Amy Eddings

Two of the biggest names in advertising — Omnicom, based here in New York, and Publicis of Paris — are merging to form the world's largest ad firm.

If you happen to pass by a pile of apricots at a farmers market in the New York area, take a little time to appreciate the combination of skill and luck that brought them to harvest. ...

Two days ago, chances are nobody had ever heard of The Dirty. But now the website is in all major headlines as the place where the latest X-rated pictures involving Anthony Weiner surfaced. Another website, Buzzfeed, also published a piece on the woman who allegedly received the pictures from Weiner. The fact that two online publications are at the center of this story is raising questions about credibility and the evolution of media.

Call it the summer of zombies! World War Z is just one of the movies this season with an apocalyptic feel.

The survey also found Weiner’s unfavorability is at its highest levels of the campaign season, and that’s helping Council Speaker Christine Quinn. She is now the frontrunner among Dem...

Federal authorities are charging the hedge fund owned by billionaire Steven Cohen with making hundreds of millions of dollars illegally, and of engaging in rampant insider trading. Tuesday's announcement caps years of investigations into alleged misdeeds at Cohen's firm, SAC Capital Advisors, which at one point managed $15 billion in assets.

Perhaps the most remarkable part of Anthony Weiner's news conference Tuesday — where he admitted that he continued sexting, even after he resigned from Congress — was the moment his wife, Huma Abedin, stepped up to the podium to defend her husband and to explain her own actions.

Detroit's bankruptcy filing last week is a story that has shaken up officials across the country, especially in New Jersey. The cash-strapped city of Camden, for example, continues to face budgetary shortfalls, and recently cut its entire police force in a belt-tightening move.

George Zimmerman's acquittal in the death of Trayvon Martin is re-igniting calls for a national conversation about race. CNN news analysts and other on-air personalities repeated the phrase several times over the weekend as emotions ran high. But is it the media's job after racially charged events like this to facilitate the conversation?

No one has been executed in New York State in 50 years, but federal prosecutors are determined to change that.  They returned to court this month to try for a death sentence for Ronell Wilson.  

Josh Kilmer-Purcell and Brent Ridge of The Fabulous Beekman Boys talk about the gooseberry craze of the 19th century. Try a recipe for Beekman 1802 Goat Cheese Gooseberry Fool. 

With ex-politicians Anthony Weiner, Eliot Spitzer and Vito Lopez all eyeing spots on the ballot this fall, New York Times columnist Gail Collins wonders whether politics in New York C...

Tom Wickham of Wickham's Fruit Farm explains why cherry season is so short. Find out where to pick the last cherries of the year in the New York area. Also, try recipes for cherry claflouti and sweet cherry sauce.

Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes has established a panel to help review as many as 50 murder convictions associated with a retired NYPD detective whose work may have been tainted.

This week, the country reacted to several landmark Supreme Court decisions that had huge implications for the civil rights movement. But in a Sanford, Fla.  courtroom, it was the first week of testimony in the high profile murder trial of George Zimmerman for shooting and killing unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin.

Amy Eddings roasts coffee expert Liz Clayton in a lightning round of questions.

Coffee expert Liz Clayton details the two best ways of making iced coffee at home. Check out her recipes for over night cold brew and Japanese cold brew.

Two polls are showing former Rep. Anthony Weiner gaining ground among the city's Democrats in his bid for the party nomination in the New York City mayoral race.

Manhattan, Brooklyn and the Bronx are all covered by the Voting Rights Act - which might surprise you. Here's what today's Supreme Court decision means for the city.

Christine Colligan explains how kosari and doraji, also known respectively as fernbrake and bellflower root, are used in Korean cuisine. Try her recipe for Samsek Namul (Three-Colored Vegetables).