In a room bedecked with wildflowers, and sprinkled with a who’s who of New York elected officials, Christine C. Quinn, the speaker of the New York City Council and a leading candidate to be mayor, married [...]

By Maxim Duncan and Lily Kuo

NEW YORK |
Sat May 19, 2012 9:55pm EDT

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng arrived in the United States on Saturday and declared “equality and justice have no boundaries” after China let him leave a [...]

By Maxim Duncan and Lily Kuo

NEW YORK |
Sat May 19, 2012 8:10pm EDT

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng arrived in the United States on Saturday after China allowed him to leave a hospital in Beijing in a move that [...]

Family and friends gathered Saturday at a modest stone church in a hamlet north of New York City for the funeral of Mary Richardson Kennedy, the latest member of that charmed and cursed family to fall victim to tragedy and inner demons.

The service, held on a beautiful spring morning, was private, but [...]

(CBS/AP) BEDFORD, N.Y. – Mourners gathered on Saturday at a modest stone church north of New York City for the funeral of Mary Richardson Kennedy, the estranged wife of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

The services were held at St. Patrick’s Roman Catholic Church in Bedford, three days after Kennedy, 52, was found dead of an [...]

The services, held at St. Patrick’s Roman Catholic Church in the hamlet of Bedford, took place on a beautiful spring morning, three days after Kennedy, 52, was found dead of an apparent suicide at her nearby estate.

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NEW YORK–Andy Pettitte took a page out of 1996 at Yankee Stadium on Friday night, helping the New York Yankees snap a three-game losing streak by tossing eight shutout innings and striking out nine batters in a 4-0 win over the Cincinnati Reds.

Pettitte had seven strikeouts through four innings, three [...]

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By KAREN MATTHEWS

The Associated Press

BEDFORD, N.Y. — Mourners have gathered at a modest stone church north of New York City for the funeral of Mary Richardson Kennedy.

(AP Photo/Peter T. Michaelis)

In this 2005 photo provided by [...]

Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng is on his way to the United States, after weeks at the center of a diplomatic tussle between Beijing and Washington.

Chen Guangcheng departed Beijing airport late Saturday afternoon aboard United Airlines Flight 88. The flight is due to arrive in the U.S. city of Newark, New [...]

Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng told VOA Saturday he and his family have obtained passports and are waiting for their flight to the U.S. at Beijing international airport.

The blind activist says his flight was slightly delayed, but he expects to leave soon for New York, where New York University has offered [...]