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In New York City - which already bans smoking in public parks in the name of public health and bars artificial trans fats from food served in restaurants - Mayor Michael Bloomberg now wants to stop sales of large sodas and other sugary drinks, in a bid to battle obesity.

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In his latest effort to fight obesity in this era of Big Gulps and triple bacon cheeseburgers, Mayor Michael Bloomberg is proposing an unprecedented ban on large servings of soda and other sugary drinks at restaurants, delis, sports arenas and movie theaters.

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's proposed ban on large sugary drinks was so hard to swallow it caused some to call him a fascist, a word more often hurled at President Obama.

Legislation coming up for a House vote would make it a federal crime to carry out an abortion based on the gender of the fetus.

An appeals court has ruled that a law that denies a host of federal benefits to same-sex married couples is unconstitutional.

New York City plans to ban the sale of large sodas and other sugary drinks in an effort to combat obesity.

Ann Carimbocas, who allegedly stabbed her daughter inside of af friend's home at 144-67 176th St in Queens, is removed from the 105th Precinct station house to be taken to the hospital.

The car before the swarm: bees in the back of a beekeeper's Mercedes on Tuesday afternoon.

The National September 11 Memorial and Museum on Wednesday marked the 10th anniversary of the end of cleanup operations at the site with a tribute to recovery workers and first responders.

Jurors in an Upper East Side torture-robbery trial today viewed heartbreaking autopsy photos of Auschwitz survivor and former disco owner Guido Felix Brinkmann.

Police are seeking this man in connection with a rape that took place on 89th Ave.

The Importance of Being Earnest , David Zippel 's reinvention of Oscar Wilde 's classic Victorian comedy, will get a June 11 reading in Manhattan, with Tony Award winner Christine Ebersole as Mrs.

Somewhere in the Carmel hills of northern Israel, diamond exploration company Shefa Yamim hopes to uncover the exact spot where faith meets science.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg proposed legislation Tuesday that would make it easier to fire teachers for inappropriate sexual conduct with students.

A celebrity jeweler was arrested for beating a man with her umbrella in a vicious spat over a parking space in the West Village, authorities said yesterday.

Detectives try to figure out why a mother would try to kill her eight-year-old daughter, as the girl fights for her life in a Queens hospital.

A young girl remains hospitalized after police say she was stabbed multiple times by her mother this morning in Queens.