A sign announcing the closure of the Statue of Liberty, due to the U.S. government shutdown, sits near the ferry dock to the Statue of Liberty at Battery Park in Manhattan, New York, U.S. January 21, 2018. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Sta... More »
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A former personal assistant to Goldman Sachs Group Inc Co-Chief Operating Officer David Solomon has been charged with stealing hundreds of bottles of wine worth more than $1.2 million from his former boss. U.S. prosecutors on Wednesday sai... More »
A family visits the Ancient Egypt section of the Metropolitan Museum of Art on Mother’s Day in New York City, U.S., May 14, 2017. REUTERS/Joe Penney NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, one of the world’s most popular museums, will ... More »
ABC Television Network said on Friday that it fired celebrity chef Mario Batali from its daytime cooking show, "The Chew," after he was accused of sexual misconduct. More »
FILE PHOTO: Def Jam co-founder Russell Simmons arrives at the 2010 Vanity Fair Oscar party in West Hollywood, California, U.S. March 7, 2010. REUTERS/Danny Moloshok/File Photo NEW YORK (Reuters) – Music and film producer Russell Simmons faced new accusations o... More »
A Prairie Home Companion, the U.S. radio variety show that Garrison Keillor presented for decades until his retirement last year, has been renamed "Town Hall," days after the raconteur was accused of sexual misconduct. More »
Longtime "Today" show host Matt Lauer apologized for what he called his "troubling flaws" in a statement read out on the NBC morning show on Thursday, a day after the network fired him for inappropriate sexual behavior. More »
FILE PHOTO: Bulgarian-born artist Christo Vladimirov Javacheff known as Christo attends a news conference during the presentation of the installation ‘The Floating Piers’, on the Lake Iseo, northern Italy June 16, 2016. REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini NEW YORK (Reu... More »
FILE PHOTO: Norman Seabrook, the head of New York City’s prison guard union, exits the Manhattan District court house in New York, U.S., July 22, 2016. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/File Photo NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Thursday ordered a mistrial in the cor... More »
The U.S. Senate voted Monday to approve a senior Transportation Department nominee and advance another nomination, after Republicans accused Democrats of blocking some nominees to push for funding of a New York area infrastructure project. More »
Artist Duane Hanson’s sculpture titled “Baby in a Carriage, 1983,” valued at about $80,000 to $120,000, is seen in the Park Avenue window of Heritage Auctions in New York City, New York, U.S., November 10, 2017. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton NEW YORK (Reuters) – A... More »
A sculpture of a baby sleeping in an unusual New York City exhibit has Park Avenue window-shoppers alerting auction house staff that a child has been “forgotten in the display.” More »
A federal judge ruled on Wednesday that a non-profit exhibiting art by Al Hirschfeld had the right to terminate its contract with a Manhattan gallery that had sold works by the late theater and screen caricaturist for more than four decades. More »
George W. Bush famously turned to portrait painting as a hobby when he left office. Could President Donald Trump one day follow in his footsteps, encouraged by the recent sale of his drawing of New York City's Empire State Building for $16,000? More »
New York City police wrangled a cow on the loose in a Brooklyn park on Tuesday after the animal became a spectacle for tourists and New Yorkers alike when it was spotted roaming the streets and enjoying the park facilities. More »
Chinese internet conglomerate Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (BABA.N) denied on Thursday that its vice chairman, Joseph Tsai, is in advanced talks to buy a stake in the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association. More »
A suburban New York hedge fund manager accused of losing or spending all but about $27,000 of the $21.8 million he told investors he had was criminally charged on Thursday with running a Ponzi scheme. More »
The National Gallery in London on Thursday won the dismissal of a lawsuit in which three grandchildren of a muse of the artist Henri Matisse sought to recover a painting they said was stolen shortly after World War Two. More »
Fashion designer Brandon Maxwell used denim for the first time ever as he showcased a classic American style in bold colors with a hint of nostalgia for his Spring/Summer 2018 collection at an offsite venue of New York Fashion Week: The Shows. More »
The sign outside the Wells Fargo & Co. bank in downtown Denver April 13, 2016. Wells Fargo & Co needs to work more quickly to remake its board of directors following a sales scandal and public rebuke at the bank’s annual meeting in April, New York City Comptro... More »
