New York City draws fire for keeping schools open in blizzard
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio was blasted by a teachers union, many parents and even a well-known TV weatherman on Thursday for keeping the...
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Record number of U.S. wives more educated than their husbands: study
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A record number of wives in the United States are more educated than their husbands, as the rate of college-educated women grows, according to the Pew...
Amy Adams, Michelle Williams attend Philip Seymour Hoffman wake
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Actors Amy Adams and Michelle Williams were among friends and family who mourned Philip Seymour Hoffman at a private wake on Thursday evening for the actor...
45 arrested, 16 juveniles rescued in Super Bowl prostitution bust
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Forty-five people were arrested and 16 juveniles rescued in a two-week crackdown on prostitution in the New York-New Jersey area leading up to last Sunday's Super...
45 arrested, 16 juveniles rescued in Super Bowl prostitution bust
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Forty-five people were arrested and 16 juveniles rescued in a two-week crackdown on prostitution in the New York-New Jersey area leading up to last Sunday's Super...
Labrador is Americans’ top dog, French bulldog leaps in popularity
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Labrador retriever is the most popular dog breed in the United States for the 23rd straight year, but the French bulldog has gained ground by...
Labrador is Americans’ top dog, French bulldog leaps in popularity
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Labrador retriever is the most popular dog breed in the United States for the 23rd straight year, but the French bulldog has gained ground by...
New York City, rights group seal deal to end stop-and-frisk
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City's new mayor on Thursday announced a settlement with a civil liberties group that sued the city over its stop-and-frisk practices, which he fiercely...
Cheaper Super Bowl tickets lure locals to N.J. stadium
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Ticket prices for upper-level seats at the Super Bowl plummeted 38 percent since the conference championship games, the largest drop for the week in six years,...
Teenage polar explorer on quest to raise climate change awareness
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Parker Liautaud, the teenage polar explorer who set the record last year as the fastest unsupported person to trek to the South Pole, said he set...