New York News

The death in Italy of James Gandolfini, who played Mafia boss Tony Soprano on the popular HBO show "The Sopranos," was part of an unusual convergence of mob-related news making headlines this week.

Alberta Premier Alison Redford says the United States and Canada share political and environmental values and must work together to become energy independent of those who do not.

Police have arrested a New York City man in connection with a car wreck that left a half city block in shambles and severely injured a 60-year-old man.

Federal authorities on Wednesday accused two upstate New York men of assembling a portable X-ray weapon that they intended to use to secretly sicken opponents of Israel.

The deadline draws closer by the hour. In New York, the band of good-government reformers, labor unions, enviros, community organizers, religious leaders, and more have until Thursday night , when the current legislative session ends, to press state lawmakers to pass legislation combating political corruption and kickstarting a public financing ... (more)

More than half a million additional New York City residents could be told to evacuate their homes during future hurricanes after the city expanded flood evacuation maps in the wake of Hurricane Sandy .

There's no guarantee that President Barack Obama's health care law will launch smoothly and on time, congressional investigators say in the first in-depth independent look at its progress.

FBI agents in suburban Detroit widened their search of an overgrown field on Tuesday for the remains of former Teamsters union boss Jimmy Hoffa, who disappeared nearly 38 years ago and is thought to have been murdered by mobsters.

Dr. Megan Hunt is back at work in "Body Of Proof: The Complete Third Season" now available on DVD - and things are off and running for the medical examiner.

Now that could be a thing of the past. New York City has teamed up with AT&T to install 25 solar-powered charging stations for public use, available for free in parks and beaches across the five boroughs over the summer.

The chairman of the House Intelligence Committee says it appears the much-criticized national electronic surveillance program foiled "dozens" of terrorist plots.

Mel Wymore is a typical city council candidate in many ways, campaigning as a community board appointee, ex-PTA chair and founder of a roster of local organizations.

Tom Bianchi is justifiably well known as one of the most talented photographers of male erotica in the world.

A former hitman will testify for a second day in the racketeering trial of James "Whitey" Bulger, as Bulger's attorneys prepare to attack his credibility.

Chilean nanny Felicitas del Carmen Villanueva Garnica, 50, says she was forced into "involuntary servitude" by a Manhattan couple who denied her food, medicine and fair pay.

Passengers aboard United flight 116 bound for the U.S. from Hong Kong were finally able to leave a Newark Liberty International Airport terminal late Monday afternoon after a flier was taken into custody and hospitalized after allegedly demanding that the plane be diverted to Canada.

Erin Brady of South Glastonbury, Conn., won the beauty pageant at the Planet Hollywood hotel-casino after strutting in a white sparkly gown and answering a question about the U.S. Supreme Court's decision upholding widespread DNA tests.

Showers are thunderstorms are possible over central New York through mid afternoon Monday.

New York lawmakers are pushing Amtrak to add baggage cars to its passenger trains that would be capable of carrying bicycles.

The latest Siena College research poll says that Governor Andrew Cuomo is less popular now than he has ever been since taking office two and a half years ago.