Artist Benjamin Shine hopes the launch of a new installation featuring his signature tulle fabrics in a New York department store window display at Bergdorf Goodman will inspire passersby to pause and self-reflect. More »
A child looks at a display of Jim Henson’s Muppets character Kermit the Frog at the Museum of the Moving Image in the Queens borough of New York City, New York, U.S. July 21, 2017. A new exhibit featuring the work of Muppets creator Jim Henson will go on perma... More »
A toilet paper wedding dress with 1,500 hand-cut butterflies made by a mother of two in her spare time won the $10,000 first prize in a quirky New York fashion competition on Thursday and a bride-in-need may have the chance to wear it down the aisle. More »
The Apollo 11 Contingency Lunar Sample Return Bag used by astronaut Neil Armstrong is displayed for Sotheby’s Space Exploration auction in New York City, U.S., July 13, 2017. The long-lost bag used by U.S. astronaut Neil Armstrong to bring back to Earth the fi... More »
Artist Heather Dewey-Hagborg poses with 3-D printed masks created from DNA extracted from cheek swabs and hair clippings she received from formerly imprisoned U.S. Army Private Chelsea Manning while she was in jail, ahead of the August 2, 2017 opening of “A Be... More »
Participants take part in the LGBT Pride March in the Manhattan borough of New York City, U.S., June 25, 2017. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri Large crowds turned out for Pride marches on Sunday in New York City and San Francisco, the two U.S. places most associated wit... More »
FILE PHOTO: The One World Trade Center tower is seen in New York, U.S. on November 8, 2013. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo A Korean-born architect on Wednesday sued a major architecture firm over the design of Manhattan’s One World Trade Center, claiming that t... More »
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump arrives at Newark International airport in Newark, NJ U.S., to spend a weekend at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminister, New Jersey, June 9, 2017. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas/File Photo New York’s Public Theater on Monday defe... More »
A Delta Airlines aeroplane is seen inside of a hangar during a launch event of the new alliance between AeroMexico and Delta Airlines and their announcement as sponsors of the Mexican soccer team, in Mexico City, Mexico, May 3, 2017. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido Del... More »
Baraka Lusambo, 7, a Tanzanian with albinism who had an arm chopped off in a witchcraft-driven attack, puts on his shirt during a prosthetic fitting while he sucks on his lollipop, at the Shriners Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., May 30, 2017. REU... More »
Melissa McCarthy stands on a mobile lectern as she is filmed portraying White House spokesman Sean Spicer for an upcoming episode of Saturday Night Live on the west side of midtown Manhattan, in a still image from video taken in New York City, New York, U.S. M... More »
FILE PHOTO: Andrew Cuomo, Governor of New York, arrives at Trump Tower in New York City, U.S. January 18, 2017. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Wednesday that the state will allow testing of autonomous vehicles on public roads, p... More »
A sign is pictured outside Christie’s auction house in Geneva, Switzerland, December 15, 2016. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse As auction powerhouses Christie’s and Sotheby’s gear up for their New York spring sales, hopes are high that a host of major works the likes ... More »
Joseph Meli and his wife, Jessica Meli, exit U.S. Federal Court in Manhattan, New York, U.S., January 27, 2017, after Meli and Steven Simmons were charged with running a criminal Ponzi scheme that swindled investors in a purported ticket-reselling business for... More »
Researchers sample water from the East River off New York as part of a study of fish DNA that is helping scientists to track migrations of species such as herring and bass to the region, in New York, U.S., October 30, 2015. Mark Stoeckle/Handout via REUTERS Sc... More »
Mar 5, 2017- New York, NY, USA- New York Knicks power forward Kristaps Porzingis (6) during warmups before a game against the Golden State Warriors at Madison Square Garden. Mandatory Credit: Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports If the New York Knicks are the NBA’s st... More »
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Preet Bharara speaks during a Reuters Newsmaker event in New York City, U.S., July 13, 2016. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File photo Two days before U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara was fired, President Do... More »
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Preet Bharara speaks during a Reuters Newsmaker event in New York City, U.S., July 13, 2016. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File photo A prominent U.S. prosecutor said the Trump administration fired him... More »
