Jorge A. Cortes of Maryland was held on manslaughter and other charges after his car broadsided a vehicle early Saturday, leaving another motorist dead and a 19-year-old hospitalized.

Deconstructing a care package headed to a friend serving with the British Army in Afghanistan.

Clockwise from top left, the Barry twins traveling and stretching for softball, working a shift at Dive 75 (Kristy) and playing the saxophone for business cards (Katie).Armed with journalism degrees, twins from Ohio moved to New York in search of a job. More than a year later, they’re still looking.

At Blood Manor in Chelsea, actors and special effects can make for a bloody good time. The City Critic took a tour of the kitchen with Jim Faro, one of the creators, left.At Blood Manor in Chelsea, you know the actors and special effects, however gross, are contrived. But the people suspended on fish hooks on the sidewalk aren’t faking.

How many comics get off at this Queens subway station every day and call it home?Professional comedians have found camaraderie and economic relief in an unlikely Queens neighborhood.

Abbot Loori founded a worldwide Zen order, was a respected photographer and teacher and wrote 20 books on Buddhism and art.

Kevin Miller was on his way to a McDonald’s restaurant when two members of the Crips gang fired at three Bloods gang members at a carwash, the authorities said.

Allen Jones, who dealt drugs when he was a teenager in the Patterson Houses, was back in the Bronx to promote his new book, “The Rat That Got Away: A Bronx Memoir.”

The shuttle bus driver charged in a terrorism case is said to have traveled to Pakistan with two New York men.

Two views on the city’s expanding bike lanes.