New York

His innovative version of the chocolate chip cookie, studded with irregular pieces of dark Swiss chocolate, led to a chain of more than 100 stores worldwide.

If the judge follows through, it would allow creditors to pursue foreclosures, repossessions and lawsuits that have been on hold as Rudolph Giuliani sought the protection of bankruptcy law.

Her writing, from the late 1920s to the late ’40s, about sex, marriage, divorce, child rearing and work-life balance still resonates.

Fun is the main point of Carl Cofield’s stylish outdoor staging of Shakespeare’s comic fantasy for the Classical Theater of Harlem.

Senator Robert Menendez is charged in an international corruption scheme. Prosecutors portrayed him as “Scrooge McDuck swimming in gold coins,” his lawyer told the jury.

The lawsuit was part of a wave of litigation against universities over accusations of antisemitism related to campus protests over the war in Gaza.

Senator Robert Menendez’s corruption trial has featured testimony that ventured into offbeat territory.

A reporter and a visual journalist followed the Aguilar Ortega family during a dangerous journey to the United States.

For months, two journalists documented a Venezuelan family’s journey to the United States, and the struggles they faced after they crossed the border.

George E. Norcross III, a widely feared political figure in New Jersey for years, is accused of manipulating property deals to benefit from government tax breaks.

The body of Yazmeen Williams, 31, had been found on a Manhattan curb, wrapped in a sleeping bag. The police took a man in a wheelchair into custody.

In a closing statement, a prosecutor said the Menendez home was awash in cash and walked jurors through what the government has called a complicated web of corruption.

New York City officials, including the comptroller, Brad Lander, are weighing whether to challenge Eric Adams, potentially creating openings in other races.

Nemat Shafik, the university president, called the sentiments in the text messages “unacceptable and deeply upsetting.”

Remote work and online shopping have hurt retailers who occupy space leased by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

Years before they ascended to influential leadership roles, they worked at the Public Theater and became cheerleaders for each other’s professional dreams.

They checked into a motel room in upstate New York, with a gas canister and a plan to end her decades of physical pain.

Soon, dining sheds around the city will be dismantled — no matter how attractive they are.

His clients included antiwar protesters and terror suspects. His practice “not only defended needy people, it propelled social movements,” a colleague said.

Twenty years after opening in Williamsburg, Catbird is expanding across America.