The Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree was lit Wednesday night, officially ushering in the holiday season in New York City.

The Knicks boast a 10-1 home record at Madison Square Garden but continue to struggle on the road, dropping to 3-6 after a loss to Boston.

Colon cancer is rising among young Americans, with Black and Latino New Yorkers facing stark disparities in risk and outcomes.

Long Island guard Lena “Lockdown Lena” Rodriguez commits to Emory University, bringing elite defense and academic ambition to Atlanta.

Political watchers nationwide excitedly awaited the passage of California’s groundbreaking Proposition 50 (Election Rigging Response Act).

The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre sails into City Center for its annual celebration of dance that lifts the spirits.

A roughly five-year effort studying NYPD sexual violence led to nearly 4,000 responses, which were published last month in what organizers say is the most comprehensive look into the issue to date.

Local authorities offered a plethora of explanations as to why noisy U.S. military planes were landing and taking off from Tobago.

The White House said Monday that a Navy admiral acted "within his authority and the law" when he ordered a second, follow-up strike.

As imperiled a landmark as they come, it began fortuitously enough as a representative brewery baron’s mansion.

Jimmy Cliff, who died at the age of 81, represented an era when Jamaican music went from ska and rocksteady to the international ambitions of reggae.

A U.S. missile strike on a Caribbean boat and survivors has sparked war crime allegations and bipartisan calls for investigation.