A swastika-loving 16-year-old, a Latino classmate, a bottle of vodka, and a power tool. The battle over immigration gets ugly in the shadow of wealth and privilege.

“I’ve never felt so ill,” says one reporter about the paper’s coverage of the Duke lacrosse-team case. Luckily, a blogger’s on the story, too.

Another day, another fall from grace for a public figure with a checkered past. How to watch your back—and your cell phone, your e-mail, your husband ...

The living need the dead like never before, and Michael Mastromarino had a Dickensian scheme for supplying the parts.

Can Bloomberg�s firearms initiatives hit their target? Turf wars, slander suits bedevil crusade.

For forcing Swiss banks to repay their debts to Holocaust survivors, NYU law professor Burt Neuborne was hailed as a hero. Then he submitted his bill: $4,760,000.

Epidemic of carpet-tack attacks along the Hudson River paths.

Multimedia of David Berkowitz (a.k.a. Son of Sam).

The way the man once called Son of Sam sees it, Satan and Jesus have long been fighting for his soul. Thirty years ago, when he killed six and terrorized the city, the Devil was winning. But now Berkowitz says that Jesus has the upper hand. And a growing flock of renegade Christians believe he’s an apostle of the Lord.

Shot on the street. By a stranger. Over nothing. Random homicides are on the rise, and they usually start with a gun.