A 5-year-old boy plunged 11 stories to his death down an elevator shaft this morning in Brooklyn, police said.

When the critics paint you as green, maybe gray isn't so bad. Barack Obama wasn't joking when he told voters he's noticed his hair showing more salt than pepper after 18 months of campaigning for the White House.

The city returned 2-year-old Jashya Brown to his troubled mother just a month ago. Now he's dead - his body covered in bruises and tiny bite marks and his death shrouded in mystery. Jashya died late Monday at the Queens home he barely knew.

Another sex scandal rocked Albany on Tuesday after salacious e-mails from a married assemblyman to his reported intern lover ended up on the Internet.

The latest victim of a hoodlum who preyed upon at least a dozen Brooklyn seniors received a new cane from a generous Daily News reader outraged by the theft.

Barack Obama and John McCain set the stage Tuesday to unveil their running mates. The only thing missing was the names. Obama is slated to campaign Saturday in Springfield, Ill., with his No. 2. McCain is expected to announce his choice on Aug. 29.

The parents of a 12-year-old Polish girl swept into the Niagara River will hold a candlelight vigil on Wednesday night near the spot where their daughter disappeared.

A chubby-cheeked baby girl was found on a Long Island streetcorner, stuffed into a Polo Sport gym bag, Nassau County cops said Tuesday.

A mental patient died after workers at a North Carolina hospital left him in a chair for 22 hours without feeding him or helping him use the bathroom, said federal officials who have threatened to cut off the facility's funding.

Two city councilmen announced Tuesday the launch of a Web site designed to give a voice to city straphangers furious over a planned MTA fare hike.

WASHINGTON - In a sharp turnaround, Republican John McCain has opened a 5-point lead on Democrat Barack Obama in the U.S. presidential race and is seen as a stronger manager of the economy, according to a Reuters/Zogby poll released on Wednesday...

WASHINGTON - Former Vice President Al Gore has been given a key speaking slot next week at the Democratic convention in Denver, sharing the stage with nominee-in-waiting Barack Obama in front of a massive outdoor crowd, officials said yesterday...

GREENVILLE, SC - A Montana woman pleaded guilty yesterday to stealing the identity of a missing South Carolina woman to attend Columbia University. Esther Elizabeth Reed, 30, pleaded guilty to fraud and identity theft in federal court in...

He's g-r-r-r-eight! "There will be no Wheaties box this time around. It's going to be Kellogg's," Phelps' agent, Peter Carlisle, told AccessHollywood.com yesterday. Kellogg's confirmed that Phelps, who appeared on boxes of Wheaties after winni...

Standing on an oil rig in the Gulf Coast off Louisiana, McCain accused Obama of wanting to keep America dependent on Mideast petroleum by resisting offshore drilling. "Senator Obama opposes new drilling. He has said it will not 'solve our...

It's not enough to have nine lives - this cat also has four ears. Meet Yoda, perhaps the most eerie resident of Chicago. His owner, Valerie Rock, told Britain's Telegraph newspaper that she gave him the name because she'd heard the Star Wars...

Arsenic, a naturally occurring poison and carcinogen found in ground water, is strongly linked to adult-onset diabetes, researchers said yesterday. Dr. Ana Navas-Acien and colleagues at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore found a "relatively...

TV star Christina Applegate revealed yesterday she had a double mastectomy and will undergo months-long reconstructive surgery to regain her figure. The "Samantha Who?" beauty said she had the radical operation three weeks ago and she's now free...

The brides wore white - and wide smiles. Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi are on the cover of the upcoming People magazine, arm and arm in Zac Posen designs (Ellen in a pantsuit, Portia in a dress), celebrating their wedding Saturday. The coupl...

Sexpot swimmer Amanda Beard says Michael Phelps has absolutely no shot at doing the breaststroke with her. Beard, 26, denied yesterday that she was dating Phelps, 23, saying, "Eww, that's nasty." "I have never, ever hooked up with Michael...

When his boss at the Long Island Marriott Hotel asked Army Spc. Andre Darnell Mitchell why he joined the military, he had an answer ready.

A 42-year-old man was hit and killed by a Long Island Rail Road train after police said he simply "stepped in front of the train" at the Massapequa station just before 7 a.m. Wednesday.

Suffolk homicide detectives have arrested two suspects in the stabbing death of Eddy Jean, a North Bay Shore man whose body was found just outside a funeral home earlier this month.

A traffic accident at 2:12 a.m. shut down the Long Island Expressway for nearly four hours to slow down the early morning commute.

