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Theodore Pressman of Beacon on a charge of reckless endangerment. They say he could face additional charges in the death of his 85-year-old father.Police say Pressman left his elderly parents in a car...

New york City's tap water, so pure residents swear it tastes better than bottled, may become a casualty of climate change as warmer temperatures threaten to spoil the mountain reservoirs supplying 9 m...

New flood maps for Nassau County could force thousands of previously exempt South Shore property owners to buy flood insurance and, in some cases, adhere to more rigorous building standards. The ne...

Obama visits France on July 25, Germany July 24. UPDATE. German officials have reservations about allowing Obama speech at historic Brandenburg Gate.

Forty-one people were killed and more than 100 others injured in a suicide car bomb attack on the Indian Embassy in Afghanistan's capital Kabul on Monday, officials said.

An embarrassed museum official says a two-week nose job should reverse the damage a Concorde supersonic jet suffered when a truck rammed it.The retired Concorde is normally on display at the

PETA has sent an urgent letter to the new york City Council urging it to follow the lead of at least 115 other U.S. jurisdictions that have banned or restricted the chaining of dogs. The appeal follow...

July 8, 2008 The city's Health Department has launched a MySpace campaign to help teenagers deal with depression, drugs and violence. The NYC Teen Mindspace page is posted on MySpace, an online ...

July 8, 2008 Scalpers are having a field day trying to peddle tickets to this weekend's Bon Jovi concert in Central Park for as much as $1,500 a pair, even though the event is supposed to be f...

July 8, 2008 A group of more than 50 drivers picketed outside the Taxi and Limousine Commission's Rector Street headquarters yesterday to push for a $1 surcharge to compensate for the skyrocke...