The City Council on Wednesday approved a years-in-the-making overhaul of the Kingsbridge Armory in the Bronx as well as a major rezoning of Jamaica that is expected to permit 11,800 new homes across ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Heavy floodwaters swept across southwestern Jamaica, winds tore roofs off buildings and boulders tumbled onto roads Tuesday as Hurricane Melissa came ashore as a catastrophic ...

As Hurricane Melissa is expected to make landfall in the Caribbean by Tuesday, in Chicago, staff at a South Side family-owned restaurant are checking on family members back home in Jamaica. Workers at ...

The City Council voted to pass a rezoning plan for Jamaica, Queens, on Wednesday, clearing what may be the final hurdle for a major transformation of around 230 blocks in the multicultural ...

The storm killed about 20 people in Haiti and flooded more than 160 homes. Five bodies were found in Jamaica, and one person died in the Dominican Republic. The U.S. State Department has asked the ...

About 20 people, including children, died in a Haitian community and at least three bodies were found in Jamaica, officials said, as they began to assess the huge storm’s damage. By Nazaneen Ghaffar ...