Tracie Hunte

Outlander and The Knick are two shows to see.

Hint: not with your shoe or a rolled-up newspaper.

Mayor Bill de Blasio and Police Commissioner Bill Bratton say they want to reset the relationship and expand community policing, but how will they overcome the distrust that has been hard to bridge in the past?

A group of Russian hackers has reportedly stolen 1.2 billion usernames and passwords and 500,000 emails addresses from people around the globe. According to a report published Tuesday in The New York Times, the cyber criminals collected the confidential information from 420,000 websites for everything from small businesses to Fortune ...

The clue: a Revolutionary white oak.

BNP Paribas will pay a record $8.9 billion fine. That's big news — but just how the case against the bank was pieced together is even more fascinating.

Yankee slugger Lou Gehrig said he was the luckiest man alive despite being diagnosed with a fatal illness. But little of his farewell speech beyond that has survived 75 years later.

DeLarverie, who worked as a bouncer at several gay nightclubs, punched an undercover police officer at Stonewall after being called a gay slur.

Mayor Bill de Blasio said he’s pulling the plug on the city's over-budget and behind-schedule 911 system overhaul.

The New York Daily News first reported that Deputy Mayor Anthony Shorris called for a suspension of the project in a letter to several city commissioners.

“This was really about, ...

LIC Arts Open, the largest arts festival in Queens, features more than 250 artists at 54 different venues across Long Island City.

Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov announced he is moving ahead with plans to transfer the company that runs the team to Russia.

Reporter Michael Schwirtz found that, this year alone, at least a dozen inmates have been slashed or stabbed.

The trial of Osama bin Laden's son-in-law continues Thursday in Manhattan federal court.

Sulaiman Abu Ghaith surprised the court Wednesday when he took the stand in his own defense. Prosecutors say he conspired to kill Americans and helped al-Qaida. He admits associating with bin Laden after the September 11 attacks ...

Kathryn Garcia is well known in city government and among environmental groups, but her only experience in the Sanitation Department comes from an internship there more than 20 years ago.

The head of New York City's Sergeants' union says the rule puts police and the public at risk.

HBO’s True Detective isn’t misogynistic. It’s only depicting misogyny, says Slate TV critic Willa Paskin.

When most people think of a writers residence, idyllic, nurturing settings immediately spring to mind: A cabin in the woods. A quiet house by a lake. But what about a 44-hour train ride?

New York writer Jessica Gross was the first person to try out Amtrak's new writers residency program. ...

There are thousands of artists in New York City. Some are famous internationally. Others are scratching out a living while perfecting their craft. WNYC is bringing a few of them to the spotlight, in their own voices.

Artist Shirin Neshat works mostly with film and video, but for her new ...

WNYC's Tracie Hunte played real-estate roulette in the Mitchell-Lama housing lottery and won, but for now, she's among a shrinking number of New Yorkers who can do so.

Nine Broadway theaters will be more accessible to the disabled thanks to an agreement with the federal government.