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More than 800 first responders have staged a disaster drill at the World Trade Center PATH station. The mock explosion happened Sunday morning in the PATH tunnel linking lower Manhattan to New Jersey. Hundreds of firefighters, police officers and members of other New York City agencies took part in the drill.
They secured the scene and then brought the pretend victims out of the tunnel.

The 150 volunteers playing victims wore makeup simulating blood and grime.

Dr. Thomas R. Frieden has cut a high and sometimes contentious profile as New York City’s top health official.

A diner at an upstate New York restaurant got a little something extra with his broccoli - a severed snake head.

A former Homeland Security adviser today blasted the White House Military Office's photo shoot that sent a low-flying Boeing 747 over Manhattan, accusing the office's director of "felony stupidity." Fran Townsend, who advised President George W. Bush for more than three years, spoke the day after a YouTube video showed panicked New Yorkers -- reminded of 9/11 -- scrambling as the plane, tailed by its F-16 escort, screamed overhead.

An authorized photo opportunity involving U.S. President Barack Obama's backup plane flying over the Statue of Liberty created a stir lower Manhattan on Monday, evoking memories of the September 11 attacks.

Workmen rolled up their sleeves at American International Group Inc this weekend to take down the most prominent sign at the downtown Manhattan offices of the embattled insurer.

The air traffic controller who handled US Airways Flight 1549 thought he was hearing a death sentence when the pilot said he ...

Seriously, when is Pamela Anderson going to start acting her age??! The 41-year-old mama turned up to NYC hotspot Cain Luxe at around 11:30 p.m. Wednesday night for designer Richie Rich's Fashion Show after-party donning a gold one-piece bathing suit (g-string) with a white bath robe over it. Anderson even proceeded to do twirls as she entered the swanky venue.

Reuters - Hundreds of demonstrators rallied to boycott the New York Post on Thursday, branding the newspaper as racist for publishing a cartoon that appeared to compare President Barack Obama to a chimpanzee.

Mayor Bloomberg's bare-bones budget for next year slashes the city work force by 23,000 but won't hit homeowners with higher taxes, officials revealed Thursday.