Hurricane Irene blasted ashore near Cape Lookout, North Carolina in a weakened but still massive category one storm that has sent Americans fleeing.
New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg has ordered a mandatory evacuation from several low-lying areas as Hurricane Irene looms.
New Yorkers living in low-lying areas should think about moving out on Friday before Hurricane Irene hits the city of 8.4-million people.
Architect Michael Arad first imagined the reflecting pools with waterfalls — he calls them voids — as two empty spaces in the Hudson River.
James De La Vega has a message for New York — and he’s writing it all over the city.
Dominique Strauss-Kahn has a "substantial incentive to flee" if bailed, a lawyer prosecuting the former IMF chief on sexual assault charges says.
Several New York City council members unveiled a bid on Tuesday to ban toy giveaways to reduce the allure of fast-food restaurants.
Sending a 49-member delegation to a United Nations gender summit in New York was a gross misuse of public funds, the DA said on Monday.
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/ 23 February 2011
A New York mafia don will be dressed to kill when his long delayed death-penalty murder trial starts — thanks to a sartorially sympathetic judge.
A No Pants Gautrain Ride — coinciding with the 10th annual No Pants Subway Ride in New York — ended with 34 "indecent" people being handcuffed.
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/ 30 December 2010
New York mayor Michael Bloomberg, a political independent whose reputation was built on competence, may have been defeated this time by a blizzard.
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/ 28 December 2010
A blizzard pummeled the north-eastern United States on Monday, burying cities in knee-deep snow and leaving thousands camped at airports.
Hundreds of people, sporting broomsticks and capes, invaded New York this weekend to reenact Harry Potter’s magical game of quidditch.
Top athletes are snubbing the Commonwealth Games as safety fears and complaints of filthy accommodation have left the event in crisis.
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/ 9 September 2010
Roger Federer mastered the wild weather and his opponent to storm into the US Open semifinals on Wednesday.
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/ 8 September 2010
Rafael Nadal kept his perfect record intact at the US Open on Tuesday as he powered past Spanish compatriot Feliciano Lopez into the quarterfinals.
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/ 2 September 2010
Andy Murray sent an ominous warning to his US Open rivals when he breezed through his first match on Wednesday.
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/ 1 September 2010
Rafa Nadal made a smooth start to his bid to capture the one Grand Slam that has eluded him when beat Teymuraz Gabashvili 7-6 7-6 6-3 on Tuesday.
In Pete’s Tavern, USA’s World Cup draw with England stirred passion — but don’t expect America to fall in love with soccer.
New Yorkers no longer think of Harlem as a no-go zone, so tourists shouldn’t miss its live jazz, great architecture and soul food.
A late self-portrait by "pope of pop" Andy Warhol sold for a record $32,5-million at Sotheby’s in New York on Wednesday.
US authorities are investigating a thwarted car bombing in New York’s famed Times Square where thousands of people gather each day and night.
Police tipped off by a street vendor defused a car bomb on Times Square in New York on Saturday that could have turned into a "deadly event".
An apparent failed car bomb in a vehicle that was smoking and emitted a small "flash" caused police to evacuate New York’s Times Square on Saturday.
The photographs in a new show at the Jewish Museum chronicling SA during and after the apartheid era are not the images you expect to see.
The current show at New York’s Moma has rubbed up against an unexpected problem.
New York police doubled patrols of the subway system and sent police cars to transit hubs as a precaution following the Moscow subway bombings.
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/ 19 September 2009
Lynley Donnelly jetted off to the Big Apple to see how the African designers fared at fashion week.
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/ 15 September 2009
Losing his US Open title and 41-match winning streak was a huge blow, but Roger Federer says he will spend no time in brooding over it.
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/ 11 September 2009
After 10 days of clear weather, rain and winds swept through Flushing Meadows on Thursday, tossing the US Open’s final weekend into disarray.
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/ 10 September 2009
Roger Federer will play Novak Djokovic in the US Open semifinals on Saturday.
Nine people, including five Italian tourists, were killed on Saturday when a small plane clipped a helicopter over New York.;