The number of children in the United States considered poor rose by 1 million in 2010, the US Census said Thursday, with more than one in five of the youngest Americans now living in poverty.

While the long-term outlook for grape-growers in the Finger Lakes region is favorable, it is less than optimal for skiers and other winter sports enthusiasts in the Adirondacks.

The competitiveness of cities in attracting investments is lately measured based on the focus they lay on environmental sustainability issues and the level of carbon emissions, according to a senio

One of the darkest Halloweens ever loomed for about 3 million households left without power on Sunday by a rare October snowstorm in the Northeast that bedeviled transportation and killed at least

The Bloomberg administration is set to commit $2.4 billion in public and private investment to applying new environmental technology to an old problem: the flow of untreated sewage and storm water

New tests are coming to market that can detect Down syndrome in a fetus using a sample of the mother’s blood, potentially reducing the need for riskier invasive tests while also stirring ethical co

In a case of dueling studies, research commissioned by opponents of nuclear power indicates that electricity in New York State would remain reliable and reasonably priced if the Indian Point nuclea

Two recent studies appear to expose cyclists as a potent urban menace.

Listeriosis cases linked to cantaloupes grown at a farm in Colorado represent the deadliest food-borne outbreak in a decade, and health officials are bracing for additional illnesses.