A Brooklyn man was arrested Tuesday night and charged with breaking into a Roosevelt home earlier this month, pistol-whipping and robbing the resident, police said.

She still had the umbilical cord attached when cops found her on the street, stuffed in a tote bag.

Harassment suit alleged doctors made sexually explicit comments

Harassment suit alleged doctors made sexually explicit comments

A brother and sister from Middle Island, visiting their grandmother in Tbilisi, Georgia, found themselves stranded as war raged around them this month.

They were childhood sweethearts who married, raised a family and became wealthy. But what looked like happiness between Lester and Georgiana Stockel was shattered after police say he killed her and then himself in an outburst that loved ones and i...

When California became the first state to allow couples to divorce without accusing each other of wrongdoing, many women's advocates thought it sounded like a good idea.

The suspect in last week's fatal shooting of a 15-year-old while he slept in his bed has pleaded not guilty. Terrance Perry was arraigned Wednesday morning in state Superior Court in Newark.

A 5-year-old boy on his way to school died tragically Tuesday when he fell 10 stories to his death in a Brooklyn apartment building elevator shaft. According to published reports Wednesday morning, the elevator that claimed the boy's life had fail...

Serbian authorities have sought to persuade a Serb wanted on assault charges in upstate New York to return there voluntarily to face justice, but he refuses to go, his lawyer said Wednesday.

A neighborhood's worst fears confirmed; that the same sexual predator is allegedly responsible for two vicious attacks in Borough Park, Brooklyn over the last year. According to police, both of his victims were children, and he's still on the loose.

The parents of a Bronx girl who was swept away in the Niagara River are planning to hold a candlelight vigil near the spot where she disappeared. The parents of 12-year-old Magdalena Lubowska will gather in Whirlpool State Park in Niagara Falls We...

Mayor Bloomberg is proposing a "green" plan that has the potential to drastically change the New York City skyline and shores. It's part of his effort to make New York the most energy efficient city in the nation. The mayor's "windmill power plan"...

From foster care to an early death. A Queens toddler was dead Tuesday night, weeks after being returned to his mother by child welfare officials. Was it murder or a simple tragedy?

A day after police released a horrific video of an 85-year-old woman violently mugged in her own apartment building elevator in Brooklyn, some of the other elderly victims believed to have been assaulted by the same young man are speaking out to C...

The Mets got big hits with the bases loaded and their bullpen was outstanding, for a change. If they keep that up, they'll have a much better chance of hanging on in the NL East. Carlos Delgado hit a go-ahead double off the left-center fence to en...

Johnny Damon was left "baffled" by a pair of blunders in the outfield, the latest hit to the New York Yankees' fading playoff hopes. Damon allowed two balls to glance off his glove, including an eighth-inning drive by Marco Scutaro that became the...

Mayor Michael Bloomberg says planting windmills on city bridges and skyscrapers could provide up to 10 percent of the city's electrical needs within a decade.

New York City police say they have connected two sexual assaults on young girls spanning a year in Brooklyn.

A two-year old boy in Queens is dead and police are trying to determine what happened.

New Yorkers like Bruce Beck were hoping for a Sanya Richards victory in the 400m at the Olympics. After all, Giants cornerback, Aaron Ross is her fiancé.

Dave Matthews Band saxophone player LeRoi Moore has died of injuries suffered in an all-terrain-vehicle accident, a publicist for the band says.

Check out the celebrities who are celebrating a birthday this week.

An autopsy is planned Wednesday on a two-year old boy to determine whether his death was accidental or caused by abuse.

Police are looking for two men whom surveillance cameras caught robbing a Dunkin' Donuts in Brooklyn in early August.

The suspect in last week's fatal shooting of a 15-year-old while he slept in his bed is expected to make his first court appearance.

The suspect in last week's fatal shooting of a 15-year-old while he slept in his bed has pleaded not guilty.

Mayor Bloomberg has a new plan to reduce the city's greenhouse gas emissions.

Police believe the same man is back to sexually assaulting girls in Borough Park.

It may be August, but it's going to feel more like September over the next few days.

Police are investigating the suspicious death of a 2-year-old in Queens.

A child fell to his death down an elevator shaft in Brooklyn Tuesday morning.

Police believe the man in an elevator attack may have struck before.

The state Legislature has agreed on a plan to cut state spending by about $1 billion.

Even small spaces can be decorated to feel and look like home sweet home.

Two NYPD officers are accused of kicking, punching and pistol-whipping a man.

Authorities responding a 911 call found a newborn baby in a duffel bag in Hempstead.