Boy in Bushwick

Yesterday was an absolutely beautiful late August day in New York. The humidity was low. A refreshing breeze cleaned the air. And I spent th...

As the National Organization for Marriage and their allies continue to push for a repeal of nuptials for gays and lesbians in Iowa and Maine...

The Lion of the Senate has died. Senator Edward Kennedy [D-Mass.] lost his battle to brain cancer late last night at his Cape Cod home . His...

It actually turned out to be a largely beautiful summer weekend on Fire Island, but many people who would have otherwise ventured to the bea...

A few snapshots of Fire Island from the past week... Dawn begins to break over Ocean Beach on Aug. 17 Sunrise over Seaview on Aug. 17 Fire I...

After nearly two weeks in Fire Island, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and a few points in between, I have finally returned home to Bush...

Today is the fourth day of my extended vacation here on Fire Island. The pool at the Ice Palace felt refreshing yesterday against the heat a...

After a seemingly endless stretch of cool and rainy weather, summer has finally arrived in New Hampshire. I've spent the last few days v...

Activists and religious leaders in New York, Washington and across Israel continue to gather to mourn the two people a gunman shot and kille...

The visage of four men--President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., and Cambridge [Mass.] police officer James...

A little more than a day after a car bomb injured more than 40 people in Burgos, a second device killed two Spanish police officers on Mallo...

Police arrested a veteran Union Leader sports reporter at his Manchester home earlier today in connection with prostitution-related charges ...

It's currently 78 degrees at the Weatherbug reporting station near my apartment; that must mean summer has made a long-delayed appearanc...

For those who may naively conclude New York lawmakers have a monopoly on less than ethical political practices, the arrest of dozens of poli...

Roughly a day after a Jersey City police officer succumbed to wounds he suffered during a wild shootout last Thursday, members of the U.S. S...

The beautiful weather that graced the beach this weekend did little to mask the tragedy that struck Cherry Grove late Saturday afternoon. A ...

An Onondaga County jury has just found Dwight R. DeLee guilty of manslaughter as a hate crime in connection with the murder of Lateisha Gree...

While members of the Senate Judiciary Committee continued to question Judge Sonia Sotomayor during her Supreme Court nomination hearing, law...

With summer finally in full swing, an increasing number of New Yorkers (and others) have begun to make the weekly trip to Fire Island. This ...

After more than a month of gridlock, the New York State Senate could finally return to business with dissident state Sen. Pedro Espada's...