The driver was a shoplifting suspect, and faces murder charges in the death of Karen Schmeer, an award-winning documentary editor.

Alumni of the Razi School, which offers students a traditional Islamic environment, in Woodside, Queens.On a search for New York characters, a photographer learns that the rooms people inhabit, and their possessions, have their own stories to tell.

On paper, the fine for most traffic offenses is $50. In reality, it is $130, because of the State Legislature’s surcharges.At the Traffic Violations Bureau for Brooklyn North, a machine that prints money for the state, all of reality is a contraption.

A baby dropped from a window suffered a fractured skull, and firefighters had to retreat from an interior collapse.

Fischer once said that “Chess is dead.” But young players like Anish Giri are using databases and other tools to re-energize the game.

Some New Yorkers said they were disappointed, and others relieved. But all the worrying about what the trial might mean for the city is over.

Yanina Karlinsky and Irina Golub, business partners and friends from Belarus, have been soliciting clients of their accounting firm to raise money for the Ivker Fund.

A report issued this month suggested solutions to financial problems that included possibly closing Meadowlands Racetrack and drastically reducing the number of racing days at Monmouth Park.

Officers arrested a suspect after a sport utility vehicle attached to the Police Department’s Highway Unit was stolen about 7:30 a.m. in the Bronx.

Five people were killed when fire engulfed their apartments above a row of stores in Bensonhurst.