More than 8,000 people join protest against Keystone XL project
Thousands of protesters are gathering in Lafayette Square across from the White House exactly one year out from the presidential election to oppose a plan for a transnational oil pipeline they fear...
View ArticleGreece’s embattled prime minister and main opposition leader agree to form an...
Greece’s embattled prime minister and main opposition leader agreed Sunday to form an interim government to ensure the country’s new European debt deal, capping a week of political turmoil that saw...
View ArticleFordham Prep boys soccer team loses to St. Francis Prep, 1-0, in CHSAA...
For coach Pete McNamara it was the fifth time in the last six years that his Rams have made it to the finals, but the fourth time he’s left the field without a trophy.
View ArticleJustin Bieber to take paternity test
Justin Bieber is vowing to take a paternity test to prove he’s no Baby, Baby daddy. The Canadian-born crooner might be an international pop star, but he swears he’s not the pop of a 20-year-old...
View ArticleJFK football team clinches PSAL playoff spot
JFK and Truman each took .500 records into their Week 9 matchup on Sunday, and while the loser still could have made its way into the playoffs, the only way to either team could control its own...
View ArticleSchumer criticizes credit reporting agencies
Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) cried foul Sunday against a credit reporting agency that scores people on how likely they are to correctly take their prescription drugs and sells the scores to insurance...
View ArticleMonster Ballard: Eli hits Jake for 24-20 win over Pats
Class dismissed. Eli Manning may have finally put to rest the debate over whether he belongs in an “elite” class of quarterbacks with Tom Brady, by leading the Giants back from a fourth-quarter deficit...
View ArticleA huge Step as Rangers' Derek turns on the Jets
John Tortorella moved Derek Stepan onto the Rangers’ first power play unit Sunday to better utilize his playmaking ability. Stepan responded on both the man advantage and even strength, notching a goal...
View ArticleJack, lost JFK cat, dies
An amber-eyed cat whose disappearance at Kennedy Airport made him a paws célèbre — and whose miraculous reappearance lifted animal lovers’ hearts - has died. Jack the cat died Sunday at the Blue Pearl...
View ArticleExperts: Penn State's JoePa in clear legally but not morally
Penn State football icon Joe Paterno probably adhered to the letter of the law when he told the school’s athletic director - but not the police - that former defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky...
View ArticleKenyan shatters NYC Marathon record
Thousands of runners streamed across the finish line in Central Park to complete the New York City Marathon Sunday afternoon.
View ArticleFor now, Wright isn’t leaving
The Mets suspect David Wright's trade value will be higher next summer, but would move him sooner if a trading partner presented a tastier offer than expected this winter.
View ArticleSmall child’s severed foot found
The severed foot of a child was found near a trashcan outside a Queens home on Sunday, cops and witnesses said.
View ArticleMutai takes Marathon in record time
Geoffrey Mutai obliterates the course record with a time of two hours, five minutes, six seconds, leading a record field of 47, 107 runners.
View ArticleHome at heart of Deba’s run
Buzunesh Deba, a tiny Bronx resident by way of Asela, Ethiopia, nearly steals the whole women’s race.
View ArticleSlain man fathers second child a year after his death
Maurice Gordon and his wife, Katisha, already had a toddler, Zoe, conceived through in vitro fertilization, or IVF, and were trying for another when he was slain while off duty on a Queens street in a...
View ArticleClimbing taxi license prices lure investors, feed demand for Medallion...
Yellow cabs are a hot commodity as sales of two taxi licenses for a record $1 million each this fall are fueling investors’ interest.
View ArticleBrooklyn ex-cons teach teens boxing to keep them off streets
Herman Henson spent 40 years in jail for killing the leader of a gambling ring; now he’s trying to keep troubled teens out of prison with a one-two strategy.
View ArticlePark named in honor of Estella Diggs
The Bronx’s newest pocket park honors a woman who grew up and grew old fighting to improve her neighborhood.
View ArticleAutumn settles over Arab Spring
Cohen: Last month, the Financial Times announced on page 1 that Volkswagen “will become the world’s biggest carmaker this year . . . [and] replace Toyota in the industry’s top spot.”
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