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A platoon sergeant from Texas is facing a court-martial in connection with the death of a 19-year-old soldier from Manhattan's Chinatown.

The scheme works like this: someone steals your identity, and uses it to get married to an undocumented immigrant for money. Then, when you are ready to get married, you can't, because you already are.

The New York World, a digital news enterprise at Columbia University, says that scenario has played out dozens — maybe hundreds — of times in the last few years in the city.

Building at the World Trade Center site has been progressing, despite delays over the years. Ten years after the Twin Towers fell, construction has been beset by political infighting and other complicating issues.

Today, hundreds of thousands of young undocumented immigrants can apply for temporary work permits under President Barack Obama's deferred action initiative. That figure includes tens of thousands of New Yorkers, many of whom applied on Wednesday.

A Long Island Rail Road retiree has pleaded guilty for his role in a massive disability scam.

The New York Times Company has named BBC head Mark Thompson as its president and CEO. The choice — an Englishman with no newspaper experience and little advertising background — seems to indicate the company may be focused on a digital future.

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie will be the keynote speaker at the Republican National Convention in Tampa. What should the rising Republican star say? We asked you to compose @Gov...

A former New York police captain who's now a state Senator is promoting a new app that will allow New Yorkers to report suspected crimes.

A man on a jet ski was able to breach security at Kennedy Airport over the weekend when he became stranded in a New York bay and walked undetected through two runways and into a terminal.

The police shot and killed a man in Midtown Manhattan just blocks from Times Square on Saturday.

Legendary political boss Ray Harding passed away this week. Harding was the head of the Liberal party and a close ally of former Mayor Rudy Giuliani, whose career ended in disgrace in 2009.

A new film by director Spike Lee has its roots in Brooklyn. Lee discusses his latest collaboration, films in general and, of course, basketball with friend, actor and guest host John ...

NYPD detectives and evidence technicians are once again on scene at the basement of a Soho building at West Broadway and Prince Street where Etan Patz was allegedly killed in 1979.

The U. S. Justice Department says it will not bring criminal charges against Goldman Sachs or its employees for selling investors complicated packages of mortgage-backed securitie...

Police are going in and out of the basement in Soho at West Broadway and Prince Street where Etan Patz was allegedly killed in 1979 as part of an investigation related to the case.

It's the hottest year on record for New York City and the Northeast region.

The only person to admit to a crime in either of two deadly 2008 construction crane collapses was spared jail Tuesday, under a plea deal two slain men's relatives scorned as an injustice.

New York-based pharmaceutical company Pfizer will pay the federal government $60 million to settle allegations that employees bribed doctors and officials overseas to win business.

Four men have been convicted of stealing nearly $6 million from Columbia University by tampering with its bill-payment system.

A prestigious New York City prep school has announced steps that it's taking to address reports of past sexual abuse at the institution.