Mar 8, 2017- Port St. Lucie, FL, USA- New York Mets designated hitter Tim Tebow (97) grounds into a double play that resulted in a run against the Boston Red Sox at First Data Field. Mandatory Credit: Jasen Vinlove-USA TODAY Sports Tim Tebow had a rough start ... More »
Cher arrives at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Gala 2015 celebrating the opening of ”China: Through the Looking Glass,” in Manhattan, New York May 4, 2015. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File Photo – RTSF63Z A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed a la... More »
FILE PHOTO – The seal of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission hangs on the wall at SEC headquarters in Washington, DC, U.S. on June 24, 2011. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo Entertainment featuring Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, The Rolling Stones and eve... More »
FILE PHOTO — New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio presents the Fiscal Year 2018 Preliminary Budget at New York City Hall in New York, U.S., January 24, 2017. REUTERS/Sam Hodgson/The New York Times/Pool/File Photo New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio will meet with... More »
A runaway bull led New York City police on a wild chase after escaping from a slaughterhouse on Tuesday, but the animal died after being cornered in someone’s backyard, officials said. More »
Demonstrators march during the ‘Day Without Immigrants’ protest in Washington, DC, U.S., February 16, 2017. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein Businesses shut their doors, students skipped class and thousands of demonstrators took to the streets in cities across the U... More »
Art dealer Eric Spoutz leaves the federal court in Manhattan, New York, U.S, February 16, 2017. REUTERS/Nate Raymond A Michigan art dealer was sentenced on Thursday to more than three years in prison for engaging in what prosecutors said was an extensive schem... More »
Actor Jake Gyllenhaal presents director Ang Lee with the John Schlesinger Britannia Award for Excellence in Directing at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Los Angeles’ Britannia Awards in Beverly Hills, California, October 28, 2016. REUTE... More »
A Connecticut hedge fund manager has pleaded guilty in a case linked to an alleged Ponzi scheme involving the resale of tickets for popular events, including smash Broadway musical “Hamilton.” More »
Activists gather at the US Capitol to protest President Donald Trump’s executive actions on immigration in Washington January 29, 2017. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein U.S. judges in at least five states blocked federal authorities from enforcing President Donald T... More »
Hundreds of domestic cats have been quarantined in New York City after contracting a strain of highly contagious avian flu at shelters operated by a major animal rescue organization, and the virus also infected at least one veterinarian, officials said. More »
Anthony Murgio arrives for a hearing at the Manhattan Federal Courthouse in New York, March 4, 2016. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid A Florida man pleaded guilty on Monday to charges that he conspired to operate an illegal bitcoin exchange, which prosecutors said was... More »
Mariah Carey performs during a concert in Times Square on New Year’s Eve in New York, U.S. December 31, 2016. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith Grammy Award-winning singer Mariah Carey shrugged off a botched New Year’s Eve show in New York’s Times Square, telling fans a... More »
Revelers dressed in Santa Claus and other holiday themed outfits take part in the annual SantaCon event in the Brooklyn borough of New York, December 12, 2015. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid From Boston to Austin and Chicago to Los Angeles, revelers across the Unite... More »
Heirs to the German Jewish art dealer Alfred Flechtheim on Monday sued the German state of Bavaria, seeking the return of eight paintings by Max Beckmann, Juan Gris and Paul Klee that they said were looted by the Nazis. More »
A 3D printed people’s models are seen in front of a displayed Airbnb logo in this illustration taken, June 8, 2016. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration Airbnb Inc and New York City said on Friday they had resolved a lawsuit brought by the company challenging a law... More »
An unidentified man is shown in this still image from surveillance video carrying a 86-pound pail of gold flakes valued at $1.6 million off an armored truck two months ago in Manhattan provided by the New York Police Department in New York, November 30, 2016. ... More »
New York state Governor Andrew Cuomo speaks on the final night of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. July 28, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Sunday launched an initiative to combat hate... More »
A boy holds a sign during a protest against U.S. President-elect Donald Trump in Manhattan, New York, U.S., November 13, 2016. REUTERS/Bria Webb Demonstrators in major U.S. cities took to the streets on Sunday for a fifth straight day to protest President-elec... More »
