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With much fanfare, the 30,000 lights on the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree were turned on Wednesday night. The lights will be on until January 7. After that the tree will be turned into lumber for the charity Habitat for Humanity. Take a look at the 74-foot Norway spruce before the ceremony.

A man accused of killing four people and wounding four others in a 28-hour rampage across New York City has pleaded guilty to murder and other charges.

A Democratic state lawmaker from Brooklyn has been arrested on bribery charges less than three weeks after being acquitted in another case.

New York City's Department of Transportation has added a twist to its traditional street safety signs — a haiku poem. City Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan introduced the new Curbside Haiku campaign on Tuesday.

A state panel says a half-dozen struggling Brooklyn hospitals should merge or restructure, in order to make the borough’s overall healthcare system operate more efficiently. The rec...

The Thanksgiving Day Parade is over but the spirit of St. Nick is still hanging around New York.  A variety of boats — tour boats, work boats, private boats — will gussy up and have their own parade in New York Harbor Saturday evening.

It might have snowed in October, but it's still fall in New York City. People are donning boots and jackets to protect from the cool, crisp air, leaves are changing color, and apples and squash are dominating at the farmer's markets. Take a look at images that remind people that it's autumn in the city.

The couple the took their eight children from a New York City foster care facility has been sentenced to 60 days in jail.

New York Police Department Commissioner Ray Kelly has issued an internal messaged to officers ordering them not to unreasonably interfere with media access during news coverage.

Drummer and composer Paul Motian, one of the most influential musicians in jazz, died on Tuesday. He was 80 years old and lived in Manhattan. The cause was complications of myelody...

Stocks tumbled and the Dow Jones industrial average fell into negative territory for the year as the congressional supercommittee tasked to come up with a deal to cut the federal deficit failed to reach agreement.

Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott said the Department of Education has prepared "for the worst," and alerted parents in an email Friday that they should prepare for a "strong possib...

Mayor Michael Bloomberg said the several anti-Wall Street thousand protesters who marched over the Brooklyn Bridge Thursday didn't really represent Occupy Wall Street.

New Jersey could be losing jobs and other economic benefits by pulling out of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, according to a new study.

Two days after the encampment that sparked the global Occupy movement was cleared by authorities, demonstrators blocked traffic into New York's financial district on Thursday and promised mass gatherings in other cities.

U.S. Roman Catholic bishops this week vowed to defend their religious liberty in the face of growing acceptance of gay marriage and what they called attempts by secularists to marginalize faith.

A WNYC champion passes away.

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is seeking federal support for several counties hit hard by the October snowstorm.

A New Jersey man has been indicted for allegedly helping to funnel large donations to New York City comptroller John Liu, law enforcement sources told WNYC.

About a dozen activists stayed awake all night at Zuccotti Park where a handful of skirmishes erupted between police and protesters who were evicted in a nighttime sweep Tuesday tried to figure out what to do next.