High court refuses a replay of Florida
The Supreme Court refused to get involved in the high-stakes political battle over the New Jersey Senate campaign Monday, clearing the way for Democrats to replace Sen. Robert Torricelli, who...
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Suspect taken off life support
The parents of Kevin Williams authorized hospital officials to take him off life-support machines Thursday, all but ending investigators' hopes of solving the mystery surrounding the disappearance of his brother,...
Without fanfare or speeches, the fallen are remembered
A world away from the official ceremonies and historic speeches in lower Manhattan, a small crowd of firefighters and family members talked softly in the dim garage of a Brooklyn...
Scars still burn for firefighters
The dead men's lockers are inscribed with new names. The sidewalk shrine is washed away. The garage wall is freshly painted and ready for six brass plaques, one for each...
The artist’s empire
Terry Redlin, an artist from this farm-and-factory city, knows his lushly cheerful paintings of cottages, sleigh rides, ducks and campfires generate nothing but sniffs from art critics. Yet he sticks...
Church finds sex abuse has no guaranteed cure
One after another, Roman Catholic priests accused of sexually molesting children check into a handful of specialized hospitals around the country to confront a destructive disorder that science can control...
NYC reels from the fallout
After a decade that saw many New Yorkers reach monumental heights of prosperity and satisfaction, the city is confronting an economic crisis to rival any in its history. The economic...
N.Y. plane crash kills 265
Less than two minutes after taking off from John F. Kennedy International Airport en route to the Dominican Republic, American Airlines Flight 587 smashed into a quiet, seaside residential area...
Unlikely mayor to take on troubled Big Apple
He never had run for public office. Before announcing his candidacy for mayor in this overwhelmingly Democratic city, he jumped parties and became a Republican. To his opponents' delight, his...
Wealth, media savvy help cinch win
For a city in crisis, it was an extraordinary choice: a billionaire and political novice over a career Democrat in a city where registered Democrats outnumber Republicans 5 to 1....