New York

Here is a list of the most expensive streets in the world as put together by Billionaire site. According to Yolande Barnes, head of property research at Savills houses on these streets are likely to change hands only once in a generation. “The owners of these properties are unlikely to need the cash”, said Barnes.

A gynecologist and a midwife in Istanbul are facing up to 10 years in prison for allegedly conducting an abortion on a 15-year-old girl, who had been raped dozens of times over a period of 15 months, without receiving her consent. 

Victims of apartheid in South Africa cannot sue IBM Corp. and Ford Motor Co. in New York because they cannot show that the companies' alleged offending behavior occurred in the United States, a federal appeals court said on July 27.

The sun is bright and the beaches are great but there's trouble in paradise: Puerto Rico is drowning in debt and its people are feeling the sting of economic crisis.

David Sweat, one of two New York state inmates who escaped from prison three weeks ago, was shot by police near the Canadian border and rushed to a local hospital on June 28, two days after his accomplice was killed, authorities said. 

There are only a relatively few people who have access to the following rooms of the powerful and influential across the world. Others are less private but boast fantastic architecture and design.

Luca Zanier, a photographer “invaded” these rooms and took fantastic pictures to present them to us… “common people”.

UN General Assembly, New York

A 33-year-old Turkish man extradited to New York appeared in court on June 24 on charges that he organized three cyber attacks costing the global financial system $55 million, prosecutors said.

A 33-year-old Turkish man extradited to New York appeared in court June 24 on charges that he organized three cyber attacks costing the global financial system $55 million, prosecutors said.
 

The search for two convicted killers in New York shifted after possible sightings in the southern part of the state, 350 miles (565 kilometers) from the prison where the men escaped two weeks ago.

A frantic manhunt was on June 7 for two convicted murderers who busted out of New York state's biggest maximum security prison by cutting through cell walls with power tools and escaping along tunnels.