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Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak says he won't run again in September elections. President Barack Obama, who spoke to Mubarak following his announcement on Tuesday, is urging an "orderly transition."

Thomas Dold of Germany must have been in an Empire state of mind.

A Florida judge has ruled that the nation's new healthcare law is unconstitutional, marking a victory for the 26 states who challenged it. The states challenged a provision of the law that requires Americans to buy health insurance or pay a penalty.

Another storm expected to dump two to five inches of snow on the city is on its way.

The people who brought New York the arresting images of a woman whose fingers were amputated because of a crippling nicotine addiction and the folks who showed how effortlessly soda turns into fat have unleashed a new grossed-straight video.

Comedian Jon Stewart has joined the board of the foundation in charge of building the September 11 memorial in New York.

Rahm Emanuel is back on the Chicago mayoral ballot.

Mayor Bloomberg, who said he took the subway this morning, closed all non-emergency government offices in the city and advised New Yorkers to stay home Thursday after 19 inches of s...

Donald Trump is hungering to take over Tavern on the Green.

Former Bronx state senator Guy Valella, whose influence was felt from Westchester Chester to Albany during his 30-year tenure in the legislature, died Thursday from lung cancer. He was 66. 

The decision to charge the film student accused of knifing a Muslim taxi driver with hate-crime charges was upheld by a judge in a Manhattan court on Wednesday.

Thousands of protestors calling for President Hosni Mubarak's resignation took to the streets in Egypt on Tuesday. At least three people — two protestors and one policeman — have been killed, according to The Associated Press.

A Brooklyn man who watched his wife die then had to sit with her body for a day in the wake of the December blizzard has taken steps to sue the city.

The first Guantanamo detainee to have a U.S. civilian trial was sentenced to life in prison by a judge in federal court in Manhattan Tuesday.

New York's newly annointed Health Commissioner said he was commited to not implementing the controversial sugar tax.

The bodies of three women found near Jones Beach on Long Island have been identified as escorts or prostitutes who advertised their services online and may have been the victim of a serial killer, officials said.

An NYPD counter-terrorism detective has been sent to Moscow to assist in the investigation of a suspected suicide bombing that killed at least 35 and wounded 180.

 

The woman who officials said confessed to snatching a baby from Harlem hospital more than two decades ago does not feel remorse for her actions despite the apology she made in a statement to FBI agents, members of her family said Monday.

The Jets were knocked out of Super Bowl contention with a devastating loss to the Steelers in Pittsburgh Sunday night.