The Bronx has never had a son who was born into celebrity that it could call its own. Until Thursday night, that is, when Bronx Mowgli Wentz was born.

Six deep-sea divers are part of a project to fix a leaking tunnel that delivers half of New York City’s water supply.

A minister turns one of his former hangouts into a house of worship.

Williamsburg is being transformed by an influx of affluent buyers from Western Europe.

Planning for the five-year, nearly $2 billion renovation of the United Nations headquarters included deciding which parts of the 39-story building’s art and architecture were worth preserving.

A minister turns one of his former hangouts into a house of worship.

The subject of a new book, Abd el-Kader was a learned and fervent Muslim, who had organized and led a jihad against a Western power in the 1800’s.

A geothermal energy plan to reduce annual carbon dioxide emissions has been continually delayed by a four-year siege of red tape.

Gov. David A. Paterson of New York hasn’t begun a formal search to replace Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, aides say. But he won’t pick himself.

A single mother and her two children adapt to their new life in New York and flourish in their studies, after a tough move from the Dominican Republic.