York, England News

With most of the winter season now behind him, Mayor Bill de Blasio today named Kathryn Garcia to lead the city's Department of Sanitation.

Firefighters look over the site of a building explosion in New York, Friday, March 14, 2014.

A SUMMIT on river safety will be held in York later this month, following the recent death of student Megan Roberts.

A WOMAN has thanked an RAF medic who she believes saved her life after her drink was spiked on a night out in York.

The truth about New York's scaffold law is irrefutable, and Cornell University agrees.

It's not every day you get to see an Emmy winner have a run-in with an anti-Semitic man dressed as a stuffed bear, but that happens on The Good Wife on Sunday, March 16. Carrie Preston returns as Elsbeth Tascioni in "A Few Words," and she has quite the unexpected encounter.

A young child suffers from measles in the 1960s. Measles incidence dropped 99 percent after the vaccine was introduced in 1963.

The YMCA of Greater New York dedicated its newest branch, the Rockaways YMCA at Arverne by the Sea, at a ribbon-cutting ceremony scheduled today.

All eight people reported missing after a deadly New York City gas explosion have been recovered, the fire commissioner said Friday, but workers are still treating the scene as a rescue operation in case there are unknown survivors in the rubble.

All eight people reported missing after a deadly New York City gas explosion have been recovered, the fire commissioner said Friday, but workers are still treating the scene as a rescue operation in case there are unknown survivors in the rubble.

New York City health officials are warning New Yorkers to get measles shots, if they haven't already, after identifying 16 cases of measles in Manhattan and the Bronx, according to CBS News .

A HOTEL conman cheated six York guest houses out of nearly A 900 by not paying his bills, the city's magistrates heard.

NEW YORK FESTIVAL OF SONG announces its star-studded 2014 spring gala, Remembering Lenny , celebrating the life of Leonard Bernstein with a performance on Monday, April 28 at 6:30PM at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall , followed by supper at the '21' Club.

As modern gays-on-the-go; we have a lot on our plate: early morning workouts, climbing the corporate ladder, maintaining relationships, catching up with friends and staying on top of cultural events.

Even while the exact cause remains unknown, a deadly blast that levelled two Manhattan buildings served by a 127-year-old gas main has provided a jarring reminder of just how old and vulnerable much of the infrastructure is in New York and many other cities nationwide.

Celia Kitzinger and Sue Wilkinson who lost a legal fight to marry eight years ago will become the first same-sex couple in the UK to have their union legally recognised.

A major explosion caused by a gas leak flattened two Manhattan apartment buildings in a fireball Wednesday, killing at least five people and injuring 63 others.

MTV's "Guy Code" is a show about sexting, flirting and bachelor parties as well as how to be an ideal wingman and how to have a friend with benefits.

A private family funeral will take place at Stonefall Crematorium later. A memorial service will be held shortly after at St James's Church in Wetherby.

Living in New York City was exhausting. My wife and I lived there for eight years and loved it.