Ex-Mayor Ed Koch’s furniture, art at NYC auction
This undated photo provided by Doyle New York shows a burgundy leather club chair and ottoman which belonged to former Mayor Ed Koch, and will now be sold at auction.…
Municipal governments
White mayor, black wife: NYC shatters an image
By JESSE WASHINGTON FILE – In this Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2013 file photo, New York Democratic mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio embraces his son Dante, left, daughter Chiara, second left,…
Mayor-elect says he’s ‘cleared the air’ with NYPD
Rev. Al Sharpton, center, president of National Action Network, welcomes Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio, right, to the organization’s headquarters on Saturday, Nov. 16, 2013, in New York. De Blasio thanked…
Audio of Pa. town attack played at hearing
FILE – In this May 22, 2013 file photo, Rockne Newell talks about his discussions with Ross Township over junk on his property in Ross Township, Pa.. Newell, a man…
Driving out jihadis, Syrian Kurds carve out zone
By BASSEM MROUE FILE – In this Sunday, March. 3, 2013 file photo, A Kurdish female member of the Popular Protection Units stands guard at a check point near the…
Toronto mayor threatens to sue former aides
By ROB GILLIES Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, left, confronts Councillor Denzil Minnan-Wong at City Council in Toronto on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2013. Almost every member of Toronto’s City Council stood…
Mass burial held in Philippine city hit by typhoon
By OLIVER TEVES and KRISTEN GELINEAU Workers arrange body bags at a mass burial site at the Basper public cemetery in Tacloban, Leyte province, central Philippines on Thursday, Nov. 14,…
Tribal dispute puts Alaska village in limbo
In this 2006 photo provided by the State of Alaska Department of Commerce, wooden boards connect houses in Newtok, Alaska. The flood-prone village of Newtok near Alaska’s storm-battered coast is…