Six weeks before a fatal gas explosion destroyed two East Harlem apartment buildings, firefighters got a call about a gas odor at a small, wood-framed house on Staten Island. With the Bravest still on the scene, the place blew up. Three people were injured, ...

The explosion turned a normal Wednesday morning in East Harlem into hell. Pedestrians were battered about, windows shattered, debris flew - and that was just across the street from where a massive blast felled two apartment buildings at 1644 and 1646 ...

It sounded like a bomb — and felt like an earthquake. The explosion that flattened two East Harlem apartment buildings upended dozens of lives. Here are some of their stories: “Digging” out amid piano rubble. Colin Patterson is lucky to be alive. For the past ...

Harlem is falling apart. Wednesday's deadly explosion led to at least the ninth and 10th building collapses in Harlem or East Harlem since 2008. The tragic accident in East Harlem brought back terrifying memories for those who live near buildings that have ...

As if there weren't enough reasons to join Samsung's ever-growing Galaxy Nation, the company introduced its own streaming music service on Friday. Samsung announced Milk Music, a new free streaming radio service for all Galaxy products. It's an app that ...

Four young men have been convicted of gay sex and whipped publicly as punishment in an Islamic court in northern Nigeria, a human rights activist said. The four were among dozens caught in a wave of arrests after Nigeria strengthened its criminal penalties ...

Cara Delevingne and Kendall Jenner were among the models to strut down the produce aisle -- er, we mean runway -- at the the Chanel Fall/Winter 2014-2015 fashion show on March 4, 2014. Singer Rihanna, model Cara Delevingne and model Joan Smalls ...

Ellen DeGeneres fixed the Seth MacFarlane problem for the Oscar telecast Sunday night. Just one thing: Seth isn't the real problem. RELATED: ELLEN DEGENERES WAS A SAFE HOST. The Academy Awards aren't in danger of losing viewers because ...

The South African "Blade Runner" faces charges for fatally shooting his girlfriend on Valentine's Day 2013. Oscar Pistorius stands right of his model girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp just days before she was found shot to death in his South African home. (Siphiwe ...

Right now, Crimea is completely occupied by Russian troops. We understand there are more than 42,000 Russian soldiers on the ground. Normally, there are only about 25,000 Russian soldiers at both the Black Sea and Sevastopol bases. But we were ...

Better huddle up, because the galaxy just got crowded. NASA has announced the discovery of 715 new planets - the biggest ever batch to be unveiled at once. The artist's concept depicts Kepler-62f, a super-Earth-size planet in ...

Uganda's president on Monday signed into law an anti-gay bill that punishes gay sex with a sentence of up to life in prison. Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni said the bill, which goes into effect immediately, was needed because the West is promoting ...

After coming out in memorable speech Friday, Ellen Page received messages of celebration and support from celebrities who were moved by her words. The 26-year-old actress spoke at the Human Right Campaign's Time to THRIVE conference in Las Vegas ...

New York women and their doctors were left shaking their heads Wednesday, a day after the publication of an earthshaking study concluding that mammograms do not reduce a woman's chance of dying of breast cancer. Bucking two generations of ...