Calling his hard-won freedom "more surreal than Salvador Dali," a man declared innocent after nearly 20 years behind bars for murder was released Friday, at least for now.
Nov 20, 2009 | 4:35 pm
A year ago this month, Lateisha Green, a transgender woman, was shot to death as she sat in a car outside a house party in upstate New York. In July, a Syracuse jury convicted Dwight DeLee of manslaughter as a hate crime.
Nov 20, 2009 | 3:05 pm
The Catholic Diocese of Wilmington is obligated to pay retirement benefits to six priests who are confirmed pedophiles, church officials argued in a bankruptcy court filing seeking permission to keep making the payments.
Nov 20, 2009 | 3:05 pm
New York City police say a report of a suspicious package at Pennsylvania Station turned out to be a false alarm.
Nov 20, 2009 | 3:00 pm
A prison system official says a New York City man is free after spending nearly two decades behind bars for murder before a judge declared him innocent. But he may yet have to serve an unrelated drug sentence.
Nov 20, 2009 | 2:30 pm
New York's stable credit rating could be hurt if the Legislature fails to heed Gov. David Paterson's calls to cut spending and eliminate a $3.2 billion deficit, Moody's Investors Service said Friday.
Nov 20, 2009 | 2:05 pm
The Salvation Army plans to serve 10,000 free dinners across the city this Thanksgiving _ meals planned by a star chef, cooked by one of New York's ritziest caterers and cleaned up by employees of one of Wall Street's most vilified financial firms.
Nov 20, 2009 | 1:15 pm
Wesley Snipes' attorneys asked a federal appeals court Friday to review an "unreasonable" three-year prison sentence for the film star, who was convicted a year ago on federal tax charges.
Nov 20, 2009 | 1:00 pm
A business associate and friend of former New York Senate leader Joseph Bruno says he hired the longtime Republican lawmaker as a consultant for his contacts and the credibility Bruno lent to the enterprises.
Nov 20, 2009 | 12:55 pm
New York City officials say virtually all of the luggage scales at the city's two major airports are accurately calibrated.
Nov 20, 2009 | 11:35 am
The Catholic Diocese of Wilmington is asking a bankruptcy judge to allow it to continue paying retiree benefits to priests who committed sexual abuse.
Nov 20, 2009 | 11:15 am
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, encouraged by many Republicans to run for governor in 2010, is instead leaning toward a run for U.S. Senate, according to two party advisers.
Nov 20, 2009 | 9:15 am
As the nation's military academies try to recruit more minorities, they aren't getting much help from members of Congress from big-city districts with large numbers of blacks, Hispanics and Asians.
Nov 20, 2009 | 8:05 am
A U.S.-trained scientist accused of shooting at FBI agents and helping al-Qaida vowed Thursday to boycott her January trial.
Nov 19, 2009 | 8:20 pm
A Conservative Party candidate is writing to supporters saying he lost a local race for a U.S. House of Representatives seat because of scheming, and he's asking for financial help in case he decides to lodge a legal challenge.
Nov 19, 2009 | 8:00 pm
Promising "you haven't seen the last of me," a 70-year-old disbarred lawyer convicted in a terrorism case surrendered to U.S. marshals Thursday to begin serving her prison term after a New York appeals court upheld her conviction.
Nov 19, 2009 | 6:50 pm
New Era Cap Co., which supplies Major League baseball players and celebrities, said Thursday that low consumer demand is forcing the consolidation of its U.S. manufacturing operations from three plants into one.
Nov 19, 2009 | 5:05 pm
Jurors at the racketeering trial of John "Junior" Gotti raised the specter of a fourth mistrial in the case, telling a judge Thursday that they were deadlocked on murder and other charges against the son of the infamous mob boss.
Nov 19, 2009 | 4:55 pm
New York's unemployment rate inched to 9 percent in October from 8.9 in September.
Nov 19, 2009 | 2:20 pm
New York state's labor commissioner says more than 200 workers at 25 Brooklyn restaurants have been underpaid a total of $912,000.
Nov 19, 2009 | 1:55 pm
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