"I'm my own man, and as such I do my own thing. When black women stop straightening their hair and wearing wigs and weaves, when white women stop getting lip and butt injections and implants, when bald men stop getting hair transplants, and when people stop getting nose jobs and cosmetic surgery then I'll stop using the 'cakesoap' and we'll all live naturally… Continue
Detectives are investigating how a Harlem teen who dreamed of becoming a music teacher wound up dead in a snowbank outside a building in the Abraham Lincoln Houses, police said.
A passerby spotted the snow-covered body of Gregory Willis Jr., 17, on Sunday morning - four days after his family reported him missing to police, cops said.
A YouTube video posted Tuesday shows a Metro-North train speeding toward Manhattan with a car door open and freezing passengers standing perilously close by.
In the nearly three-minute video, commuters who could not appear more blasé yell to each other over the racket of tracks as an unobstructed view of Harlem whizzes by.
New York state Sen. Carl Kruger wants to make his state’s streets safer.
To do that, he's not proposing a tough new gun law or advocating for broader police search powers.
No, Sen. Kruger sees a greater danger out there.
Distracting gadgets.
He hopes to ban the use of mobile phones, iPods and other gadgets by pedestrians in major cities while crossing… Continue
Madonna's estranged brother is speaking out about the famous pop star - again.
Christopher Ciccone, who reportedly hasn't spoken to his older sibling since his book "Life With My Sister Madonna" was published in 2008, told RadarOnline.com that she isn't "following societal values."
Referring to the 52-year-old singer's younger lovers, Ciccone noted that… Continue
ALBANY - Have a Coke and a smile: the state's new health commissioner said Monday he has no plans to push for a "fat tax" on soda.
Dr. Nirav Shah, who was confirmed unanimously by the state Senate, said later that Gov. Cuomo's no-new-taxes pledge extends to soda and other sugary drinks "at this time."
Ex-Gov. David Paterson and Shah's predecessor, Richard… Continue
Porn star Irene Lopez might've had her picture taken with Macaulay Culkin, but that's all that happened between them, the actor insisted Monday.
"As I do with many fans, I briefly met and took a photo with Irene Lopez at her request," Culkin told E! News of their meeting outside a Barcelona sex club earlier this month.
Marvel Comics has snuffed out the Fantastic Four's Human Torch.
In the most shocking death to hit the comic book industry since - well, the publisher knocked off Captain America four years ago - the fiery Johnny Storm goes out in a blaze of glory saving his young niece and nephew from an army of insect creatures in Fantastic Four #587, in stores… Continue
Jail is going to stink for a Washington State woman convicted of stabbing a man in a drunken rage after he made fun of her smelly feet.
Dallas Smith, 18, will serve 15 months in prison for plunging a knife into the back of 19-year-old Willy Simpson, who made the near-fatal mistake of joking about Smith's foot odor during a party, HeraldNet.com… Continue
A Bronx man arrested in front of his kids for "stealing" his own car is suing the NYPD for $1 million.
Jamieson Prince, 43, says cops swarmed his 2007 GMC Yukon and cuffed him as he prepared to drive his daughters to school on Nov. 11 - even though he had papers proving ownership.
"I told them it was a mixup and proved to them I owned the car, but they… Continue
A law firm is claiming that the fast food chain is using false advertising when it says its Mexican delicacies are filled with "ground beef" or "seasoned ground beef."
In fact, the lawsuit claims, the "taco meat filling" used by Taco Bell contains is only about 35% beef, with binders, extenders,… Continue
A foul-mouthed murderer who made a raunchy request to a Brooklyn judge before his sentencing on Monday received plenty of prison time to rethink his choice of words.
Zaire Paige, 24, was hit with 107 years to life for killing Lethania Garcia and wounding four others in a brazen October 2008 Fort Greene shootout.
After being released from jail nearly three months ago, Lil Wayne is ready to start touring again. On Monday, Jan. 24, Lil Wayne announced his "I Am Music II" spring tour, consisting of 24 dates all across North America. So who will be opening for the rap superstar?
Nicki Minaj, Rick Ross and Travis Barker, who will perform a DJ/ drummer set with Mixmaster… Continue
Make room, Madonna.
Keri Hilson has enlisted in the ranks of sing-it-like-it-is songstresses with "No Boys Allowed," her sophomore album, which debuted over the holidays. At 28, Hilson — best known for her 2009 hit "Knock You Down" — wants to step up and use her music to send important messages to her female fans.
The guy in the black and some girl in the front chirp each other throughout the whole ride, the girl already came back and got some punches in already but she eventually comes back for round… Continue
Drake will make a return to acting, according to reports. The popular rapper is set to star in a new movie called “Arbitrage,” which will put him next to Hollywood staples like Al Pacino and Susan Sarandon.
Drake honed his acting chops on the teen hit show “'Degrassi: The Next Generation,” but “Arbitrage” will be meatier content. The flick… Continue