world gone mad

The United States attorney in Manhattan said that although there was evidence that Eliot Spitzer violated the Mann Act, other crucial factors were not present.

Prices are dropping at stores where people usually wrinkle their noses at the mention of the word “sale.”

An elimination of the homeowners’ rebate requires City Council approval, the top budget official admitted.

An 18-year-old man suspected in a deadly shooting at a house party in the Bronx early Sunday was arrested and charged with murder and related offenses, police said.

The charges were the first to arise from a host of state and federal investigations into the legitimacy of disability payments at the Long Island Rail Road.

Even those who agree with the mayor's plan for a surcharge on plastic bags at stores say that weaning off such a useful item could be particularly difficult.

The neuroscientist has been charged with attempted murder after she was accused of trying to kill an American solider and F.B.I. agents in Afghanistan.

Senate Republicans' unexpected decision to vote on Tuesday on Gov. David A. Paterson's budget plan sent the governor scrambling to respond.

A Brooklyn variety-store owner was critically wounded during a shootout Monday night in which he shot and killed two robbers, the police said.

Christopher J. Christie silenced skeptics by making and winning cases against elected officials and political powers from both major parties.

Only days ago, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg was seen as New York’s salvation from fiscal doom, but now he is criticized as not knowing what he’s talking about.

An 82-year-old Holocaust survivor from Belarus finds herself struggling once again.

Inside the private office of the Rev. Al Sharpton, a small wood-paneled chamber in central Harlem.

Nov. 17, 2008.

Nearly a year into an experiment to improve service, both lines received improved ratings for cleanliness but the 7 was given low marks on reliability.

A Queens man was arraigned on a charge of second degree manslaughter after a bullet he fired while deer hunting killed a 16-month-old girl, police said.

Serving breakfast in the classroom rather than the cafeteria appears to remove the stigma attached to schoolchildren who qualify for low-income meals.

This week, Jonathan Bowles, director of the Center for an Urban Future, will answer selected readers' questions about immigrant entrepreneurs.

An adventurous young foodie investigates a new Italian restaurant on the Upper West Side.

The sentencing of Nixzaliz Santiago in the death of Nixzmary Brown raises questions about the lawful obligations of being a good mother.