Statue of Liberty

Gov. Cuomo warns Khloe Kardashian & Co. about Rich Soil logo

2013-05-21 16:11:00

It's not every day that New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo warns Khloe Kardashian about anything. But the governor's administration sent out a "pro forma" letter to Rich Soil, Kardashian's husband Lamar Odom's clothing line, warning that the logo used on one of...

World Trade Center reaches new heights with permanent spire

2013-05-10 12:15:00

A spire set atop One World Trade Center on Friday was greeted with cheers from workers high in the air and spectators from the street below. The 408-foot spire, draped in an American flag, brought the New York City structure to a height of 1,776 feet,...

Immigration bill survives first day of debate in Senate committee

2013-05-09 20:25:00

WASHINGTON — After eight hours of debate, the bipartisan Senate immigration bill emerged mostly intact Thursday, despite Republican-led efforts to make substantial alterations in the first of what is certain to be many long committee meetings to...

A slow — yet energizing — boat to Hawaii

2013-04-21 00:00:00

LAHAINA, Hawaii — "Here, take this one," Elisa said, lifting an orchid lei from her shoulders and draping it on Laurel's. "Aloha." My wife, Laurel, and I were in the tender queue with Elisa, our "port shopping specialist," at Lahaina on Maui,...

The Sunday Conversation: Shepard Smith

2013-03-23 09:00:00

Shepard Smith, longtime host of the nightly "Fox Report," is Fox News Channel's No. 1 anchor. That's thanks in part to his mix of folksy accessibility and anchor-worthy gravitas, which have earned him a perch at Politico.com, where his news clips are...

Allan B. Calhamer dies at 81; inventor of Diplomacy game

2013-03-07 19:16:00

The origins of the board game Diplomacy can be traced to an old geography book that Allan B. Calhamer discovered while rummaging around with a friend in the attic of his boyhood home in suburban Chicago. Calhamer was fascinated by the exotic countries...

John Brennan's killer drones are new symbol of America in the world

2013-02-08 05:00:00

It is certainly not what he hoped or intended, but one of President Obama’s biggest legacies in foreign affairs may prove to be the proliferation of drones as tools of war, assassination and terror. Obama is not the first to use drones to strike...

Letters: A nation of immigrants

2013-01-30 00:00:00

Re "Senate panel has plan on immigration," Jan. 28 I am so grateful to the millions of immigrants of recent decades, legal and illegal, for moving my country toward equality. When I was growing up, our country was dominated by white male Protestants,...

Letters: Maintaining public art

2013-01-27 00:00:00

Re "Sculpture gets a reprieve," Jan. 24 Where is the common sense of the Santa Monica City Council when it comes to donated public art? The iconic "Chain Reaction" by the late Times cartoonist Paul Conrad hasn't cost the city of Santa Monica a single...

House finally OKs Sandy aid; Senate action expected soon

2013-01-15 17:43:00

WASHINGTON--Seventy-eight days after Superstorm Sandy battered the Northeast, the House on Tuesday approved $50.5 billion in disaster relief in a vote that exposed divisions within Republican ranks and foreshadowed the spending fights that lie ahead.�...

House approves $9.7 billion in Sandy disaster aid

2013-01-04 08:56:00

WASHINGTON — Responding to the political storm over delays in disaster aid to the Northeast, the House on Friday approved a $9.7-billion flood insurance bill, the first segment of a possible $60-billion Superstorm Sandy recovery package. The...

Hemingway's famous cats still under government control, court says

2012-12-13 06:30:00

The federal government is the ultimate master of the roughly 40 cats, many with six toes, that lounge around the Ernest Hemingway Home and Museum in Key West, Fla. A federal appeals court has ruled that the U.S. Department of Agriculture has the power...

The "alien" planet the movie takes place on is actually Earth, as illustrated by the Statue of Liberty sticking out from the sand in the last moments of the movie.

2013-05-14 10:54:41

The Statue of Liberty has been closed since Oct. 29, when Hurricane Sandy damaged Liberty Island. Repairs have been underway and the monument is set to reopen July 4.

2013-05-08 12:23:12

The 1926 Aloha Tower, center. The aptly named 10-story-tall lighthouse and clock tower, built in a style known as Hawaiian Gothic, is Honolulu's version of New York City's Statue of Liberty, welcoming immigrants and tourists alike.

2013-04-18 15:43:00