A Russian woman has been charged in New York with poisoning a look-alike with a tranquilliser-laced cheesecake and then stealing her passport, cash and other property after trying to make it look like a suicide attempt.

A mother who left her newborn baby in a Christmas manger inside a New York City church will not be prosecuted.

The fight for fuel in the US after Superstorm Sandy is starting to get nasty.

Observant Sikh Vacher Harpal had never had his hair cut until an older teenager at his high school chopped it off in what authorities are calling a hate crime.

New York’s mayor said police appeared to use excessive force when they fired 50 shots at an unarmed man in a confrontation outside a strip club, hours before his wedding.