Reid: Background checks will be in Senate gun bill
Democrats who vowed a crackdown on guns after the horrific Newtown, Conn., school shooting are touting prospects for Senate passage of expanded ...
New Yorkers boldly flout law to keep pigs
Pigs have long gotten a bad rap. The four-legged ungulates are considered so messy and stinky that they're synonymous with slovenliness: Eat too much ...
NYC cop: Payback likely after stop-frisk testimony
A New York City police officer testified Wednesday that he's already been labeled a rat and expects more retaliation from colleagues for testifying ...
Bloomberg says he'd veto proposal for NYPD monitor
In a politically charged standoff over police oversight in the nation's biggest city, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Wednesday he'd veto a plan to put ...
Lawmakers reach deal for NYPD inspector general
The New York Police Department would get a new watchdog under a deal city lawmakers reached Tuesday, propelling a plan galvanized by outrage over its ...
NYC looks to bump tobacco from prime retail space
Walk into any convenience store or gas station in the country, and chances are the cigarettes will be in roughly the same spot: at eye level, right ...
Colo one of few victories for gun control backers
After a no-holds-barred White House push for sweeping gun control legislation across the country, Democrats have racked up only one victory outside ...
Trial opens for NYC stop-and-frisk challenge
Many of the tens of thousands of New Yorkers stopped, questioned and sometimes frisked by police in the past decade were wrongly targeted because of ...
NYC plan would keep tobacco products out of sight
Cigarettes would have to be kept out of sight in New York City stores under a first-in-the-nation plan unveiled by Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Monday, ...
Man gets over 3 years in iPad data breach case
An admitted online "troll" was sentenced Monday to the maximum prison term under federal guidelines — more than three years — for illegally gaining ...
Revelers from NYC to Dublin mark St. Patrick's Day
Crowds cheered and bagpipes bellowed during New York City's annual St. Patrick's Day parade Saturday, and people with a fondness for anything Irish ...
Palin urges GOP to broaden message
Returning to the national stage, Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin said Saturday that the Republican Party must broaden its message to grow. "We must ...
Politician's rise highlights NYC parade dispute
She's a leading candidate to be New York's next mayor. She's already one of its top Irish-American officials. Christine Quinn is also a lesbian and ...
Mom of NYC teen shot by police: Why was he killed?
Carol Gray, her head wrapped in a black scarf and her tearful eyes concealed by sunglasses, held up a photograph of her 16-year-old son, who was shot ...
NYC adopts tough jobless-discrimination law
New York City will soon have the nation's most far-reaching laws barring employers from shunning out-of-work job applicants, after lawmakers passed ...
FACT CHECK: Gun debate deals in moldy stats
Some of the numbers being hurled around in the gun control debate passed their freshness date eons ago. Perhaps none is more prominent than the claim ...
RI city wins $5M Bloomberg prize with word gap fix
Rhode Island's capital city has won a $5 million contest created by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg with a high-tech plan to overcome a language ...
To mayor, NYC soda ruling just 'temporary setback'
Despite Mayor Michael Bloomberg's bullishness, political realities and legal questions make for an uncertain future for one of the premier pieces of ...
Senate panel approves gun background check
Democrats gave a boost Tuesday to the pillar of President Barack Obama's plans for reducing gun violence, pushing a bill requiring nearly universal ...
FDA head says menu labeling 'thorny' issue
Diners will have to wait a little longer to find calorie counts on most restaurant chain menus, in supermarkets and on vending machines. Writing a new ...
America's new love: Water
It wasn't too long ago that America had a love affair with soda. Now, an old flame has the country's heart. As New York City grapples with the ...
NYPD program patrols inside private buildings
Jay Victorino was standing outside his mother's apartment when he was grabbed by police, and he says if she hadn't come downstairs to identify him he ...
City Council speaker launches NYC mayoral bid
Long seen as a leading contender, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn formally launched Sunday what she hopes will be a history-making mayoral bid.
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