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It was man vs. beast at Coney Island today; three men squared off against three elephants in a hot dog bun eating contest. Although the elephants weighed in at four tons apiece and eat ...

A Manhattan judge granted bail to one person accused of spying for Russia and denied bail to two others after a prosecutor warned the defendants had plenty of helpers in the U.S. to help them flee.

Hours before the state's final budget bill was to be voted on, New York's Senate has shelved it until after the July 4th holiday.

The City Council has approved the plan Mayor Bloomberg and Council Speaker Christine Quinn agreed to last week.

WNYC's Soterios Johnson spoke with the latest crop of indie ice cream truck vendors. Below are extended interviews with the owners of The Big Gay Ice Cream Truck, MilkMade and Van Leeuwen Artisan Ice Cream.

Doug Quint, owner of The Big Gay Ice Cream ...

A coalition of civil rights groups are suing New York's Board of Elections in federal court over what they say is a design flaw in the way new electronic voting machines are set up that could lead to thousands of votes being thrown out.

Sunset Park public pool open for summer season (Photo by Michael Drury)

The city's public pools open for the summer season on Tuesday. At a poolside party at Sunset Park ...

Senate confirmation hearings begin Monday at 12:30 ET for Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan. Watch the proceedings here.

Alleged Jamaican "Shower Posse" gang leader Christopher "Dudus" Coke plead not-guilty in a Manhattan court today, to charges that he conspired to flood the Eastern U.S. with marijuana and cocaine.

CEOs of several major corporations are joining Mayor Michael Bloomberg in a coalition pushing for changes to immigration policy.

The MTA is reporting that a truck hit an elevated structure at 172nd Street and Southern Blvd. in the Bronx and that there temporarily was no service in either direction on the 2 or 5 trains between 149th Street-Grand Concourse and East 180th Street Station.

The MTA says it's all ...

Customers waiting to pick up their iPhones at the Apple store in SoHo (Photo by Kate Hinds)

The newest iPhone went on sale this morning, ...

The Federal Reserve indicated that Europe's debt crisis poses a risk to the U.S. economy and pledged to hold rates at record lows to make sure the recovery stays on track.

Lawyers for the responders to the September 11 attacks will be back in court today to try to strike a deal that would end a seven-year legal battle over the toxic fallout caused by the collapse of the World Trade Center.

The city is launching a pilot project to allow private commuter vans to operate along some of the bus routes being eliminated by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

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The NYPD is in the midst of a 24-hour crackdown on the practice on drivers talking on their cell phones.

Drivers who get caught talking or texting face a $130 dollar fine. The crackdown lasts until midnight. ...

Faisal Shahzad pleaded guilty Monday to carrying out the failed Times Square car bombing.

Two New York street artists have filed a free-speech lawsuit to block new regulations that cap the number of art vendors in Manhattan's busiest parks.

New York lawmakers Kirsten Gillibrand, Carolyn Maloney and Anthony Weiner came to Ground Zero today to announce progress toward getting a stalled 9/11 health bill passed.

Reporting and photos by Femi Oke

My laptop is bouncing up and down, vibrating with the singing of 500 U.S. soccer fans willing their team onto victory against Slovenia. I’m at Nevada Smiths, a bar in the East Village where serious soccer fans watch "football." Everywhere you turn there ...