Mikaela Shiffrin, the almost unbeatable U.S. slalom skier, proved she had successfully expanded her world-class repertoire by winning the 2018 Olympic giant slalom Thursday.
Aksel Lund Svindal gave Norway its first men’s downhill gold Thursday.
Aljona Savchenko and Bruno Massot of Germany unexpectedly won the gold medal in pairs figure skating Thursday, rebounding from fourth place after the short program with a stirring performance of passion, power and control.
The issues arising from the departure of Peter Martins as ballet master in chief of New York City Ballet keep multiplying. What value do Martins’ own ballets have? For decades his choreography has been an easy punching bag. There were always worse dance makers, but he was singularly prestigious (thanks to his job at City Ballet) while his ballets were seldom interesting.
Hundreds of people, many dressed in elaborate fur and sequined outfits, packed the Grand Central Cipriani restaurant on Thursday for the runway show of Romeo & Juliet Couture. Their eyes were on the catwalk as the first model, petite with strawberry-blond hair, emerged from backstage in a floral top, faux leather jacket and high-wasted maxi skirt.
Hoping to accelerate the closing of the Rikers Island jail complex, city officials announced Wednesday that they have chosen sites for four new jails, one in each borough except Staten Island.
The admission by President Donald Trump’s longtime personal lawyer that he sent $130,000 to a pornographic film actress, who once claimed to have had an affair with Trump, has raised potential legal questions ranging from breach of contract to ethics violations.
For a while, defense lawyers’ attacks on the star prosecution witness in a sprawling New York corruption case were the most exciting part of a trial otherwise focused on contracts, agencies and bureaucratic acronyms.
The teenage Kenyan finished 59th in her first run on the giant slalom
Mikaela Shiffrin won her first gold medal of the 2018 Winter Olympics on Wednesday night, but has much more work to do before the games come to an end.
Dara Khosrowshahi is trying to fix Uber after a string of ugly scandals.
South African President Jacob Zuma has resigned from office with immediate effect, ending a controversial and turbulent period in the country's political history.
Lara Gut's first run at the Ladies' Slalom event did not go as planned.
Experts say the popular belief in Chinese culture is that people are often less lucky when they are in the same Zodiac year as when they were born.
Nikolas Cruz was previously expelled from the high school and was described as "quiet and strange" by his peers.
Skeleton riders show their personalities in a variety of ways through their intense helmet designs.
President Nana Addo has been invited by Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Most Rev Dr Matthew Hassan Kukah, to attend a two-day International Conference on Transformative Governance in Africa.
Parents texted their children advice on how to act during an active-shooter situation.
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