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An audience of New Yorkers learned that whether they have charming voices or not, they can be engaging speakers.

The annual State of the Subways Report Card came out today—kudos to the 7 and L lines, which ...

The 10th City District Council seat is now vacant following the resignation of City Council Member Miguel Martinez.

Transportation Alternatives, a New York advocacy group for alternative modes of transportation, released a report on Tuesday that ...

Vice President and spokesperson of the China Interim Government (CIG), Tang Boqiao, was assaulted on Monday night...

Authorities arrested four employees of the Burr Oak Cemetery of Alsip on Thursday for digging up bodies in ...

On the eve of ten years since the beginning of a Chinese government-sanctioned persecution of Falun Gong...

Contentions over classroom space has divided a community in Harlem.

Brazil broke American hearts on Sunday in South Africa by coming back from two goals down to beat ...

Twenty-five years ago, an ambitious program to foster civil rights learning among Israeli lawyers was founded by an ...

Volunteer vacations are becoming a growing trend among Americans, according to a new survey by the University of ...

Dealing with greater financial pressures and competing in the most challenging job markets in U.S....

The Rockefeller Foundation announced the winners of its annual Jane Jacobs Medal for 2009 on Wednesday.

First lady Michelle Obama told volunteers that Americans can transform the country by doing something for others.

The Michigan Supreme Court has ruled that judges may require women to remove their veils in court.

The U.S. Conference of Mayors is calling for an investigation into the cost of water bottling to American ...

New York City has been named as the least courteous city in the country in the fourth annual...

President Barack Obama on Wednesday announced the most sweeping financial regulatory overhaul since the Great Depression.

The thousands of people scammed by Bernard Madoff will not be able to fit in the courtroom on ...

Barrels to collect rainwater for use on gardens and lawns are being handed out by the New York ...

Top researchers, Nobel laureates, artists and performers, researchers and scientists are in town for...

The engine failure in the US Airways Flight 1549 which landed on the Hudson River this January was ...

With General Motors filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, the Michigan auto industry floundering...

Currently each state sets its own educational standards—but that is changing.

The Seattle Public Library system will close for seven days, plus Labor Day holiday, Aug. 31-Sept. 7...

Two women and a nine-year-old girl were booted out of the Lucky Joy Restaurant in Flushing, Queens last ...

Queens council member and mayoral candidate Tony Avella visited the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association in Manhattan Chinatown Wednesday ...