Mirela Iverac

A day after it was revealed that al-Qaeda had allegedly planned attacks on railways in the U.S., most New Yorkers, commuters and visitors to the city said they did not feel worried.

On his way to Ground Zero, President Barack Obama visited the First Police Precinct station in Lower Manhattan on Thursday afternoon, where he met with emergency workers, many of whom were among the first responders on September 11, 2001.

Residents of Little Pakistan, in the Midwood section of Brooklyn, said they were surprised to hear that America's No. 1 enemy had been captured in Abbottabad. But even with all the ...

At the World Trade Center site, where nearly 3,000 people lost their lives almost 10 years ago, Mayor Michael Bloomberg and other public officials expressed their gratitude on Monday that America had fulfilled its commitment by bringing Osama bin Laden to justice.

Throngs of New Yorkers — many waving American flags and erupting in chants of "U-S-A!" — gathered at Ground Zero following the news that Osama bin Laden had been killed by U.S. forces nearly 10 years after the terror mastermind brought down the Twin Towers. 

Four-year-old Marchella Brett-Pierce lived her life largely unnoticed. She was beaten, deprived of food and water and force-fed Benadryl. But her highly visible death last year brou...

Photojournalist Chris Hondros, killed in Libya last week, was remembered Wednesday as someone who hoped to bring change through his images during a tearful service that drew more than 1,000 family members, friends and colleagues to the same Brooklyn church where he was to be married in this summer.  

The sesquicentennial anniversary of the Civil War is on Tuesday. But for reenactors and others who bring the battle scenes to life on a regular basis, commemorating the 150 years since the first shot of the Civil War was fired in Fort Sumter the day will pass quietly.

For nine years, Edward Conlon worked as a detective in the South Bronx solving homicides. Now, drawing on insights he gained from his nearly decade-long career on the job, he has pu...

Just days after announcing he would run for re-election, President Barack Obama on Wednesday said his administration had more work to do but also highlighted his accomplishments over the past two years as commander in chief.

The dream outlined by Martin Luther King Jr. has still not been realized four decades later, Attorney General Eric Holder said Wednesday at the National Action Network conference in New York.

Education Secretary Arne Duncan said there are 50,000 drop outs in New York City — and they're being lost to the streets.

 

Tiger blood might be running through Charlie Sheen’s veins, but it is not helping him win over New Yorkers. Many of those who bought tickets for his live show at the Radio City Musi...

Friends, family and political heavyweights – including a former president – gathered at an upper East Side church Thursday to pay final respects to trailblazer Geraldine Ferraro, a woman who tore down barriers for females in politics and was the first female candidate for U.S. vice president on a major party ticket.

While there’s much emphasis on the president's choice of location as a way to re-energize his base and some grumbling about the soiree's pricey tickets, it seems likely — based on O...

The 2010 Census data revealed many interesting facts about the city's population — including that some New Yorkers call the city's larger parks and cemeteries home.

The population of New York City has increased by only 2.1 percent since 2000, but the racial make-up continued changing significantly, according to the 2010 census released Thursday...