Matthew Sollars

Host Naomi Lewin blew away the competition at the second annual WNYC/WQXR Thanksgiving Pie bake-off on Tuesday. She's been kind enough to share the recipe for her winning Black Pepper...

President Obama says he'll reveal his plan for "finishing the job" in Afghanistan next week.

Governor Paterson delivered a stark and unprecedented message in Albany on Tuesday, essentially telling legislators to close the state's budget deficit or get out of the way.

The president met with his Afghan advisors Monday and will meet with India's prime minister today.

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Governor David Paterson is scolding lawmakers for their inability to close New York's $3.2 billion budget gap. In a pre-taped address billed as a message to New Yorkers, the governor says if lawmakers are afraid to approve his cuts to education and health care, they ...

Hopes for that a national election scheduled in Iraq seemed to have been dashed on Monday when legislators again failed to reach a deal for a new election law. 

Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas appear close to completing a prisoner exchange that would free an Israeli soldier who's been held since 2006.

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A new report from the New York City Coalition Against Hunger says the number of New Yorkers using soup kitchens or food pantries soared by 21 percent last year. Executive Director Joel Berg says the recession has created the long lines at food ...

Only six Post Offices in New York City are now in danger of being shuttered by the U.S. Postal Service.

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Friday that the Pentagon will review its contracts and projects in Afghanistan to help reduce corruption in the country.

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Guiliani has decided not to run for governor, according to The New York Times. They cite unnamed people who have been told of the decision.

The Metropolitan Opera has announced that conductor Edo de Waart will replace James Levine in four remaining performances of Der Rosenkavalier in January.

Irving Kriesberg, the abstract artist best known for paintings that combined intense colors with human and animal elements, has died.

Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid unveiled the Senate's health care reform proposal Wednesday.

Israel moved on Tuesday to approve a plan for 900 new housing units in a Jewish neighborhood in a section of Jerusalem claimed by Palestinians, sparking harsh criticism from Palestinians, the United States and Britain.

Iran has sentenced five people to death for their role in the unrest that followed the country's disputed presidential election in June.

The space shuttle Atlantis blasted into orbit on Monday, laden with spare parts bound for the International Space Station.

The UN's International Atomic Energy Agency is pressing Iran for more details on the recently uncovered nuclear site near the city of Qom.

Two programmers were arrested on Friday for allegedly helping Bernard Madoff keep his Ponzi scheme running for 15 years.

President Barack Obama kicked off his first trip as president to the Far East by pledging redefine key parts of the U.S. relationship with Japan.