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A former student at Rutgers University was indicted Wednesday on bias intimidation and other charges after allegedly using a webcam to spy on a same-sex encounter involving his roommate, who committed suicide afterward.

The Tribeca Film Festival, which turns 10 this year, has become a staple of the festival circuit. This year, the festival, which includes 93 feature films and 60 short films, runs f...

Grete Waitz, nine-time winner of the New York City Marathon who transformed the sport of running, died Tuesday after a six-year battle with cancer. She was 57.

The winners of the 2011 Pulitzer Prize were announced Monday — with the New York Times scooping up three awards, one for photography and two for business commentary and international reporting.

The defense has rested in the insider trading trial of a hedge fund boss accused of making tens of million of dollars by profiting off secret information.

A man who allegedly stabbed the owner of an upper-crust Brooklyn pizzeria last week has been charged with attempted murder.

The city is launching a new green port initiative in Red Hook, Brooklyn, that will allow cruise ships to power up from the city's electrical grid when docked.

A 10-year-old boy had less than two minutes to escape the family minivan after his distraught mother plunged the vehicle into the Hudson River on Tuesday night killing herself and three of her children, an official said.

President Barack Obama proposed lowering the nation's future deficits by $4 trillion over the next 12 years through lower spending in health care programs and tax increases.

A state education panel is recommending that Deputy Mayor Dennis Walcott be granted a waiver to serve as the new city schools chancellor.

Sidney Harman, the stereo pioneer who late in life bought Newsweek and was at its helm during the newsweekly's merger with The Daily Beast, died Tuesday in Washington, D.C. He was 92.

The 10 sets of remains found along a remote Long Island highway are not linked to the deaths of four Atlantic City prostitutes in 2006, a New York police official said Wednesday.

Japan has raised the level of the disaster at its nuclear power plant to a 7. Although that's the same level as the Chernobyl disaster, according to The Associated Press Japanese officials say Fukushima has leaked a tenth of the radiation released at Chernobyl.

The man accused of killing four people and wounding four others in a 28-hour stabbing spree pleaded not guilty to murder charges in Brooklyn court on Tuesday.

New York state Senator Carl Kruger pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to charges that he accepted $1 million in bribes in a federal corruption case.

The Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum will be the future home of the space shuttle Enterprise, a prototype shuttle used for tests that never went into space.

Katie Couric, saying she's uncertain of her future plans, refused to confirm reports that she is leaving the CBS "Evening News" during an interview with WNYC's Leonard Lopate on Tuesday.

The two jets that were involved in a minor collision on the runway at John F. Kennedy Airport last night will be inspected to determine the extent of their damage, officials said.

Laurent Gbagbo, the former president of Ivory Coast, has been arrested, after authorities forced their way into the bunker where he's secluded himself for the past several days and apprehended him on Monday.

A loyal employee for a hedge fund founder charged in an insider trading case said his ex-boss was a hard-charging businessman.