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World Cup soccer champs to get hero's welcome in NYC The United States women's national team will get a ticker-tape parade up lower Manhattan on Wednesday in honor of their record-breaking World Cup win. It's the city's first ticker-tape parade since the wom…

Dear Diary: I grew up in a small town in Kentucky in the 1950s. My parents knew nothing about classical music, but they thought they should offer it to their children. They acquired a long-playing record for that purpose, to no avail. At college, in Virginia…

The United States women’s national team will be honored Wednesday with a parade in New York City. The Americans won their second straight World Cup title on Sunday, beating the Netherlands 2-0 Sunday in Lyon, France. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio ann…

Pop quiz: Which is greater on graduation day in New York: the number of graduates or the number of emotions? In late June, the city is filled with students deep in their feels. A…

Jilly Edgar, 20, a New York University student and member of the Sunrise Movement, which advocates for Green New Deal policies, said she struggled to think of the future. That should be a time, she said, when the world is becoming my own, and moving forward i…

(CNN)A Virgin Atlantic flight headed to London from New York City was diverted to Boston after a small fire broke out in the first class cabin Thursday night, a passenger said. The flight's 217 passengers were safely evacuated after the emergency landing, th…

There are 1,240 miles of bike lanes in New York City, including 480 miles that use barriers to separate riders from traffic. But in a city with about 6,000 miles of streets, that leaves many places without any protection for cyclists. Many cyclists and trans…

George Arzt, the press secretary for Mayor Edward I. Koch, said that Mr. de Blasios son could help in places like South Carolina and in places where there are large African-American populations. But Mr. Arzt doesnt expect Dante de Blasios involvement to be a…

Priced out? At Manhattans South Street Seaport, Piers 16 and 17 are closed to the public, but open to whoever can afford a $492 ticket to a party at the Fulton restaurant, Gothamist reported. What about other shows? You can head to Coney Island, Brooklyn, …

New York City's police commissioner has apologized for the 1969 police raid at the Stonewall Inn that catalyzed the modern LGBT rights movement. (June 6) AP NEW YORK  A police officer craving for cake batter ice cream put him and his colleagues in the righ…