WASHINGTON, D.C. — Mourners who had gathered at the National Cathedral on Thursday to say goodbye to former President Jimmy Carter came away comforted after Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood sang a song about how there's no heaven, religion is a lie, and everything is ultimately meaningless.
Historic Foley Square in the middle of some of Manhattan’s most storied public institutions is filthy with signs of neglect — from destroyed public art to defective street lamps and “dangerous” broken...
Sheridan Gorman, 18, from Yorktown Heights, died after she was shot in the head while walking along the Chicago lakefront with friends at 1:30 a.m. Thursday....