Bronx Mourns Teenager Killed in Vicious Attack Mourners leaving Our Lady of Mount Carmel in the Bronx on Wednesday at the funeral of Lesandro Guzman-Feliz, who the police said was killed by gang members last week outside a bodega.

Free Detained Journalists in Myanmar Reuters journalist Wa Lone, working in Sittwe in the state of Rakhine, Myanmar, in September. Lone and Kyaw Soe, another Reuters journalist, were arrested this month on the order of Myanmar’s president, Htin Kyaw.

NY trustee: Almost half of Madoff losses recovered Nearly half the money invested by thousands of people in Wall Street swindler Bernard Madoff's multi-decade fraud has been recovered, a court-appointed trustee announced Thursday as he revealed a settlement that adds more than a billion dollars to the total.

Maurice Peress, Conductor Who Worked With Ellington, Dies at 87 Maurice Peress leading the Queens College Aaron Copland School of Music orchestra in 2012.

Former Blackwater Contractor to Serve 2.5 Years in Afghan's Death A former Blackwater contractor has been sentenced to two and a half years in prison for the May 2009 shooting death of an unarmed Afghan civilian in Kabul.