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The only American soldier held as a prisoner of war in Afghanistan has been released and is now back in U.S. custody.

Two people were hospitalized-one with what are believed to be life-threatening injuries-after a hit-and-run in Manhattan Saturday morning.

The city's largest free pet adoption event starts today.

President Barack Obama is returning to New York in June.

A teenage girl was stabbed to death in Brooklyn Friday.

A judge has declared a mistrial in a wrongful death case stemming from a 2008 crane collapse.

John Schiumo hosts the May 30, 2014 episode of The Call.

NY1 takes a look at what's in today's New York City newspapers.

The NY1 Reporters Roundtable - Kate Taylor from the New York Times, Annie Karni of at the Daily News, WNYC Radio's Brigid Bergin and Kyle Pope, editor-in-chief of Strauss Media's community papers, including Our Town and West Side Spirit - joined Inside City Hall to discuss the new warm public relationship between Governor Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio and the governor's rocky relationship with The Working Families Party

Democratic Consultants Tyquana Henderson-Parsons and George Arzt and Daily News Brooklyn reporter Reuven Blau joined Inside City Hall to discuss the glut of open Assembly and state Senate seats that will have new members next January.

A State Supreme Court justice issued a temporary restraining order that's halting the construction of a high-rise building near Brooklyn's Prospect Park.

A Staten Island neighborhood ravaged by Hurricane Sandy is slowly returning to nature, as work is underway to knock down the damaged homes in Oakwood Beach.

Mayor Bill de Blasio spent part of his Friday welcoming his French counterpart while also battling criticism on the home front.

Fifteen people were hurt during a fire that broke out on the fifth floor of a building in the Jamaica section of Queens just after 5 p.m. Friday.

Following a public apology for systemic problems plaguing the Veterans Affairs health care system, the department's secretary, Eric Shinseki resigned, a decision that provided mixed reactions from veterans who use the VA Hospital in the Kingsbridge section of the Bronx.

A Manhattan man was sentenced Friday to 38 years to life in prison for violently robbing two elderly men in the East Village more than two years ago.

Authors, educators and publishers from around the world head to the Javits Center for Book Expo America.

It's no secret that a lot of kids could stand to get up and exercise more, and that's especially true for kids with special needs who don't get a lot of physical education, which is why one Brooklyn high school put a focus on fitness.

The United States Men's National Soccer Team will head to Brazil next month to compete in the World Cup, and hundreds of fans gathered in Times Square Friday to give the team a big sendoff.

For over a decade, The Mark Morris Dance Group in Brooklyn hosts a program that uses the therapeutic power of dance to motivate people living with Parkinson's Disease, and the latest New York of the Week is the reason why they keep coming back for more.