As Vito Lopez resigns, scrutiny of Speaker Silver mounts
State Assemblyman Vito Lopez is set to resign Monday morning after an ethics report detailing sexual harassment allegations against him [...]
Top editors leave The Village Voice after less than a year
Two top editors of the struggling alt-weekly The Village Voice resigned abruptly from their posts on Thursday.
I quit: Worker resigns by cake
Immigration worker Chris Holmes found a novel way to quit his job — his resignation letter was a cake. Holmes, [...]
Bronx Assemblyman Nelson Castro went undercover to protect himself
The arrest of Bronx Assemblyman Eric Stevenson in a shocking corruption scandal brought other surprising news to state politicians on [...]
Pope Benedict says goodbye, but not farewell
On the day of Pope Benedict XVI’s final general audience, among the tens of thousands of faithful there were smiling faces and a few tears, not from sorrow but from emotion.
Pope for dummies: What will Benedict XVI do on his last day in office?
The Pope is resigning: an unprecedented event in modern times. Indeed, because the event is so unusual, the Catholic Church is charting new territory as Benedict XVI leaves office
Pope will keep title ‘His Holiness’ after resignation
Pope Benedict will keep the honorific title of “His Holiness” after he abdicates this week and will be known as “pope emeritus,” the Vatican said on Tuesday.
Cardinal Keith O’Brien: Britain’s top Catholic cleric resigns, won’t elect new pope
Britain’s most senior Roman Catholic cleric resigned on Monday following allegations he behaved in an inappropriate way with priests.
Cardinal Dolan reacts to Pope’s announcement
New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan says he was startled by Pope Benedict XVI’s announcement that he will resign this month [...]