The tabla maestro Zakir Hussain is heading to New York to perform at a Lincoln Center theatre as part of the Zakir Hussain’s Masters of Percussion national tour. read more..

March 9 (Bloomberg) — Copper futures were little changed in New York, erasing a decline of as much as 1.6 percent. Copper futures for May delivery advanced 0.55 cent to $3.416 a pound at 11:37 a.m. on the New York Mercantile Exchange’s Comex read more..

Don’t know the difference between “Pardonnez moi” and “Pardon me?” Well, there’s an app for that (il y a une app pour cela), courtesy The New York Times . On Monday, the Times launched “Learning English With The New York Times,” software for iPhones read more..

NEW YORK—Dozens of senior risk managers gathered Monday in New York for the first Risk Management Summit, a two-day networking and educational event that features expert speakers as well as executives from leading insurance industry companies. The read more..

New York City Opera has announced its 2010-2011 season, which will spotlight American composers and 20th-century works. The season will begin with the New York premiere of Leonard Bernstein’s A Quiet Place (October 27-November 21), which portrays the read more..

NEW YORK CITY — It’s back to business for New York’s embattled governor. Gov. David Paterson holds a town hall meeting on the budget Monday in Brooklyn. There have been calls for him to resign amid two scandals. But Paterson said Sunday at a read more..

Authorities say D’Angelo was caught in New York City trying to pay $40 for sex with an undercover cop posing as a prostitute. Police said Monday that the 36-year-old R&B singer was arrested early Saturday while behind the wheel of his Range Rover read more..

Matsui signed a one-year, $6 million free-agent contract after being named World Series MVP with the New York Yankees last season. Angels manager Mike Scioscia told reporters earlier in camp that Matsui would be treated carefully throughout training read more..

NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- Former American International Group (AIG) Chief Executive Maurice R. “Hank” Greenberg will give testimony later this week about a controversial reinsurance transaction between AIG and General Re Corp. At a hearing Monday, New read more..

Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals is in a drought by Théodore recorded his 29th career shutout as the Capitals blanked the New York Rangers 2-0 on Saturday. Eric Fehr and new addition Eric Belanger scored the goals for Washington (44-13-8 read more..

SINGAPORE - Oil prices rose above $82 a barrel Monday in Asia, extending gains from trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract rose $1.29 to settle at $81.50 on Friday. Investors were cheered by the Labor Department’s February jobs read more..

NEW YORK - For many visitors to New York, a trip to Chinatown means heading to Lower Manhattan. But the city has another Chinatown, in Flushing, Queens - not as well-known, but just as vibrant. It’s a fun place to spend a day exploring, shopping, and read more..

NEW YORK – The American Civil Liberties Union today published a full-page ad in the New York Times calling on President Obama not to back down from his administration’s decision to prosecute the 9/11 suspects in civilian courts. The ad comes in read more..

However the mess involving Gov. David Paterson turns out, the state still has a gargantuan budget deficit that in recent weeks has swelled to more than $9 billion. Legislative leaders and the rank-and-file must do more than point fingers at Paterson read more..

ABC-Disney pulled the New York-area WABC-TV from Cablevision after it failed to reach a re-transmission agreement with the cable giant. Some 3 million Cablevision customers in Long Island, Westchester, Brooklyn, and parts of Connecticut and New read more..

Three of the greatest pitchers in New York Yankee history have a lot in common. Whitey Ford, Ron Guidry, and Mariano Rivera each were great. Ford is in the Hall of Fame, Rivera is a lock for it, and Guidry would have made the Hall if injuries had not read more..

NEW YORK (AP) — Legal experts say the next few days and weeks could be the most dangerous yet for the embattled administration of Gov. David Paterson. There has been a whirlwind of speculation this month that either Paterson, his staff or state read more..

This is not the way Sandy Levin would have wanted it. The Michigan Democrat became acting chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee last week after its former chairman, Charlie Rangel of New York, stepped down — temporarily, he says read more..

Reporting from New York - New York Gov. David Paterson, his confidence apparently buoyed by a show of support from influential black leaders, said Friday that he would not resign despite facing two scandals, withering support from the public, and a read more..

News Corp. Chairman and Chief Executive Rupert Murdoch confirmed Tuesday that The Wall Street Journal will launch a section devoted to covering New York next month, in the company’s first public acknowledgment of the project. The planned section will read more..

ALBANY, N.Y. — New York’s Public Integrity Commission has charged embattled Gov. David Paterson with an ethics violation involving a gift of free Yankees tickets for the 2009 World Series that could cost him nearly $100,000 in penalties. The read more..

New York City’s obesity rate has climbed in recent years, but with lower income neighborhoods hit hardest while wealthier areas like Manhattan’s Upper East Side and Chelsea remain slim, a new study found. read more..