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After a gay server at a New Jersey restaurant said a customer denied her a tip and wrote her a hateful note on the receipt, a local family contacted NBC 4 New York and said their receipt shows they paid a tip and didn't write any such note.

You know you aren't supposed to do it. But you know you're going to. Talk about politics over the holidays. It's hard to avoid it and you know your uncle who worships Rush Limbaugh and runs Fox News 24/7 is going to be armed with conservative talking points. Here's your handy guide to quick responses and facts use when you hear those talking points about issues important to working families.

A year ago, 112 garment workers were killed in a fire at the Tazreen Fashion Ltd. factory—and a thousand others were injured in the scramble to escape a building with no fire escapes and firmly barred windows.

A towboat filled with thousands of gallons of diesel fuel struck a submerged object and sank on the Mississippi River on Monday.

A deadly winter storm system heading east threatens widespread cancellations at some of the country's busiest airports on the eve of Thanksgiving, a meteorologist warned Tuesday.

SALMON, Idaho — The Idaho wife of an Iranian-American Christian pastor imprisoned in Iran said on Monday she felt betrayed and feared for her husband's life after the Obama administration failed to secure his release as a condition of an Iranian nuclear deal."My kids are crying every day.

NEW YORK — The nine-month-old son of Olympic gold medal skier Bode Miller will, for now, live with his mother, a court ruled on Monday — in a custody battle with the baby's father that has raised questions about the rights of pregnant women to relocate.

After nearly eight months on the Throne of St. Peter, Pope Francis remains admired in the United States by Catholics and non-Catholics alike — but that popularity hasn't translated into a surge in church attendance, according a new poll.

The seven-hour lockdown at Yale University is over.It was issued soon after a man made an anonymous call to police at 9:48 a.m. from a phone booth in the 300 block of Columbus Avenue and said his roommate was on his way to the Ivy League school to shoot people, police said.

Thanks to a new union contract, dancers in Justin Timberlake's 20/20 Experience World Tour will be covered by a SAG-AFTRA Touring Agreement where performer earnings count toward pension and health benefits eligibility. The deal also provides touring companies with improved budget flexibility through direct negotiations with performers.