The Associated Press

Jack White will release his first solo album on April 27 at Webster Hall. The concert will be streamed live online and will be directed by Gary Oldman. Watch the trailer for the conce...

The FDNY says a 2-alarm fire in Central Park is under control. The fire began in a log and mulch pile in the park this afternoon.

Chairman Ben Bernanke said Friday that the Federal Reserve was left with few good options when it stepped in to shore up the largest U.S. financial institutions during the 2008 crisis.

The search continues for a suspect who got away during an armed robbery for prescription drugs at an East Harlem pharmacy that ended with another suspect being shot and killed by police.

An audit by the New York City comptroller has found flaws in the city's system for determining property values.

Neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman has made his first court appearance on a second-degree murder charge in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin.

JetBlue Airways pilot accused of disrupting a Las Vegas-bound flight when he left the cockpit screaming about religion and terrorists has been indicted.

After years of failed attempts to repeal the death penalty, Connecticut lawmakers in both the House and the Senate have passed legislation that abolishes the punishment for all future cases.

The special prosecutor in the Trayvon Martin shooting, Angela Corey, announced Wednesday that a second-degree murder charge has been brought against George Zimmerman. An attorney for the neighborhood watch volunteer said his client would plead not guilty.

Michelle Obama has been everywhere from a West Point mess hall to a NASCAR speedway in the past year to drum up support for military families through her "joining forces" campaign. On Wednesday, she marked the program's one-year anniversary by taking stock of what's been done and challenging Americans to do even more.

Firefighters remain on the scene of a large brush fire in the meadowlands of northern New Jersey that's producing plumes of thick, black smoke.

The son of a schoolteacher found beaten and bloodied has been charged with murder.

The last of four New York City police officers injured during a shootout with a suspect has been released from the hospital.

Attorneys for a Florida neighborhood watch volunteer who fatally shot an unarmed black teen have withdrawn as his counsel, saying they have lost contact with him.

A murder trial has started for Rapper G. Dep in a 1993 shooting in New York City.

Very quietly, almost stealthily, a new king has been inaugurated on Broadway.

The state is creating smoke-free areas outdoors at New York state parks and historic sites, including around playgrounds and pools.

Rutgers University is investigating as a bias incident a student newspaper's spoof column praising Adolf Hitler.

Cardinal Timothy Dolan said religion has a role to play in politics and public life, and John F. Kennedy's 1960 speech on the separation of church and state had been misinterpreted.

CBS newsman Mike Wallace, the dogged, merciless reporter and interviewer who took on politicians, celebrities and other public figures in a 60-year career highlighted by the on-air confrontations that helped make "60 Minutes" the most successful primetime television news program ever, has died. He was 93.