Gay Man Told to Marry Woman or Son Would Lose Inheritance
Hemera/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — The gay son of a deceased New York City businessman is fighting a stipulation in his late father’s will that required him to marry the mother of his child or risk losing the child’s inheritance.Robert Mandelbaum, who is a…
WATCH: Formula 1 Car Speeds Through Lincoln Tunnel
ABC News/Formula 1(NEW YORK) — The Lincoln Tunnel, which connects New York and New Jersey, can make for one of the longest 1.5 mile commutes of all time. But that wasn’t the case for David Coulthard, who managed to speed through the 1.5 mile tun…
Who’s Your Daddy? Mobile Truck Offers DNA Tests to Go
WABC(NEW YORK) — In what may be a first anywhere, a “Who’s Your Daddy” truck is cruising New York City selling DNA tests to people who want to confirm their child’s paternity or even whether their parents are biologically relat…
Mount Sinai Hospital Sued for Sex Discrimination
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — A fired hospital technician claims she was the victim of sexist and anti-Semitic taunts while working at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York. Sandra Morris, 37, has sued the Manhattan medical center and two of her forme…
New York to Moscow Plane Diverted After Bomb Threat
Jupiterimages/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — A passenger jet flying from New York’s John F. Kennedy Airport to Moscow was diverted to Iceland on Thursday because a caller reportedly told the NYPD there was a bomb on board.A total of 256 people were on board t…
Maserati Owner Tricked By Thieves
Comstock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — A Maserati owner who just moved to New York City got an unwelcome greeting to the Big Apple.Chadwick Lange, 43, who moved to the city from Florida, left his Maserati idling in Times Square around 5 a.m. Sunday while he …
Mayor Bloomberg: Chick-fil-A Ban Is ‘Inappropriate’
Michael Loccisano/FilmMagic(NEW YORK) — New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg may have a bone to pick with jumbo-sized sodas, but he has no qualms with Chick-fil-A.While his fellow mayors in San Francisco, Chicago and Boston have shunned the chicken s…
New York Man Catches Girl Falling from Window
iStockphoto/Thinkstock (file photo)(NEW YORK) — A 7-year-old New York City girl escaped injury on Monday after she fell from a third-story window and was caught by a neighbor.Cellphone video taken by a resident in the Coney Island section of Brooklyn …
WATCH: Window Washers Rescued from NYC High-Rise
File photo. iStockphoto/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Two window washers spent a terrifying hour suspended 42 stories above the streets of Manhattan Wednesday before firefighters could pull them to safety.The two workers, who were not identified by fire off…
DNA Link Between ‘Occupy’ Protest and Student’s Slaying in Doubt
Comstock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — A DNA match between material on a slain jogger’s CD player in 2004 and on a chain used by Occupy Wall Street to hold open a subway entrance last year now appears very likely the result of the same person having handled …
New York City Pay Phone Booths Now Free Wi-Fi Hotspots
Comstock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — New York City is committed to making sure the 12,000 phone booths still lining its sidewalks don’t become relics. While the city announced plans to turn some of them into digital kiosks with SmartScreens in April, today…
Big Soda Ban Riles Industry, Bores New Yorkers
Hemera/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Judging by the print ads, radio spots, plane-flown banners, and a protest held at city hall on Monday, New Yorkers may think that their fellow citizens are angrily rallying against Mayor Mike Bloomberg’s proposed ba…
Report: Charlie Sheen, Denise Richards Not Talking After NYC ‘Nightmare’
ABC/RICHARD CARTWRIGHT(NEW YORK) — Rumors recently swirled that a weekend Charlie Sheen spent with his ex-wife Denise Richards and their daughters Sam and Lola last month in New York City went awry, though at the time the Anger Management star’s camp …
Report: Charlie Sheen ‘Flipped Out’ on Daughters on NYC Trip
ABC/RICHARD CARTWRIGHT(NEW YORK) — A day after the actor’s camp — and the Ritz Hotel — denied rumors he’d trashed a hotel suite in New York City, Us Weekly reported on Wednesday that the source of static between Charlie Sheen and his family Monday n…
Sen. Orrin Hatch, Rep. Charlie Rangel Survive Primary Challenges
T.J. Kirkpatrick/Spencer Platt/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Two Capitol Hill stalwarts — a conservative senator and a liberal congressman — easily won their respective primaries on Tuesday, fending off what were viewed as the toughest challenges of th…
47 Pit Bulls Rescued From Alleged Fighting Ring
NYPD(NEW YORK) — New York City police rescued 47 pit bulls from a Bronx basement and arrested a man for allegedly operating a dog-fighting ring.Police arrested Raul Sanchez for animal fighting and cruelty in the basement of a six-story apartment build…
Caught on Tape: Man Steals Salvador Dali Painting Worth $150K
Thinkstock/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Police are looking for a man who swiped a $150,000 Salvador Dali painting from a New York City art gallery.Police say the man walked into the Venus Over Manhattan gallery on Tuesday, posing as a customer. The …
Club Manager Arrested After Chris Brown, Drake Brawl
Shareif Ziyadat/Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic(NEW YORK) — One day after a bottle-throwing fight erupted between Chris Brown and Drake at a New York City club, police arrested the manager of the club.Jonathan Cantor, the manager of Greenhouse, was taken into…
NY Principal Nixes Performance of "God Bless the USA" at Graduation
Comstock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — A principal in New York City has caused a stir after canceling a performance of Lee Greenwood’s patriotic song “God Bless the U.S.A.” at a kindergarten graduation.
According to the New York Post, the PS 90 principal, Gr…
Social Media Efforts Reunite Engagement Ring with Owner
Stockbyte/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Michelle La Plante could not have imagined that a trip to the playground with her daughter over Memorial Day weekend would have her on a mission to track down a stranger who left something very precious behind.La Plant…