Today in History for Nov. 21: In 1766, the first theatre in the U.S. -- the "Southfork" -- opened in Philadelphia. In 1783, the first free flight was made by two men who rose 100 metres above Paris in ...

From Coney Island to the Bronx, the candidates in New York City’s mayoral race spent Monday crisscrossing the five boroughs in a final, frenzied day of campaigning on the eve of Election Day. As ...

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn (WABC) -- With Hurricane Melissa expected to make landfall in Jamaica early Tuesday morning, those on the island are being warned to prepare for catastrophic wind, relentless ...

EAST RIVER (WABC) -- An FDNY drone was involved in a rescue in the East River on Saturday. The drone spotted the person in the water near the Queensboro Bridge. The drone then dropped two buoys in the ...