Verena Dobnik

At 15, Lynda Blackmon Lowery was the youngest person to join King for the 1965 march from the Alabama city of Selma to Montgomery, demanding voting rights for African-Americans.

The New York Public Library is launching the nation’s largest Internet lending program, handing out 10,000 free high-speed hot spots to some of the city’s poorest residents.

Prince William’s wife, Kate, wrapped Christmas gifts, helped preschoolers decorate picture frames and left an impression of a down-to-earth royal as she toured a child development center Monday with New York City’s first lady.

The mother and widow of an unarmed black man whose police chokehold death sparked protests across the country said Saturday they’ve been moved by the thousands of peaceful demonstrators who have taken to the streets after a grand jury declined to indict the white officer involved.

Visitors from around the world are drawn to New York City’s High Line, an elevated park built on defunct railroad tracks transformed into an urban sanctuary of flowers, grasses, and trees.

NEW YORK—Thirteen years after the 9/11 terrorist attack, the resurrected World Trade Center has opened for business—marking an emotional milestone for both New Yorkers and the nation.

At the nation’s busiest bus station, winding lines of riders wait amid cracked floors, crumbling ceiling tiles, and a wheezing air-conditioning system helped along by old-fashioned floor fans.