Remains in East River, N.Y., may be those of missing autistic boy
A shoe and a pair of jeans discovered with human remains in the frigid East River are similar to those worn by a 14-year-old boy whose disappearance in October mystified...
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Bill de Blasio wins New York mayoral election
NEW YORK – With violent crime at historic lows but rents and homelessness at record highs, New Yorkers elected Democrat Bill de Blasio as their next mayor Tuesday after embracing...
GOP candidates blast Obama’s Mideast policy
NEW YORK — With world leaders in New York for the U.N. General Assembly, Republican presidential hopefuls seized the opportunity Tuesday to blame President Barack Obama for the most contentious...
Haitians mob rare oases of fuel
The Texaco station on the hill had been open only an hour Sunday and already it was a mob scene. Trucks with 50-gallon tanks vied for space near the pumps...
Capital is scene of horror as toll comes into focus
As darkness fell on Haiti's capital Wednesday, crowds gathered outdoors in the relative safety of the streets. Almost like a huge school choir, earthquake survivors broke out in loud communal...
Hard times never tasted so sweet
To appreciate Carmen Botez's love affair with chocolate, one must travel back to her childhood in dreary Romania, where the only chocolate she knew came from China, wrapped in red...
It’s no secret: Models are a hit
It's what all young women do in their spare time: lounge about in frilly underwear, fiddle with their rhinestone belly button rings and prance on the sofa, oblivious to passers-by...
Big bucks don’t always mean big win in politics
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg narrowly won a third term last week, but he also earned -- or, rather, very handsomely paid for -- a less-welcome distinction, becoming the...
Son convicted of looting Astor estate
After nearly two weeks of deliberations, a jury Thursday convicted Brooke Astor's son of grand larceny and conspiracy in a scheme to force the philanthropist and New York socialite to...
In Times Square, poets multiply
What rhymes with "Times"? Does it matter? Not to poets evoking the flair of Times Square, standing behind a microphone on a gusty late September evening to read the winning...