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A couple of bright moments in a city still recovering from a dark storm: On Staten Island, people were startled by the dreamlike spectacle of two men chasing an escaped zebra and pony down the street — with lassos. And in Manhattan, Rockefeller Center lit up with 45,000 lights — on an 80-foot Christmas tree.

The Sarasota County elections office is warning people about some fraudulent letters that have many county residents questioning if they'll be able to…

Here in South Florida, the reaction to the news that President Hugo Chavez was returned to office in Venezuela ran the gamut from disbelief, to feeling…

Bouton's classic baseball memoir Ball Four, first published in 1970, came out as an e-book in April. Bouton famously wrote about shenanigans in baseball, but compared to other sports, baseball players are hardly immoral at all. We're going to ask him about people who really know how to cheat.

With less than five weeks to Election Day. Many of us are getting robo-calls – computer generated calls asking for your vote or trying to help you get an…

Saudi prince and conspicuous billionaire Alwaleed bin Talal is suing the magazine in a London court. In its annual list of the world's wealthiest people, Forbes estimates bin Talal's fortune at $20 billion. But the prince says the magazine publicly short changed him by nearly $10 billion.

A plan to build on a small park in Istanbul's downtown Taksim Square prompted an outpouring of opposition to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. That led to clashes between police and protesters that have killed at least five people and injured hundreds.

At a store near Boston, Cameron Sylvester, 3, had his chance to meet Santa. But the boy, who's legally deaf, stayed back. Santa saw his hearing aids and in sign language asked the magic question: "Are you a good boy?" Cameron's mother told WCBV news she wanted to cry. "A lot of people don't know sign language," she said, but then, "there's Santa."

Crowds were celebrating France's Independence Day in the seaside city of Nice, when a speeding truck plowed into the festivities. Time magazine reporter Vivienne Walt says the crowd was dazed.

Cases of the sexually transmitted disease syphilis, have risen in Florida over the last five years.