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October 07, 2018

UFC champ could face fine, suspension for post-fight fracas

Khabib Nurmagomedov was the calm, glowering foil to Conor McGregor's antics for six months while the loquacious Irishman ...

October 04, 2018

Financially hard-up women get help in pursuing MeToo cases

A dollar store cashier from Brooklyn. Five fire department paramedics in Chicago. An aspiring singer shunned by Nashville's ...

September 22, 2018

King returns to SoCal roots with ownership stake in Dodgers

Billie Jean King has gone back to her roots in becoming part of the Los Angeles Dodgers' ownership group. The tennis champion ...

September 14, 2018

Insurgent who won in NY says voters looked past distractions

Nearly a century after New York's legislature expelled all its socialist members for "disloyalty," voters in Brooklyn are ...

September 14, 2018

Another socialist victory: Salazar wins NY Senate primary

Democratic socialist Julia Salazar overcame intense scrutiny of her personal life Thursday to win the Democratic primary for ...

September 14, 2018

Sex-trafficking case against self-help group could expand

A federal prosecutor says there could be more criminal charges brought against the leader of a purported self-help group ...

September 13, 2018

Jacobs keeps guests waiting, then delivers on the glamour

In recent years, Marc Jacobs has become known for starting his runway show — which traditionally closes out Fashion Week — ...

September 07, 2018

New York Catholic dioceses subpoenaed in sex abuse probe

New York and New Jersey launched new investigations into the Roman Catholic Church's handling of clergy sex abuse allegations ...

September 07, 2018

NYC prosecutor's plan could wipe out 20,000 pot convictions

Tens of thousands of low-level marijuana convictions could be erased with the OK of Brooklyn's top prosecutor, under a new ...

September 06, 2018

Socialist in New York state Senate race remakes herself

In a year in which establishment Democrats have found themselves stalked, and sometimes beaten, by more liberal challengers, ...

August 30, 2018

Rihanna's in, Wang is out: A preview of NY Fashion Week

The French luxury house Longchamp will be there for the first time. So will Studio One Eighty Nine, the Ghana-based artisan ...

August 27, 2018

Gentle humor was the lifeblood of playwright Neil Simon

When master playwright Neil Simon accepted the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in 2006, he was visibly nervous. But his ...

August 26, 2018

Neil Simon, Broadway's master of comedy, dies at 91

Playwright Neil Simon, a master of comedy whose laugh-filled hits such as "The Odd Couple," ''Barefoot in the Park" and his ...

August 26, 2018

The Latest: Matthew Broderick says he owes career to Simon

The Latest on the death of playwright Neil Simon (all times local): 3:30 p.m. Hollywood and Broadway actor Matthew Broderick ...

August 22, 2018

Ex-Brazil soccer boss gets 4 years in prison in FIFA probe

A former South American soccer official convicted on corruption charges in the sprawling FIFA bribery scandal was sentenced ...

August 21, 2018

Jon Stewart helps aid goats found on New York subway tracks

Jon Stewart has helped make a home for two goats found roaming along the subway tracks in New York City. A train operator on ...

August 19, 2018

Cuomo says Trump fools the country, but not New York

In a searing speech from the pulpit of a black church, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo told a Brooklyn congregation on Sunday that ...

August 14, 2018

NYC subway riders beat conductor in attack caught on video

Police are looking for two irate New York City subway riders who punched a conductor in the face after he announced a train ...

August 08, 2018

Spike Lee on 'BlacKkKlansman': Don't call it a comeback

Spike Lee heard the whispers. Just a few years ago, some were suggesting that Lee was no longer the essential filmmaker he ...