The election was decided by one vote, and both sides agree that a dead man voted. But a judge in New York says the man's absentee ballot can stand because it wasn't challenged before it was counted.

An Egyptian cobra that became a star on Twitter after escaping from the Reptile House at the Bronx Zoo last week has been found after a six-day search, zoo officials said on Thursday.

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Five hundred scavengers will spend the night roaming the inner sanctums of the New York Public Library's grandiose main building on a treasure hunt game, the library said on Friday.

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As keepers at the Bronx Zoo search for a missing Egyptian cobra, a Twitter account claiming to be that of the venomous snake is attracting thousands of followers.

The @BronxZoosCobra account was crea

Indian and Pakistani envoys to the UN today noted that the friendly spirit on the cricket field should be reflected in bilateral relations between the two countries.

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Traces of radioactive iodine, most likely from Japan's Fukushima nuclear reactors, were detected in New York, news reports said on Wednesday, citing the state's health department.

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Rebecca Lanier, who celebrated her 119th birthday last week, could be the oldest person in the world, but the Guinness Book of World Records has denied her that status due to the absence of a birth ce

Farley Granger, the 1950s bobby sox screen idol who starred in the Alfred Hitchcock classics ‘Rope’ and ‘Strangers on a Train,’ has died. He was 85.

Granger died on Sunday of natural causes at his ho

Fashion moguls Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana, better known by their moniker Dolce and Gabbana, are reportedly facing prison for evading taxes to the tune of millions.

NRI hotelier Sant Chatwal has signed an agreement with the world's largest hotel group Wyndham, which will now have exclusive rights to franchise and manage his dream and night boutique brands globally.