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President Obama speaks at the commencement ceremony for the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., on Friday.

Due to overwhelming demand, the producers of Off-Broadway's hit comedy HOW TO BE A NEW YORKER have put a new block of seats on sale through August 24th.

The city of Detroit may be facing a deepening financial crisis but that hasn't stopped four trustees of its public pension funds from spending $22,000 of retirement system funds to attend a conference in Hawaii this week.

A federal judge has ruled that the office of America's self-proclaimed toughest sheriff systematically singled out Latinos in its trademark immigration patrols, marking the first finding by a court that the... A federal judge has ruled that the office of America's self-proclaimed toughest sheriff systematically singled out Latinos in its trademark ... (more)

Passengers wait for their flight in the outdoor patio in the Delta airlines Sky club at terminal 4 at JFK airport, Friday, May 24, 2013 in New York.

A veteran of London's bike-share scheme debunks the myths surrounding Citi Bikes as New Yorkers gear up for launch They have arrived! Glowing in Citbank blue, hundreds of Bloomberg Bikes emerged from nowhere onto the streets of New York in the early hours of Friday, greeted with a combination of curiosity, puzzlement, and not a little suspicion.

New Yorkers of all shapes and sizes gathered together for the Spring Naked Painting Party on May 23, 2013 and you guessed it, they all got naked and painted on each other's bodies.

Two studies have slammed commonly held assumptions about stop-and-frisk this week.

The attorney general's office warns New Yorkers against scam robocalls targeting seniors and offering free medical alert equipment -- with back-end fees for monitoring.

Anthony Weiner's long-anticipated official announcement that he's running for mayor of New York City began with a slight glitch this week: A video announcing his candidacy was posted on YouTube in the middle of the night, then yanked off the site -- and eventually posted again.

Pioneer Courthouse Square will be filled with people making art at about noon Thursday when a flash mob springs to life.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says it would be a "shame" if Anthony Weiner was elected mayor of New York City.

Jurors sided with the real estate mogul-turned-TV showman in a weeklong civil trial focused on Jacqueline Goldberg's claim that Trump cheated her in a condo bait-and-switch scheme.

In this May 14, 2013 file photo, Donald Trump arrives at federal court in Chicago to testify at a civil trial where he's accused of cheating an 87-year-old woman in a skyscraper condo deal.

A man was arrested Wednesday in connection with one of the eight anti-gay attacks that have struck New York in recent weeks.

Somali-Canadian rapper K'naan has long drawn musical inspiration from his troubled homeland.

High-tech businesses from other states and abroad that move onto or next to college campuses in New York would operate free of all business, property and personal income taxes for 10 years under a proposal released Wednesday by Gov.

Last weekend, 32-year-old New Yorker Mark Carson was gunned down in the West Village, in what is being treated as an anti-gay hate crime.

"That's good, but the attacks are terrible, and I would want to know why all of a sudden there's an increase in attacks.

The nation's big cities are riding out the first years of the post-downturn era with plenty of company - boosting their population via a youth movement.