Former Gov. Jim McGreevey and Councilmember James Solomon will take part in a runoff election for mayor of Jersey City​, N.J.

A new film, Aftershock: The Nicole P. Bell Story, brings the 2006 killing of Sean Bell by New York City police back to the ...

New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani​ announced Monday the creation of 17 transition advisory committees made up of more than 400 people.

In 1990, the original floating Lacey V. Murrow Bridge sank during a Thanksgiving storm in Washington state. The bridge was ...

Pei-Yun 'Lu' Chung has been arrested after a month-long dine-and-dash streak at high-end New York City restaurants. Here's ...

More than 35 years after he killed a 15-year-old classmate and the 17-month-old boy she was babysitting , Chad Campbell is ...

Notable people born on this day include “Orange County” star Colin Hanks and National Review founder William F. Buckley Jr.

Ahead of the annual Root 100 awards, we're taking a look at the life of The Root's founder, Henry Louis Gates Jr.

On 1874, Joseph Glidden received a patent for barbed wire, which altered the development of ranching on the Great Plains.

Today in History for Dec. 9: In 1608, English poet John Milton was born in London.

The Spun taps Hockey Hall of Fame writer Helene Elliott to check in with American hockey legends Mike Eruzione, Mark Johnson and Ken Morrow to see what they're up to today.

When Master Sergeant Jorge Washington Garcia walked into the Setauket Village Diner, he did not expect to learn he was chosen as the New York Jets Veteran of the Game for their Dec. 28 face-off ...