Protesters late Saturday marked the six-month anniversary of Occupy Wall Street by converging on the park in New York's financial district where their movement was born, and defied police by erecting

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The agency building the new World Trade Center says a design flaw could add millions of dollars to the cost of the complex's signature tower.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said Tuesda

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Fed-up subway workers trying to draw attention to what they say is an infestation have off

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New York's mayor expressed outrage Monday after a mosque was hit by a firebomb in an arson spree that police said they were investigating as a hate crime.

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Several hundred Occupy Wall Street activists rallied in New York on Thursday promising a major show of strength on the movement's two month anniversary and after police shut down their tent camp.

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