
Starting wages for lifeguards in New York City will be $19.46 an hour this summer under an agreement reached with the lifeguard union.

The U.S. Army has identified the victim of a deadly weekend shooting in Syracuse as a 19-year-old soldier from Georgia who was assigned to New York’s Fort Drum.

Three men have pleaded guilty to defrauding 14 Rhode Island seniors out of more than $350,000 by pretending to be their grandchildren.

A driver accused of shooting at police officers during a long car chase through the streets of New York's second-largest city has been arraigned on five counts of attempted murder.

Attorneys representing Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina say he intends to challenge a subpoena compelling him to testify before a special grand jury in Georgia investigating ex-President Donald Trump and his allies’ actions after the 2020 election.

A company that has performed hundreds of property appraisals for Donald Trump has been held in contempt of court for missing a deadline to turn over documents in the New York attorney general’s civil investigation into the former president’s business practices.

Hate crimes officers are investigating after an incendiary device exploded outside a mosque on Long Island.

U.S. dog lovers, say “benvenuto” to the bracco Italiano.

A New York-based maritime company has agreed to pay a $10,000 civil penalty to Connecticut regulators who say the firm violated state ethics rules by providing gifts to employees and a board member of the quasi-public Connecticut Port Authority.

The Justice Department has settled a long-running lawsuit filed by a group of men rounded up in the weeks after the September 2001 attack who say they were abused in a federal lockup in New York City.

The union representing more than 250 HarperCollins workers says those employees have overwhelmingly voted to strike if the publisher doesn’t meet their demands for a fair contract.

The Georgia prosecutor investigating the conduct of former President Donald Trump and his allies after the 2020 election is trying to compel U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani to testify before a special grand jury.

Prosecutors say R. Kelly is no longer on suicide watch following the jailed R&B singer's sentencing in a federal sex abuse case.

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Police say two men got out of their cars to argue on a New York highway and were fatally struck by a third car.

A fire that ripped through a Buffalo home has killed a man and two of his adult daughters and sending their mother to a hospital.

Officials are using drones to watch for sharks at some Long Island beaches after a shark attack injured a lifeguard.

Record-holder Miki Sudo has won the women’s title at the Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July hot dog eating contest after skipping last year’s frank fest because she was pregnant.

The Supreme Court decision June 30 restricting the authority of the Environmental Protection Agency may mean continued pollution from power plants in states that are not switching to cleaner energy.

Suffolk County officials have temporarily closed a Long Island beach to swimming after what they described as an unprecedented shark attack that injured a lifeguard.

A federal judge has granted bail to a prominent Buffalo developer and other businessmen serving prison time for a bid-rigging scheme related to former Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s “Buffalo Billion” economic redevelopment program.

The ex-boyfriend of a New York City woman shot dead as she pushed their infant daughter in a stroller has been ordered jailed without bail in a shooting prosecutors described as a “premeditated execution.”.

A 35-year-old New York man is facing trespassing and stalking charges after authorities said he entered two New York City residences linked to the famed singer-songwriter Taylor Swift.

A 3-year-old boy has died after falling from a 29th floor balcony of a New York City apartment building in Harlem.

The ex-boyfriend of a New York City woman shot dead Wednesday as she pushed their infant daughter in a stroller has been arrested and charged with killing her.

Donald Trump’s social media company and some of its employees received subpoenas from a federal grand jury in New York and securities regulators.

A Manhattan woman has been awarded over $400,000 by a jury after suing New York City and its police department, saying she suffered a traumatic brain injury when she was thrown to the ground while serving as a medic for protesters during 2012 Occupy Wall Street events.

New York lawmakers approve legislation intended to preserve some handgun controls in aftermath of Supreme Court ruling.

The fireworks are still a few days away, but travel for the July Fourth weekend is off to a booming start.

Police say a man who was wanted for the killings of two people in Maine has been arrested.