The Texas Supreme Court has decided that the ‘pole tax’, a 5-dollar-per-customer fee that strip clubs, which serve alcohol, are required to pay the state, is constitutional.

The court overturned the

Mayor Michael Bloomberg sternly warned New Yorkers to follow the city's unprecedented mandatory evacuation orders on Saturday, saying approaching Hurricane Irene is ‘life-threatening’ and ‘not a joke.

A state of emergency has been declared in New York as the US East Coast geared up for hurricane Irene which is expected to make its first landfall over the weekend and dump about 15 inches of rain in

Serena Williams was seeded 28th for the U.S. Open, which stuck with its policy of following the rankings instead of taking into account players' past performances.

That decision means Williams could

Two party crashers dressed similar to the guests tried to crash Kim Kardashian's much-hyped wedding reception, but were denied entry by security.

NEW YORK (AP) — In New Brunswick, N.J., a building superintendent opened the door to apartment No. 1076 one balmy Tuesday and discovered an alarming scene: terrorist literature strewn about the table

Dominique Strauss-Kahn and the maid accusing him of sex assault did have what appeared to be non-consensual sex, but the maid's history of lying means that charges cannot be pressed, prosecutors said

Prosecutors will ask a judge to dismiss all charges in the sexual assault case against former IMF director Dominique Strauss-Kahn at a court hearing on Tuesday, the New York Post reported on Sunday, c

About 45,000 Verizon Communications employees are set to end a two-week strike and return to work by Tuesday after the telephone company and unions said they reached an agreement to resume bargaining.

Fears of a new recession have wiped trillions of dollars in value from global stock markets in recent weeks and sent investors scurrying to assets they view as less risky.

But are 'safe havens' like