Christopher Maag

Fifteen miles west of Manhattan, in Paterson, N.J., a community is directly, and often painfully, connected to a conflict half a world away.

At the annual convention of comics, anime and countless expressions of nerd culture, cosplay superfans transcend their pasts and become stars for a day.

Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch’s decision to bring departmental charges against the two officers follows a finding that they used excessive force against the man, Win Rozario.

After making millions in a job he came to hate, Jonathan Kleisner joined the Fire Department as a rookie paramedic at the age of 41. Now he’s determined to be the best rescue medic anywhere.

Thanks to Hurricane Erin, conditions are ideal for the urban surfer: giant waves and no swimmers.

City data actually suggest that rat sightings are declining. But horror stories are everywhere, and a single rat in a stroller is enough to set off a panic.

Zhi Alan Cheng, who practiced at NewYork-Presbyterian Queens medical center, had a variety of illicit drugs in his apartment.

A Toyota Corolla driven by an 84-year-old man struck two pedestrians, leaving the motorist and both pedestrians dead, the police said.

President Trump is deploying the National Guard to the streets of an American city for the second time this year, but the Guard has been used by other leaders, too.

Did the shocking disappearance of a 6-year-old in 1979 forever alter how Americans raised children? Or were there other reasons for parents to be anxious?