New York City Official Calls Lady Gaga a "Slut"
PRNewsFoto/Interscope Records(NEW YORK) — Lady Gaga is a native New Yorker, but one New York City official doesn’t think she’s a good role model for young people. In fact, at an event on Monday, he publicly branded her a “slut.”According to the …
NYC Approves Ritual Circumcision Consent Form
David De Lossy/Digital Vision(WASHINGTON) — After the deaths of two children who contracted the herpes virus through an ultra-orthodox practice of circumcision, the New York City Board of Health voted today to require parents to sign a written consent…
NYC Approves Ritual Circumcision Consent Form
David De Lossy/Digital Vision(WASHINGTON) — After the deaths of two children who contracted the herpes virus through an ultra-orthodox practice of circumcision, the New York City Board of Health voted today to require parents to sign a written consent…
NYC Approves Ritual Circumcision Consent Form
David De Lossy/Digital Vision(WASHINGTON) — After the deaths of two children who contracted the herpes virus through an ultra-orthodox practice of circumcision, the New York City Board of Health voted today to require parents to sign a written consent…
Elderly Woman Targeted in Central Park Rape
Jupiterimages/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Police have identified the suspect in the brutal daylight rape of a 73-year-old woman in New York’s Central Park as 42-year-old David Albert Mitchell. Charges are expected to be filed after the victim picked Mitche…
Suspect Identified in New York City Central Park Daytime Rape
WABC/ABC News(NEW YORK) — Police have identified the suspect in the brutal daylight rape of a 73-year-old woman in New York’s Central Park as 42-year-old David Albert Mitchell.Charges are expected to be filed after the victim picked Mitchell out of a …
No ‘Credible or Specific’ Terror Threat on 9/11 Anniversary
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Intelligence sources tell ABC News that there is no “credible or specific” information that al Qaeda or any other terrorist organizations are plotting attacks timed to coincide with the 11th anniversary of 9/1…
US Commemorates 9/11 Attacks on 11th Anniversary
ALEX FUCHS/AFP/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Unlike last year, Tuesday’s commemoration of the 9/11 terrorist attacks will be far more subdued.It was on Sept. 11, 2001 that al Qaeda hijackers flew planes into the World Trade Center towers in lower Man…
US Commemorates 9/11 Attacks on 11th Anniversary
ALEX FUCHS/AFP/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Unlike last year, Tuesday’s commemoration of the 9/11 terrorist attacks will be far more subdued.It was on Sept. 11, 2001 that al Qaeda hijackers flew planes into the World Trade Center towers in lower Man…
9/11 Memorial Offers Quiet Amid New York Chaos, Designer Says
DON EMMERT/AFP/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Michael Arad, the architect behind the 9/11 memorial that opened a year ago this week, wanted to create a space for quiet reflection on those who died in the attacks in the midst of the chaos of New York City.Ar…
9/11 Memorial Offers Quiet Amid New York Chaos, Designer Says
DON EMMERT/AFP/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Michael Arad, the architect behind the 9/11 memorial that opened a year ago this week, wanted to create a space for quiet reflection on those who died in the attacks in the midst of the chaos of New York City.Ar…
Officials Reach Agreement to Complete 9/11 Museum
David Handschuh-Pool/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — On the eve of the 11th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks, the Port Authority and The National September 11 Memorial Museum have reached an agreement to continue construction on the museum after mo…
Rabbis Will Defy Law on Circumcision Ritual
David De Lossy/Digital Vision(NEW YORK) — Ultra-Orthodox rabbis in New York City say if a proposed law requiring parental consent for a circumcision ritual linked to two infant deaths is enacted they will defy it.During the ritual, called metzitzah b&…
Empire State Building Shooting Suspect Kept Firing After Victim Fell
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — The gunman who triggered a wild shootout in front of the Empire State Building Friday gunned down a former co-worker without saying a word, and stood over his prone victim to pump more bullets into him, police said F…
Shooting Near Empire State Building in New York
ABC News(NEW YORK) — A man who had been fired from his job a year ago shot and killed a former co-worker outside New York City’s Empire State Building Friday morning, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said.At least nine others were wounded. The ma…
3 Million Bees Seized From New York Beekeeper’s Home
ABC News Radio(NEW YORK) — A New York City neighborhood was abuzz when nearly three million bees were seized from a beekeeper in Queens who violated urban beekeeping rules.Beekeepers descended on the Corona, New York home of Yi Gin Chen Wednesday nigh…
President Obama: Todd Akin ‘Somehow Missed Science Class’
Official White House Photo by Pete Souza(NEW YORK) — President Obama Wednesday night laid into embattled Republican Rep. Todd Akin of Missouri for his recent comments on rape and abortion, telling a crowd of campaign donors that the congressman must h…
Woman Loses $4.68M Down Payment on NYC Apartment
Adam Gault/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — The ex-wife of a software executive lost a $4.68 million down payment on a New York City home after a judge ruled unfinished floors, and lack of heat, hot water and uninstalled closet rods were not good reasons to pu…
Woman Loses $4.68M Down Payment on NYC Apartment
Adam Gault/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — The ex-wife of a software executive lost a $4.68 million down payment on a New York City home after a judge ruled unfinished floors, and lack of heat, hot water and uninstalled closet rods were not good reasons to pu…
Obama Hoops-Themed Fundraisers to Net Millions
JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — The campaign money trail for President Obama will cut through a basketball court in Manhattan Wednesday night.A trio of hoops-themed fundraisers, hosted by Michael Jordan and other current and former NBA stars,…