Just after 2 a.m. on July 30, 1916, a freight car loaded with TNT exploded at a munitions depot on Black Tom Island in New ...

NEW YORK -- A protest against U.S. immigration policy forced the evacuation of the Statue of Liberty on the Fourth of July, with a group unfurling a banner from the pedestal and a woman holding police ...

NEW YORK -- A protester who climbed the Statue of Liberty's base has been escorted down by police after a roughly four-hour standoff that forced the evacuation of Liberty Island on the Fourth of July.

A woman who climbed the Statue of Liberty on Independence Day, leading to all tourists being evacuated, is now in police custody. The woman climbed the pedestal of the statue to its base at about 3:30 ...

They come from all over the world to line up in Battery Park for a boat ride into New York Harbor. It’s all to visit a big piece of New York and American History. Marcella Mehlmann, of Forest Hills, ...

You can do a Statue of Liberty Cruise with Circle Line Sightseeing Cruises, and see the statue without going onto the island. I think the sunset cruise would be a great idea too – if you can plan the ...

Jesse Zanger is the managing editor of CBSNewYork.com. Jesse has previously worked for the Fox News Channel and Spectrum News NY1. He covers regional news around the Tri-State Area, with a particular ...

I’m a descendant of immigrants. Most likely you are, too. When the Declaration of Independence was signed in 1776, 2.5 million colonists and enslaved people lived in what would eventually become the ...

The Statue of Liberty was the work of French sculptor Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi. For more than a century, people have wondered about the model Bartholdi used for Lady Liberty. Historical records ...

The viral video and photos show what looks like the Statue of Liberty toppling upside down on her head by high winds. It's not AI. It's real. But don't worry. The video and photos don't show the real ...