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The government plans to begin taking the temperatures of travelers from West Africa who arrive at five U.S. airports as part of a stepped-up response to the Ebola epidemic.

A spokesman for Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital says Thomas Eric Duncan died Wednesday morning.

California Congresswoman Janice Hahn said Monday that Bratton would be the "perfect pick" to take over the troubled agency.

Officials are scuttling a project that would have installed in payphone booths thousands of transmitters that could track people's movements.

After the lights dimmed for the St. Louis Symphony’s performance of the Brahms Requiem Saturday night, the first solo voice that rang out was not that of the chorus.

William Scarborough is accused of spending campaign funds on personal expenses.

Acting Health Commissioner Howard Zucker said there's evidence marijuana may help 60,000 epileptic New Yorkers who aren't responding to conventional treatments.

Jeter capped his Yankee Stadium farewell with a game-winning single in the bottom of the ninth inning

Kuwaiti imam Sulaiman Abu Ghaith became the voice of al-Qaida recruitment videotapes after the Sept. 11 attacks.

The decision is expected to have implications for similar legal efforts against banks,

In tandem with Sunday's climate march, the de Blasio Administration announced an ambitious effort to curtail the city's carbon footprint.

AT&T has turned over phone records of a top aide to New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie to the legislative panel investigating the George Washington Bridge lane closures.

For the first time, the National September 11 Museum will be open on the anniversary, and a nearly completed One World Trade Center has risen 1,776 feet above ground zero.

Developers seeking state permission to open casinos in upstate New York are set to present their plans before a state board.

Organizers of the world's largest St. Patrick's Day Parade say they will allow a gay group to march under its own banner for the first time.

The mayor has signed a bill requiring New York City correction officials to track and publish information on the use of solitary confinement.

Two men accused of killing New York concert violinist Mary Whitaker during a robbery in her rural home are due in federal court.

A problem that occurred during routine maintenance caused a nationwide outage of TWC Internet service for hours on Wednesday morning.

Binge drinkers and frat boys aren't the only ones despairing over Maryland's new ban on grain alcohol: Violin makers who used the liquor to make varnish are also affected.

The New York City Comptroller says the city failed to secure $356 million in federal Medicaid payments.