Beastie Boys' Adam Yauch Honored by New York Senate

When George Zimmerman tries to convince a judge or jury that he shot Trayvon Martin in self-defense, the evidence he'll be able to call on appears to be a mixed bag.

A lawsuit alleging racial bias in the New York Police Department's so-called stop-and-frisk tactics will proceed under class-action status, clearing the way for thousands of plaintiffs to be added to the legal challenge and potentially widening th...

It ended with a whimper, not a bang. Late Thursday night, Americans Elect, a much-ballyhooed group dedicated to securing ballot access for a serious third-party presidential candidate in 2012, issued a statement acknowledging failure.

Facebook's share sale is going to create hundreds of multi-millionaires, a handful of billionaires and make the founder Mark Zuckerberg one of the richest men on the planet.

Authorities in Mississippi say they've arrested a suspect in two fatal highway shootings that happened late at night along desolate stretches.

New York - Two couples, both from out of town, linger on the same park bench, gazing up at gauzy curtains in the windows of a 19-story hotel. They don't know each other, but there they are, on a sunny Labor Day afternoon, hoping to steal a glimpse...

The city's 14 miles of public coastline are ready for action this summer. "New York City has one of the finest municipal beach systems in the entire world," NYC Parks & Recreation Commissioner Adrian Benepe boasted. "In addition to the sand and th...

Juror No. 4361 was a wreck. Her hair hung askew in curlers. Her shoes and reindeer socks mismatched. Heavy makeup was smeared on her face. Denver District Court Judge Anne Mansfield — presiding over jury selection June 28 — quickly dismissed the w...

For years, Gac Filipaj mopped floors, cleaned toilets and took out the trash at Columbia University. A refugee from war-torn Yugoslavia, he eked out a living at the Ivy League school. But Sunday was payback time: The 52-year-old janitor donned a c...