Oliver Sacks, the famed neurologist and author who was called the “poet laureate of medicine” died in his New York City home Sunday. He was 82. “The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour” spoke with Sacks in 1989. Joanna Simon asked him how he would like to be remembered in 100 years: “I would like it to be thou

Instead of its usual cold open sketch, Saturday Night Live offered a message to the French people, in English and French, delivered by Cecily Strong:

“Paris is the City of Lights and here in New York City, we know that light will never go out. Our love and support is with everyone there tonight.

As seen in this clip from NBC News, the killer storm that pummeled the East Monday and left the nation's largest city with a crippled transit system, widespread power outages and severe flooding has resurfaced the debate about how best to protect a city like New York against rising storm surges.

In Loving Memory. Helen Maxine Reddy (October 25, 1941- September 29, 2020) was an Australian singer, actress, and activist. Born in Melbourne, Victoria to a show-business family, Reddy started her career as an entertainer at age four. She sang on radio and television, and won a talent contest on a ...

Paul Simon, America's Folk Soul, outrage on New York City and the Twin Towers where over 3000 souls were lost. The Live performance was delivered from Ground Zero. a deeply moving and atmospheric rendering of his signature tune "Sound of Silence," on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of 9 11.

Maestro Herbert Blomstedt and the New York Philharmonic dedicate this week's performances to the people of Ukraine. To honor them and to join them in longing for peace, the Orchestra performed the Ukrainian National anthem "Shche ne vmerla Ukraina."

On September 13–15, 2016 the New York Philharmonic performs Leonard Bernstein's beloved "West Side Story" score — from "America" and "Tonight" to "Somewhere" and "Maria" — as the complete, re-mastered, Oscar®-winning film is projected in hi-def, with original vocals and dialogue intact. Experience t

Mexico City is the 5th largest city in the world with population of around approximately 22 million, which classifies Mexico city as a mega city. It is situated in the The Central Mexican Plateau, at 2,240m in elevation. Mexico city is also slowly sinking at a rate of about 10 inches per year! The ...

Dan Barasch and James Ramsey have a crazy plan—to create a park, filled with greenery, underneath New York City. The two are developing the Lowline, an underground greenspace the size of a football field. They're building it in a trolley terminal abandoned in 1948, using technology that harvests sun

The trees come from New York, Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C. — the places attacked on 9/11 — but they are destined to dot a cobblestone plaza surrounding the ground zero memorial in NYC.