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.

RISING: REBUILDING GROUND ZERO. A Discovery channel documentary focusing on the development and construction of Ground Zero in lower Manhattan, NYC.

RT Reports: There have been reports of police beating war veterans during a peaceful protest in the U.S. city of Boston. The demonstration was part of the Occupy Wall Street movement, which is aimed at big business and banks. The protests which started in New York are now countrywide.

Following the suicide of a classmate, "J.Son" contemplates ending his own life due to bullying. True Gay Stories bring Jason's story from Siracuse, NY.

Live At Woodstock features all of the existing film footage from Jimi's unforgettable August, 1969, Woodstock concert newly re-edited and presented uninterrupted in its original performance sequence.

"Brazilian Modern: The Living Art of Roberto Burle Marx” has taken over the New York Botanical Garden — and offers an exuberant gust of tropical modernism that will thrill anyone caught in the concrete jungle.

From San Francisco to New York in one hour by train, the hyperloop. Tesla CEO Elon Musk recently announced his hope of creating a new transportation system which will travel up to 4,000 miles per hour. Scott explains how the Hyperloop mode of transportation will get you across the country in less th...

Matthew Liao, Director of the Bioethics Program at New York University believes that soon, neuroscientists will be able to use drugs to selectively erase traumatic memories from the brain. NYU bioethicist Matthew Liao thinks we should have the right to modify memories to improve our well-being.

In the five decades since the Stonewall uprising in New York City in 1969, a new emphasis on inclusivity has changed the public face of the LGBTQ movement, highlighting the diversity of communities who, through a mélange of parties and politics, have been fighting for equal rights all along.