MICHAEL WILSON

Admiral Richard E. Byrd was once one of the most famous men in the world. His son was determined to preserve his legacy.

At 86, Sheila Sullivan remains the star of her own show, with Tina Dupuy as her enthusiastic sidekick.

The police musicians famously recognized in the Pogues song “Fairytale of New York” never sought the limelight, and for good reason.

In a city thick with spectacles and showmen, Beverly Shaw arrived from Indiana with a desperate plea.

The authorities recently confiscated an unusual pet that a man brought to the beach, highlighting what has become an impromptu petting zoo.

The crews that offer help after a fire already operated outside the law. Then, police say, a former gang member took over a New York...

The mysterious neighbor brushed off Sinatra, snubbed DiMaggio and married one of the top stars of 1960s TV. Would an overlooked form letter be her...

When the flooding came, it was as if a river had suddenly been diverted into an apartment complex in Highland Falls, N.Y.

Augusto Acabou and Wayne Brooks Jr., who died fighting a blaze on a cargo ship, were products of Engine 16 in Newark’s Ironbound neighborhood.

New Yorkers are accustomed to dealing with weather. This was something very different.