Stephen Nessen

Following in the footsteps of fellow Bronx Zoo resident the Egyptian Cobra, a peahen escaped from the Bronx Zoo Monday. But unlike her slithery pal, she didn't get out for long.

In a visit to New York City, Mexico's President Felipe Calderon got a tour of City Hall with Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Tuesday. Calderon praised the mayor's anti-gun program Mayors Against Illegal Guns. He presented the mayor with a silver bowl and was given a silver apple in return.

Commuters had mixed reactions Monday to a new proposal that calls for the creation a No Ride List for Amtrak to safeguard against terrorists in the wake of reports that al Qaeda planned to target U.S. trains.

(New York -- Stephen Nessen, WNYC)

Five Boro Bike Tour organizers peddled an apology to riders for a "regrettable lack" of communication during the race last weekend in an email Thursday night.

PHOTOS. Take a look at President Barack Obama's visit to Ground Zero to honor the victims of September 11, 2001, following the killing of Osama bin Laden in Pakistan this week.

China watchers and writers Ian Buruma, Yan Lianke, Linda Polman, David Rieff, and Zha Jianying spoke at the PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature to discuss human ri...

The day after Osama bin Laden was killed and buried at sea, New Yorkers and visitors flocked to the World Trade Center site to see the construction and leave memorials for those killed on September 11, 2001.

The hum of 32,000 cyclists could be heard spinning through 42 miles of road through all five boroughs during the annual Five Boro Bike Tour on Sunday. 

The city will celebrate bike month by closing 42 miles of streets for the sold-out Five-Boro Bike Tour on Sunday when 32,000 cyclists will pedal through the city in what is the 34th year of the event.

The bodies of "Restrepo" co-director Tim Hetherington and Pulitzer Prize-nominee Chris Hondros have left Libya and are headed to their respective home countries a day after a rocket-propelled attack claimed the lives of both men while they were covering fighting in Libya on Wednesday.

PHOTOS. Coney Island unveiled its first new roller coaster since the iconic Cyclone opened in 1927 on Wednesday.

The USS Intrepid is getting a make-over one block at a time. Lego artist Ed Diment is constructing a 22-foot, 550-lbs. Lego model of the USS Intrepid at the museum, just feet away from the actual aircraft carrier.

As the investigation continues into a possible serial killer on Long Island that led to the discovery of 10 sets of human remains, sex workers who fear turning to authorities to report crimes say they have methods of trying to prevent against victimization.

The 109-year old Willis Avenue bridge drifted down the East River early Tuesday morning as it headed for Jersey City. It was replaced last July as part of a $612 million project.

PHOTOS. WNYC began visiting the World Trade Center site in April 2010 and continues to document the construction of One World Trade Center, the 9/11 Memorial, the transportation hub a...

A human skull was found in the vegetation just 90 feet from Ocean Parkway on Monday as cops moved their search for evidence in the suspected serial killer slayings from Suffolk to adjacent Nassau County. More remains were found in a second location Monday, bringing the possible number of victims to 10.

At 92nd Street and 2nd Avenue sandhogs, or tunnel workers, are busily boring through rock and laying tracks. The 2nd Avenue subway line is a capital program of the MTA and when finished, is expected to run along 2nd Avenue from 125th Street to the Financial District. The MTA has more here. Phase one of four is currently underway.

Details of the slayings at the hands of a suspected Long Island serial killer are sparse, but experts painted a vivid picture of the mind behind the killings based on past behavior of cold-blooded killers.

Constant supervision. Selective censorship. No recording in the court room. With the trial of the accused September 11 mastermind and four others moved to Guantanamo Bay, reporters c...