On the heels of Weezer’s mega-successful version of Toto’s “Africa,” the band has surprise-released a full album of covers. “The Teal Album” features renditions of such 80s hits as A-Ha’s “Take On Me,” Tears for Fears’ “Everybody Wants to Rule the World,” The Eurythmics’ “Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)” and Michael Jackson’s “Billie Jean” in addition to classics from...

Missy Elliott, one of rap’s greatest voices and also a songwriter and producer who has crafted songs for Beyonce and Whitney Houston, is one of the nominees for the 2019 Songwriters Hall of Fame.

A man was killed in a shooting on a street in Brooklyn Friday evening, police say. The victim was found shot in the neck in the area of 93rd Street and Fourth Avenue in Bay Ridge at about 5:45 p.m., according to police. The man, who was in his 20s, was taken to Lutheran Hospital, where he was pronounced...

Police are looking for the person who shot and killed a man in Bay Ridge, then got away in a car with TLC plates. Wale Aliyu reports.

A yellow taxi cab passenger says his driver told him during a trip, ‘I don’t drive gays,’ the second time in a week that a cab rider in New York City has reported being insulted or kicked out of a cab by a homophobic driver.

A yellow taxi cab passenger in NYC says his driver told him during a trip, ‘I don’t drive gays.’ Ray Villeda reports.

The Taxi & Limousine Commission approved a resolution Thursday to create a pilot program in the coming weeks that will allow yellow taxi apps to implement surge pricing and to quote an upfront, set fare for passengers who request a ride through their smartphone.

Surge pricing is coming to a yellow cab near you. Erica Byfield reports.

“We have … made the difficult decision to reduce our footprint in Maryland over time,” it said.

Reality TV star Josh Duggar has announced the birth of a baby boy a day after a judge halted his lawsuit over the release of information related to allegations he fondled his sisters as a child. A post on the family website says Mason Garrett Duggar became the fifth child of Josh and his wife, Anna, on Tuesday. On Monday,...

Discovery Communications will buy Scripps Networks for close to $12 billion, tying together two powerful stables of TV shows ranging from Animal Planet to the Food Network.

Straphangers have noticed in recent weeks that New York City’s newest subway stations — the ones the MTA said would be state-of-the-art and climate-controlled — are actually very, very hot.  “It’s humid,” said Benny Kelly of the Upper East Side. “Not really climate-controlled. It’s never really, like, comfortable.” “Very sticky and muggy and damp,” said Henry Ripati. “It’s incredibly...

Three men attacked a cab driver and stole the new car in the Bronx on Saturday, authorities said.

After so many years of street-clogging construction amid a bleak transportation landscape, the Upper East Side has blossomed into a transit garden, city officials and transportation advocates have proclaimed. The “transit desert” label that’s dogged the neighborhood for so long is no more, officials said Tuesday at a news conference celebrating the transit, traffic and safety improvements there. NYC...

The Upper East Side commute has gotten better and faster with the new Second Avenue subway, Select Bus Service and bike lanes. The new city ferry service will have a stop here next year too. Officials call it a “transit garden.” Andrew Siff reports.

The Duggar family from TLC’s “19 Kids and Counting” has been dropped from the TLC Summer Block Party coming to Philadelphia next weekend.