You probably wouldn’t know Elwood Edwards if you saw him, but you’d recognize him the minute he started talking to you. Back when the world was simple and AOL was the hottest digital innovation (circa 1999), hearing “You’ve go.....»»

Marathon Sunday in New York City was a pretty festive experience, and one cop took a quick break from work to get in on the action.  In a video posted to Instagram and shared on Facebook, Sachin Shenolikar described how he was playing with his band, .....»»

Only one team will make it to the Super Bowl ― for everyone else, there’s a light in the dark. The guys who run Rick’s Cabaret in New York City finally decided to pay some attention to their niche customers by opening the city’s first .....»»

An unemployed mother of four says she is suing Resorts World Casino in Queens, New York City, after a slot machine indicated she won $43 million ― but all she got was a steak dinner. “I feel like they did me real dirty,” Katrina Bookman told.....»»

Like the wall Donald Trump dreams of building between the US-Mexico border, this election season is dividing families across the nation in huge ways.  And as Jesse Singal wrote on New York Magazine’s Science of Us blog, trying to convince .....»»

In 1980, a New York press screening of Disney’s horror “The Watcher in the Woods,” starring Bette Davis, ended in near laughter.  A bad sign, executives knew, even for a scary movie for kids. The company immediately p.....»»

Trans-America Record On The Horizon: 3,100 Miles To New York City Hall.....»»

Multitudes of feral cats roam New York City's concrete jungle, and some now have a practical purpose: They're helping curb the city's rat population. Multitudes of feral cats roam New York City's concrete jungle, and some now have a practical purpose: .....»»

If you’ve ever taken the Metro-North train from New York City, you may have noticed a strange island floating in the Hudson River about 50 miles up, as you move between Cold Spring and Beacon. It’s a small knot of land, unusual in and of itsel.....»»

Do you ever think, “Hey, coffee is great, but sometimes I want to feel uncomfortably energetic”? And then, “Gosh, being uncomfortably energetic is cool, but right now I just need to be tranq’ed like a wild elephant”? Well, yo.....»»

When Alton Uyetake arrived at his desk at Hawaii’s Hilo Post Office on Wednesday, he found an envelope addressed only to the United States Postal Service in Hawaii. It was sent from Cleveland, Ohio but had no return address or name. The envelope con.....»»

Maybe Ryan Lochte has spent too much time in the pool. The disgraced Olympic swimmer said he did not know what Yom Kippur was during an interview with New York Magazine posted Sunday, then appeared to confuse it with Canadian Thanksgiving. Reporter Jessic.....»»

A man in upstate New York bravely broke into his neighbor’s blazing home to save their trapped dog on Thursday afternoon. Michael Orchard fled the burning property in Halfmoon, near Albany, with the bewildered pup and tenderly cradled it in his arms.....»»

With only 26 days left until election day, political analysts are busy crunching numbers to predict how everyone from your grandma in the suburbs of Philadelphia to your kooky uncle in Ohio (we all have one) will vote. Sure, people work very hard to .....»»

A dreamy Ohio man named Matthew made his wife a Harry Potter-inspired wedding gift that was positively Dumbledoreable. Matthew, who asked us not to print his last name for privacy reasons, spent weeks crafting a homemade Pensieve to give to his then-fian.....»»

With at least 100 billion planets in the Milky Way, you’d think at least one would have produced a race of intelligent alien beings. So how come we’ve never seen signs of space aliens even after decades of SETI (search for extraterrestria.....»»

Remember Zoltar? That primitive animatronic fortune telling machine you sometimes find at arcades? Well, a bizarre variation featuring Donald Trump is popping up around New York City. And since it features Trump, we’d have to say it’s eve.....»»

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The cash-strapped Pennsylvania city that was ridiculed and then praised in 2014 for its scrawny "Charlie Brown Christmas" tree has decided to go artificial this year, gracing its town square with a brightly lit, factory-made model tha.....»»

Now this is some serious commitment to witchcraft and wizardry. At the end of October, downtown Ithaca, New York will transform into a Harry Potter wonderland otherwise known as Wizarding Weekend. During the three-day festival, both visitors and.....»»

The most impressive cosplay costumes at any Comic-Con are usually the ones that people make themselves. It’s that intense passion and dedication that produce such spectacular creations. This guy’s Hulk outfit was a huge hit at New York Co.....»»