Matthew Sollars

In unusually blunt language, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton criticized Pakistan for failing to hunt down senior al-Qaeda leaders who take refuge within its borders.

Tehran has rejected key elements of a U.N.-brokered deal that would ship Iranian uranium to Russia and France for processing, according to a report by The New York Times.

Democrats in the House of Representatives unveiled their health reform bill on Capitol Hill Thursday.

Governor Paterson has declared a state of emergency to free up personnel and resources in case the swine flu outbreak worsens.

First Lady Michelle Obama will open the White House to classical music next week.

The New York City Council approved the Museum of Modern Art's proposal for a new 82-story tower in Midtown on Wednesday.

The New York City Ballet promoted five dancers to the rank of principal dancer on Tuesday.

NASA successfully launched a new rocket on a brief test flight Wednesday.

President Barack Obama has a bill that would grant the federal government the power to seize troubled bank holding companies and other financial firms.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art bought a fragment of an ancient Egyptian shrine last fall -- an unremarkable event for an organization with a large collection of Egyptian antiquities. What is remarkable is that the Met never meant to keep the piece.

Bomb attacks in southern Afghanistan killed 8 American troops on Tuesday. The deaths bring the number of American soldiers killed in October to 53, making it the deadliest month of the war for U.S. forces since it began in late 2001.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg and City Comptroller William Thompson, Jr., met in the final debate of the New York City mayoral campaign last night.

Democratic Majority Leader Harry Reid has revived the public option in the U.S. Senate.

Circulation figures at U.S. newspapers continued their rapid deline over the last six months, as more Americans shift their news consumption to the Internet.

Iran put off until next week a formal response to a U.N.-drafted plan to ship much of its uranium to Russia for enrichment.

There are still 11 days to go before anyone votes, but Mayor Michael Bloomberg has already broken his own campaign spending record.

Governor Paterson is suspending a requirement that healthcare workers get immunized against seasonal and swine flu.

The Obama Administration has unveiled two separate plans to curtail executive pay at banks.

Federal authorities in 19 states swept up over 300 people accused of links to a violent Mexican drug cartel known as La Familia.

New York's highest court has dealt a heavy financial blow to the owners of Manhattan's Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village.