In 1945, a B-25 bomber on its way to Newark Airport in New Jersey crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building. Amazingly, the building suffered only minor damage. The Empire State ...

The Empire State Building was dressed up in the colors of the Jets’ biggest rival on Sunday after the Patriots secured a spot in Super Bowl 2026, drawing the ire of New York football fans. As has been ...

This glowing tribute was decades in the making. The Empire State Building lit up in celebration of Polish Independence Day on Monday night for the first time, after years of lobbying to green-light ...

The incident accelerated scrutiny of military and civilian flight paths over major cities, influencing legislation about air traffic control methods and building design for impact resistance. On July ...

Decades later, Betty Lou Oliver still holds the record for surviving a 1,000-foot fall in the Empire State Building: "They thought she had died," her daughter tells PEOPLE Susan Young is a reporter.

“Congrats on winning Christmas," one commenter wrote in response to the optical illusion of sorts Kimberlee Speakman is a digital writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2022. She has ...