New York City

A dramatic confrontation caught on camera between a man wielding a bat and another with a gun disrupted the evening commute for passengers on a New York City subway Wednesday. Brian Baksa, 40, who police said is homeless, jumped from his seat and pulled a wo…

Hello, and welcome to another edition of The Monitor, WIRED's pop culture news roundup. What's been happening in the world of entertainment? For one, Avengers: Endgame is getting re-released to theaters with some new footage. For another, writer/director/prod…

Remi Rough celebrated the artistic diversity of the murals creators. Im more abstract, and Steph is more illustrative, he said. Not everyone comes from the graffiti tradition, though I do. (Graffiti being the unsanctioned division of mural making.) And he a…

Photographer Stanley Stellar has spent decades capturing gay life in New York City. He and his camera have been witness to the sexual awakening that took place on the piers on Manhattans West Side during the 70s, the growing openness and expression of sexuali…

New York City Police officials gather along Wilcox Street behind the 121st Precinct station house following a report of a police officer shot in the Staten Island borough on June 14, 2019.  (Photo: Joseph Ostapiuk, AP) At 3:50 p.m. Friday afternoon, a 29-ye…

In the old days, he said meekly, I wouldve been embarrassed. Frank Lucas died last month. When I read his obituary, prepared in advance by Robert McFadden, I wondered: Whatever happened to Nicky Barnes? The United States Marshals Service does not release pr…

New York lawmakers voted on Thursday to repeal vaccine exemptions for religious reasons in school-age children as the state continues to battle ongoing measles outbreaks. Governor Andrew Cuomo signed the legislation to bar the non-medical exemptions minutes …

NEW YORK - Cuba Gooding Jr.'s lawyer said Thursday security video will exonerate the actor from allegations he groped a woman at a New York City night spot. Video from Magic Hour Rooftop Bar & Lounge in Manhattan showed no criminality on Gooding's part, …

Pose, FX’s vibrant series about ball culture in 1988 New York, is defined by joy and by love, but most of all by presence —the idea that simply being yourself in a specific space can be a revolutionary act. That space can be a dance floor, or it can be…

The pilot who died after crashing a helicopter on top of a New York City skyscraper on Monday should not have been flying, Federal Aviation Administration officials said. The FAA told NBC News and The Hill in a statement on Tuesday that Timothy McCormack w…