Faced with mounting fines and the rising wrath of millions of commuters, the New York’s public transport union sent its members back to work without a new contract and ended a crippling, three-day strike that brought underground trains and buses to a standstill.

Subways and buses across New York shut down this morning as transit workers walked off the job after failing to agree with management on a new contract, stranding millions of travellers.

The victims of the July 7 terror bombings were remembered across the globe today in a dignified and defiant two-minute silence.

The terror alert was raised from yellow to orange on the United States’ transport system today as America reacted to the scenes of death and devastation in London.

The governor of New York has appointed a top aide to oversee the controversial rebuilding of Ground Zero.

SHE is leading the polls for her party’s White House nod in 2008.

The murder rate in once crime-ridden New York is set to drop to an historic low, according to figures out today.

Virgin will base a new budget airline for the United States in San Francisco with its corporate headquarters in New York, it has been announced.

A NEW design for what will be the world’s tallest building has been unveiled in New York showing a structure with a gracefully sloping spire rising 1,776 feet.

Former New York mayor Rudolph Giuliani and his long-time companion have tied the knot in a 15-minute ceremony before 400 guests gathered on the lawn outside Manhattan’s Gracie Mansion.

A complex of angular buildings and a 1,776ft spire designed by Berlin-based architect Daniel Libeskind has been chosen as the plan for the World Trade Centre site.

Republicans and Democrats battled for control of Congress today in mid-term US elections clouded by terrorism, the threat of war and a shaky economy, with voters marking ballots for governor from Maine to California.

WORLD leaders will light an eternal flame, and former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani will lead a reading of the names of 2,823 victims during a day of “simple and powerful” observances marking the anniversary of the World Trade Center attacks.

Rudolph Giuliani is to take part in a solemn ceremony to mark the anniversary of the World Trade Centre attack.

More than 2,000 postal workers were tonight awaiting the results of anthrax tests after a colleague in Washington DC was diagnosed with the most serious form of the infection.

Thirty-one employees of the US Senate tested positive for exposure to a highly concentrated form of anthrax, officials said, prompting congressional leaders to order an unprecedented shutdown of some of their offices.

New York’s mayor Rudolph Giuliani has ordered a 15% cut in spending by most city departments, predicting the World Trade Centre attack will cost $1bn in revenue this fiscal year, as well as 100,000 jobs.

The massive clean-up operation at the site of the collapsed World Trade Centre towers in New York could take up to a year to complete, it was announced today.

New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, who is barred by law from running for re-election this autumn, is trying to extend his term in office.

Attending the reopening of the New York Stock Exchange this morning Mayor Rudy Giuliani said the spirit of Americans was now ‘ten times stronger’ than it was last Monday. They are ‘united as never before’ he said.

As night fell, the city moved past the nightmarish scenes of people on fire jumping from buildings and braced itself for more pain: picking through the rubble for the dead and the injured.