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' A diminutive grandmother pleaded guilty to her role in a family-run prostitution ring that smuggled women from Mexico to New York who were sometimes violently coerced to perform sex acts.

Presidential candidate Barack Obama urged Europe to stand by the United States in stabilizing Afghanistan in a speech to over 200,000 in Berlin that stressed the need for unity in the face of new threats.

The Hudson River is scenic, historic - but swimmable? Yes, much of the time, though dirty rainwater and raw sewage still contaminate parts of New York state's iconic waterway after decades of cleanup efforts, ...

But U.S. District Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein said he would make an exception for a pivotal witness whose questionable testimony helped send Ethel Rosenberg to the electric chair: her 86-year-old brother.

British actor Christian Bale, 34, leaves Belgravia Police Station in central London Tuesday July 22, 2008.

Thousands of evening commuters and rail travelers in the Northeast were delayed Wednesday after a power outage snarled train service in the region.

Gov. David Paterson has signed legislation to permit horizontal drilling for oil and natural gas while promising enforcement of environmental safeguards to protect water quality.

According to amNY, Grimaldi's was seized today by the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance for withholding taxes: "Grimaldi's has for two years been in a dispute with tax officials over allegedly ...

The National Transportation Safety Board said Wednesday it is investigating a near collision of airborne planes at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport -- the third such incident at a major airport this ...

Singer Ashanti is photographed in New York on Thursday, May 29, 2008. Grammy-winning singer and Long Island native Ashanti has a new gig NEW YORK - Grammy-winning singer and Long Island native Ashanti has a new ...

A New Yorker who killed a man after a deal for an ice-cream truck went bad pleaded guilty to aggravated murder and will be sentenced to life in prison next month.

Oil prices tumbled more than $3 per barrel Tuesday as Tropical Storm Dolly grew increasingly unlikely to threaten supply, giving traders one less reason to buy as a strengthening dollar helped keep prices in ...

Many drug addicts, problem gamblers and alcoholics will find it harder to kick their habits in New York than anywhere else in the country now that smoking will be banned in all public and private recovery ...

Junior middleweight James Moore ready for return to the ring against Lloyd Christian Joseph at B.B. Kings on Wednesday, August 6. The popular junior middleweight James Moore, 15-1 , a native of County Wicklow, ...

Yet another town-hall meeting isn't doing the trick. Neither is dropping in on a former Republican president.

Consuelo Carreto Valencia is so small that when she leans forward in her chair at the defense table at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, her head barely clears the table top.

For a humorous look at the rigours of world travel and derring-do in Victorian times, take a trip with the fast-paced off-Broadway play "Around the World in 80 Days," adapted by Mark Brown from the Jules Verne ...

Oil prices rose yesterday on a threat of new sanctions against Iran and as Tropical Storm Dolly headed into the Gulf of Mexico, prompting a hurricane watch for parts of Texas and Mexico.

Gov. David Paterson is supporting a plan to create low-interest student loans for public and private universities in New York.

Patients are being recruited for a clinical trial of a new targeted radiation and chemotherapy protocol for pleural mesothelioma, a cancer of the lung's lining that's almost always caused by exposure to ...