Officers from the New York Police Department provide security outside of the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, which will be the site of the election night event for U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton in New York, U.S., November 7, 2016. REU... More »
Andrew Caspersen and his wife Christina Caspersen depart following his sentencing at the U.S. Federal Court in New York City, U.S., November 4, 2016. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid Former Wall Street executive Andrew Caspersen was sentenced on Friday to four years i... More »
Organizers of the World Chess Championship sued on Monday to block a trio of website operators from broadcasting chess moves at the Nov. 11-30 match in New York, which is expected to draw millions of online viewers. More »
Republican U.S. presidential nominee Donald Trump is seen in a video screengrab as he apologizes for lewd comments he made about women during a statement recorded by his presidential campaign and released via social media after midnight October 8, 2016. Donald... More »
The World’s oldest woman, Jeanne Calment, 120 years old, is kissed by two young girls during a special ceremony in a retirement home in Arles, Southern France, February 21, 1995. REUTERS/Jean-Paul Pelisser/File Photo When she turned 120 years old in 1995, pluc... More »
Kanye West on stage during the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards in New York, U.S., in this August 28, 2016 file photo. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson Rapper Kanye West abruptly ended a performance in New York on Sunday night, citing a family emergency, the venue said in a s... More »
The Metropolitan Museum of Art in Manhattan was sued on Friday for the return of a Pablo Picasso masterpiece allegedly sold under duress in 1938 because of Nazi and Fascist persecution in Europe. More »
Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton talks to reporters about the explosion in Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan, New York, as she arrives to at the Westchester County airport in White Plains, U.S., September 17, 2016. REUTERS/Carlos Barria Democratic presidenti... More »
The National Gallery of Art in London was sued on Wednesday in New York for the return of the 1908 Henri Matisse painting “Portrait of Greta Moll” by three grandchildren of its subject, who claim it was stolen. More »
Artist Christopher Saucedo, whose brother Gregory Saucedo was killed in the 9/11 attacks, stands next to his work titled ‘World Trade Center as a Cloud’ during a preview event for the ‘Rendering the Unthinkable: Artists Respond to 9/11’ exhibition at the Natio... More »
It could have been a scene straight out of a horror movie. More »
Time Warner Inc’s Turner Networks has agreed to acquire a stake in U.S. digital publisher Refinery29 in a $45 million funding round with other investors to expand its audience of millennial women, the companies said on Thursday. More »
NEW YORK Time Warner Inc’s Turner Networks has agreed to acquire a stake in U.S. digital publisher Refinery29 in a $45 million funding round with other investors to expand its audience of millennial women, the companies said on Thursday. Turner, which led the ... More »
NEW YORK A federal appeals court on Wednesday rejected a new bid by five former employees of Bernard Madoff’s firm to overturn their convictions for helping their boss conceal his Ponzi scheme, which cost customers more than $17 billion. The order by the 2nd U... More »
CHICAGO New York City’s health department on Friday reported the first documented case of sexual transmission of Zika from a woman to her male partner, raising new concerns about the spread of the virus, which is typically contracted through mosquito bites. Sc... More »
A solar-powered airplane finished crossing the United States on Saturday, landing in New York City after flying over the Statue of Liberty during its historic bid to circle the globe, the project team said. The spindly, single-seat experimental aircraft, dubbe... More »
NEW YORK UBS AG urged a U.S. judge on Friday to reject claims that it should be held liable for $2 billion in losses that investors incurred on mortgage-backed securities issued before the collapse of the U.S. housing market. Lawyers for UBS made their closing... More »
NEW YORK Thousands of pigeons with tiny LED lights strapped to their legs swooped through the darkening skies in a jaw-dropping display of beauty, but savvy New Yorkers gazing up at the performance art knew enough to keep their mouths shut. As evening fell ove... More »
NEW YORK A New York lawyer was sentenced on Thursday to six months in prison for participating in a fraudulent scheme in which a con man impersonated his successful father in order to raise money to buy Maxim magazine. Harvey Newkirk, 40, was sentenced by U.S.... More »
NEW YORK A bull that bolted on its death march to a New York City slaughterhouse and was rescued with the help of comedian Jon Stewart will find out soon there is a price for freedom. The Angus bull that escaped on Friday, and whose life was spared when animal... More »
