HUMANITARIAN CRISIS EVOKES EUROPES DARKEST HOUR

In Europe, we benefited from humanitarian assistance and the acceptance of refugees after the disaster that was World War II, Mr. Roth said... READ MORE›

14 YEARS AFTER 9 11 LOWER MANHATTAN IS RISING AS WTC WORK NEARS ITS END

Fourteen Septembers after terrorists destroyed the nations greatest office complex, the rebuilding of the World Trade Center continues... READ MORE›

NEW PROTESTS OVER ERIC GARNER DEATH

After a confrontation with police officer Daniel Pantaleo placed his arm round Mr Garner's neck... READ MORE›

WINTER STORM LIVE UPDATES: MASSIVE SNOWSTORM SLAMS EAST COAST

A video posted by a West Virginia teacher vividly captured the storm for millions of people who saw it on Facebook... READ MORE›

EUROPE'S CURRENT ANTI-MIGRANT RHETORIC CARRIES ECHOES OF 1930S ANTI-SEMITISM

Even during World War II, let alone before it started, antisemitism was rife in American political and public life... READ MORE›

70 YEARS LATER HOW WORLD WAR II CHANGED AMERICA

Even as World War II was ending 70 years ago, Americans already knew it had transformed their country... READ MORE›

DONALD TRUMP AND BIKERS SHARE AFFECTION AT ROLLING THUNDER RALLY

Nancy Regg, a spokeswoman for Rolling Thunder, said the group had invited Mr. Trump to appear... READ MORE›

UNARMED BLACK 14-YEAR-OLD SHOT 7 TIMES BY POLICE OFFICER IN NEW JERSEY

Justin Michael Carissimo is a US reporter for The Independent and is based in New York City... READ MORE›

NEW YORK EBOLA DOCTOR 'VIRUS FREE'

International business times uk ebola outbreak us free of virus after new york doctor craig spencer cleared 4 hrs ago... READ MORE›

POPE FRANCIS ARRIVES IN NEW YORK CITY

Hours before the pope's New York City arrival, parts of midtown Manhattan were already locked down with tighter-than-usual security precautions... READ MORE›

POPE FRANCIS TO TALK CLIMATE MIGRANTS AT UNITEDNATIONS

Francis visit to the United Nations will be the fifth by a pope... READ MORE›

'WE CAN DO IT!' HUNDREDS DRESS UP AS WWII ICON ROSIE THE RIVETER

They'd just tentatively broken the Guinness World Record for most Rosies in one place since WWII... READ MORE›

CECIL THE LION AND ENDANGERED ANIMALS LIGHT UP NEW YORK

Cecil the lion and world's most endangered animals projected on Empire State Building... READ MORE›

BERLIN AIRPORT USED IN COLD WAR AIRLIFT IS POISED TO PLAY NEW HUMANITARIAN ROLE

Tempelhof Airport was in the Cold War's early days a lifeline for West Berliners isolated from the world during the Berlin Blockade... READ MORE›

WWII TANK WAS STASHED IN 78-YEAR-OLD'S CELLAR

Prosecutors meanwhile are investigating whether possession of the tank torpedo anti-aircraft gun and other weapons violates Germany's War Weapons Control Act... READ MORE›

STUDENT STABBED NINE TIMES 'FOR ASKING MAN TO STOP CATCALLING HIS GIRLFRIEND'

Ben Schwartz was assaulted in the early hours of Saturday morning as he walked home from a gathering with his girlfriend and friend... READ MORE›

NEW YORK'S ONE WORLD TRADE CENTER SPIRE LIT BLUE, WHITE AND RED IN SOLIDARITY WITH FRANCE

Paris attacks New York's One World Trade Center spire lit blue, white and red in solidarity with France... READ MORE›

Photo of Bob Pocoroba, when he was twenty years old during World War III... READ MORE›

FEDS SHUT DOWN SILK ROAD 2.0, ARREST SAN FRANCISCO MAN

6, 2013, five weeks after federal agents seized the original Silk Road website and arrested its alleged operator, Ross Ulbricht, known by the online handle Dread Pirate Roberts... READ MORE›

FOUR ARRESTED AFTER CHAOTIC BRAWL BREAKS OUT ON TRAIN

It opens with Danay Howard, 21, taunting Jorge Pena, 25, about the leather jacket he is wearing... READ MORE›

NEW WORLD TRADE CENTRE OPENS 13 YEARS AFTER 9/11 ATTACKS

Some staffers of publishing giant Conde Nast began working at 1 World Trade Center on Monday... READ MORE›

POPE ADDRESSES 20,000 AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN

NEW YORK -- For one night only Pope Francis headlined Madison Square Garden... READ MORE›

V-J DAY: RARE COLOUR ARCHIVE FOOTAGE SHOWS PEOPLE CELEBRATING END OF WORLD WAR II

Video V-J Day rare colour archive footage shows people celebrating end of World War II... READ MORE›

'IRISH' TOURIST TAKES ON ANGRY MOB OF TURKISH SHOPKEEPERS

An action-packed video of a man described as an 'Irish tourist' street-fighting a mob of angry shopkeepers has surfaced in Turkey... READ MORE›

YURI N AFANASYEV HISTORIAN WHO REPUDIATED COMMUNISM DIES AT 81

The cause was a heart attack, said a spokeswoman for the Russian State University for the Humanities, which Mr. Afanasyev founded in 1991... READ MORE›

THE REAL WORLD SMALL ARMS THAT INSPIRED THE WEAPONS OF 'STAR WARS'

Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side Han Solo aboard the Millennium Falcon enroute to Alderaan... READ MORE›

NEW YORK, OTHER U.S. CITIES BEEF UP SECURITY AFTER PARIS ATTACKS

Chicago police were following developments in France to determine whether to bolster city security but was not aware of any immediate threats... READ MORE›

THE PARIS TERROR ATTACKS: WHAT WE KNOW NOW

The world watched in horror as a series of attacks erupted in Paris Friday, At least 127 are dead... READ MORE›

VP BIDEN LIKENS LAGUARDIA TO 'THIRD WORLD' AIRPORT

Add Vice President Joe Biden to the list of folks who think LaGuardia airport could use an upgrade... READ MORE›

NEW YORK IMPOSES TRAVEL BAN AMID ONE OF THE WORST BLIZZARDS IN ITS HISTORY

Storm Jonas New York imposes travel ban amid one of the worst blizzards in its history... READ MORE›