The Latest Breaking News from New York

The American essayist on feeling panicky about how her subjects will react, the relief of typing ‘The End’, and why she won’t reveal her bedside reads

The New York Giants fell to the Detroit Lions, 21-16, in Week 1 of the preseason and the Giants Wire team grades reflect that performance.

A forensic audit into Lebanon’s central bank by a New York-based company has revealed yearslong misconduct by the bank’s former governor and $111 million in “illegitimate commissions.”

Look for these budgetary swindles at a failing K-12 system near you.

Teams going from 100-win seasons to posting a losing record the following year are rare.

Italy is celebrating the return of 266 antiquities that were looted and sold to museums and private collectors in the United States

A federally funded study found that cannabis can help reduce opioid cravings and abuse.

On August 11 1973, DJ Kool Herc and his sister Cindy threw the now legendary Back To School jam in the recreation room of 1520 Sedgewick Avenue in The Bronx, New York.

Music historians agree that the birth of hip-hop culture happened on 11 August 1973 in an apartment in the Bronx, a New York City borough. Since then, the movement has gone through five decades of intense renewal and influenced a plethora of musicians around the world – including in France.