NEW YORK Love at first whiff is the idea behind Smell Dating, a New York matchmaking service that promises to help single people sniff out their perfect match by breathing in the odors from dirty T-shirts. Artist Tega Brain, who teaches at New York’s School fo... More »
NEW YORK Home prices are rising faster than wages in most of the United States, making homeownership increasingly difficult for average Americans in some of the most populous areas of the country, according to a report released on Thursday. The report found th... More »
NEW YORK First responders and the families of victims of the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center gathered in New York on Friday to remember “the country’s first glimpse of terrorism,” a prelude to the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks that destroyed the Twin Towers. ... More »
MONTREAL Canadian investment in the Manhattan commercial property market is expected to stay strong this year after quadrupling to hit a record in 2015, real estate specialists said. Canadians accounted for almost a third of the $25.6 billion in foreign capita... More »
LOS ANGELES Glenn Frey, the prolific guitarist, singer, songwriter and founding member of the Eagles, died on Monday at age 67, the American rock band known for “Hotel California” and dozens of other hits said on its website. Frey died in New York City of comp... More »
NEW YORK Former Adelphia Communications Corp CEO John Rigas, who is serving a 12-year sentence for his role in a fraud that led to the cable company’s collapse, is seeking release from prison due to his “precipitously deteriorating health.” Lawyers for Rigas, ... More »
NEW YORK New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio urged the city’s pension funds on Friday to divest their holdings in stocks of gun makers after this week’s mass shooting in San Bernardino, California. Two of the funds in the city’s $155 billion pension system drop... More »
NEW YORK The trustee liquidating Bernard Madoff’s firm on Friday began distributing another $1.19 billion to victims of the swindler’s Ponzi scheme. Irving Picard, the trustee, said the payout will boost distributions to more than $9.16 billion. Next week mark... More »
NEW YORKRapper Busta Rhymes pleaded guilty to a non-criminal harassment charge on Friday for throwing a protein drink at an employee at a New York City gym, prosecutors said. Rhymes, whose real name is Trevor Tahiem Smith Jr., was arrested in August and charge... More »
NEW YORK The former leaders of New York’s two legislative chambers face simultaneous public corruption trials this month in a Manhattan federal courthouse, shining a spotlight on the sordid side of state politics. Former New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon... More »
NEW YORK Some 20,000 New York City public high school students will be offered cut-rate $10 tickets to attend performances of the hip-hop musical sensation “Hamilton,” the hottest show on Broadway, in a bid to hook them on history. The Rockefeller Foundation, ... More »
NEW YORK The governor of New York and mayor of New York City unveiled an agreement on Saturday to close a gap in funding a $26.1 billion capital plan for the region’s deteriorating mass transit system, settling their differences over how to split the cost. For... More »
New York City’s $165 billion pension funds will vote to strip Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan of his chairman title, a spokesman for the funds told Reuters on Thursday. The funds, overseen by New York Comptroller Scott Stringer, hold 25.2 million shares, wh... More »
NEW YORK Novak Djokovic closed out the grand slam campaign in style beating long time rival Roger Federer to claim the U.S. Open on Sunday, leaving the Serb a hair away from one of the greatest seasons of all-time. The 6-4 5-7 6-4 6-4 victory gave Djokovic thr... More »
NEW YORK A Latvian man pleaded guilty on Friday to engaging in a scheme to transmit a computer virus that infected more than a million computers worldwide and caused tens of millions of dollars in losses. Deniss Calovskis, 30, pleaded guilty in federal court i... More »
Drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline temporarily closed a North Carolina factory on Tuesday after testing at a cooling tower found bacteria that causes deadly Legionnaire’s disease. The Legionella bacteria were discovered during routine inspections at the site in Zebulon... More »
Drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline closed its North Carolina factory on Tuesday after testing at a cooling tower found bacteria that causes deadly Legionnaire’s disease, a company spokeswoman said. The Legionella bacteria was discovered during routine inspections at th... More »
NEW YORK A Russian art dealer accused by Polish authorities of illegally acquiring an 18th-century painting stolen during World War II by the Nazis cannot be extradited from the United States, a Manhattan federal judge ruled on Monday. U.S. District Judge Jed ... More »
