Italian judge convicted 23 Americans for their role in the 2003 kidnapping of an Egyptian cleric on a Milan street.

Republicans won major races in New York, New Jersey and across the country Tuesday.

Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said on Tuesday that health care reform legislation may not make it through Congress before the end of the year.

Beyond the mayoral race, New Yorkers go to the polls to in some high profile, citywide offices on Tuesday.

Bernard Madoff's accountant pleaded guilty to fraud charges on Tuesday, but insisted that he did not know Madoff was running the biggest Ponzi scheme in history.

President Barack Obama has appointed a number for people, including several New Yorkers, to serve on the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities.

The special election for an upstate House seat drew yet another political heavyweight. Vice President Joe Biden campaigned in Watertown on Monday for Democrat Bill Owens.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton dampened her praise for Israel on the issue of settlements in Palestinian areas during a visit to the Middle East.

The Broadway revival of Neil Simon's "Brighton Beach Memoirs" closed abruptly on Sunday, just one week after opening at the Nederlander Theater.

President Barack Obama said on Friday that he will move to overturn a 22-year-old provision that bars those diagnosed with HIV from traveling or immigrating to the U.S.

Federal funding of arts and cultural programs would reach its highest level in 16 years under a bill heading to the White House.

Federal prosecutors told a judge on Friday that Bernard Madoff's longtime accountant is expected to plead guilty to charges of securities fraud, investment adviser fraud, making false filings and obstructing the administration of tax laws.

In unusually blunt language, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton criticized Pakistan for failing to hunt down senior al-Qaeda leaders who take refuge within its borders.

Tehran has rejected key elements of a U.N.-brokered deal that would ship Iranian uranium to Russia and France for processing, according to a report by The New York Times.

Democrats in the House of Representatives unveiled their health reform bill on Capitol Hill Thursday.

Governor Paterson has declared a state of emergency to free up personnel and resources in case the swine flu outbreak worsens.

First Lady Michelle Obama will open the White House to classical music next week.

The New York City Council approved the Museum of Modern Art's proposal for a new 82-story tower in Midtown on Wednesday.

The New York City Ballet promoted five dancers to the rank of principal dancer on Tuesday.

NASA successfully launched a new rocket on a brief test flight Wednesday.