Matthew Sollars

Queens State Senator Hiram Monserrate has avoided a trip to prison.

The president wants to take "every responsible step to accelerate job creation," and quickly.

The Grammy nominations in thirteen classical categories were released yesterday.

Top members of the president's cabinent spent much of Wednesday defending Obama's decision to send 30,000 additional troops to Afghanistan.

Legislators in Albany approved a plan to close the state's budget deficit this morning. But Gov. Paterson says they fell short of filling the entire $3.2 billion gap he's been predicting.

John "Junior" Gotti has been freed on a $2 million bond after a federal jury failed to reach a verdict in a racketeering, drug trafficking and murder trial.

In his address Tuesday, President Obama justified his decision to send 30,000 additional U.S. troops to Afghanistan.

General Motors CEO Fritz Henderson unexpectedly resigned on Tuesday, after just eight months on the job.

Nassau County Executive Thomas Suozzi, once seen as a rising star in New York's Democratic Party, has conceded defeat in his bid for a third term.

President Barack Obama will commit the U.S. to reducing greenhouse gas emissions at an international climate change conference next month.

Host Naomi Lewin blew away the competition at the second annual WNYC/WQXR Thanksgiving Pie bake-off on Tuesday. She's been kind enough to share the recipe for her winning Black Pepper...

President Obama says he'll reveal his plan for "finishing the job" in Afghanistan next week.

Governor Paterson delivered a stark and unprecedented message in Albany on Tuesday, essentially telling legislators to close the state's budget deficit or get out of the way.

The president met with his Afghan advisors Monday and will meet with India's prime minister today.

Hopes for that a national election scheduled in Iraq seemed to have been dashed on Monday when legislators again failed to reach a deal for a new election law. 

Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas appear close to completing a prisoner exchange that would free an Israeli soldier who's been held since 2006.

Only six Post Offices in New York City are now in danger of being shuttered by the U.S. Postal Service.

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Friday that the Pentagon will review its contracts and projects in Afghanistan to help reduce corruption in the country.

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Guiliani has decided not to run for governor, according to The New York Times. They cite unnamed people who have been told of the decision.

The Metropolitan Opera has announced that conductor Edo de Waart will replace James Levine in four remaining performances of Der Rosenkavalier in January.