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A politically motivated hacker breached Columbia University’s data systems last week, stealing student records and causing widespread disruptions.
The monthlong celebration of LGBTQ+ Pride is reaching its crescendo as New York and other major cities around the world host major parades and marches.
Zohran Mamdani had been a state lawmaker unknown even to most New Yorkers before announcing his run for mayor.
The temperature in New York City has reached 100 degrees as the eastern U.S. sweltered under an extreme heat wave.
Voters across New York state Tuesday will pick nominees in municipal primaries that include high-profile comeback bids in New York City by a former governor and a former congressman who both left office mired in scandal.
Former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez reported to federal prison on Tuesday to begin serving an 11-year sentence for accepting bribes of gold and cash and acting as an agent of Egypt.
With just hours away, a team embracing rainbows prepared a network of stages for Stonewall Pride events on Saturday and Sunday in Wilton Manors.
The Air India plane crash that killed at least 240 people is just the latest aviation disaster this year.
Macy’s will celebrate America’s independence with a 4th of July fireworks show live on NBC featuring Jonas Brothers, Eric Church, Lenny Kravitz, Ava Max, Keke Palmer and Trisha Yearwood.
A construction project on one of Newark Liberty International airport’s three main runways wrapped up nearly two weeks early, so the Federal Aviation Administration expects to begin easing flight limits next week.
Bernard Kerik, who served as New York City’s police commissioner on 9/11 and later pleaded guilty to tax fraud before being pardoned, has died.
New York City police are investigating two detectives who worked security at an upscale Manhattan townhouse where an Italian man was kidnapped and tortured for weeks by two crypto investors who wanted to steal his Bitcoin.
Donald Trump's lawyer says that the president suffered “mental anguish” from CBS News' editing of an interview last fall with his Democratic election opponent Kamala Harris.
President Donald Trump says he's nominating his former criminal defense lawyer Emil Bove to become a federal appeals court judge.
Officials say a cryptocurrency investor has been arrested and charged with kidnapping, assaulting and holding a man against his will for several weeks in an upscale Manhattan town house.
Senate opposition led President Donald Trump to abandon his candidate to be the top prosecutor in the nation’s capital.
The Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation into former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo after Republicans recommended that he be charged with lying to Congress over his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a person familiar with the matter.
A Mexican navy sailing ship on a global goodwill tour struck the Brooklyn Bridge in New York, snapping its three masts, killing two crew members and leaving some sailors dangling from harnesses high in the air waiting for help.
The Department of Homeland Security has asked for 20,000 National Guard troops to assist with immigration roundups across the country, and the Pentagon is reviewing the unusual request, a U.S. official confirmed to The Associated Press.
Train engineers in New Jersey’s huge commuter rail system are on strike, leaving its 100,000 daily riders either working from home or seeking other means to transit the state or cross the Hudson River into New York City.
Patricia Clarkson stars in the movie “Lilly,” a biopic about former Alabama factory worker Lilly Ledbetter who became an equal pay icon.
Some 100,000 commuters who work in New Jersey and New York City could soon be scrambling for other ways to reach their destinations if New Jersey Transit engineers walk off the job early Friday.
A federal judge has ordered an outside official to take over control of much of New York City's jail system after local officials failed to stem high rates of violence and long-standing dysfunction.
Campus protests have been smaller and more scattered compared with last year's pro-Palestinian tent encampments, but the stakes are far higher.
Columbia University has suspended dozens of students and barred alums and others who participated in a pro-Palestinian demonstration inside the school’s main library earlier this week.
Federal agents investigating New York City Mayor Eric Adams were still seizing phones and applying for search warrants days before Justice Department leaders ordered prosecutors to drop the corruption case.
Federal officials have released images showing a helicopter as it broke apart midair and crashed in New York last month, killing six people.
Actor Michael Pitt has been indicted on allegations of sexually assaulting his ex-girlfriend, choking her, and attacking her with a cinder block and a piece of lumber in separate incidents at his New York City home.
Passengers with flights to or from Newark Liberty International Airport are encountering long delays and cancellations due to an air traffic controller shortage and equipment failures.
A witness’s video serves as evidence of the chaos behind a property conversion in Fort Lauderdale with links to infamous New York City slumlords with criminal records, and ongoing litigation on behalf of vulnerable seniors and their families.
Authorities say a man set wooden pallets on fire and failed to properly put them out in New Jersey’s Pine Barrens, sparking a quick-moving wildfire with smoke affecting the air quality in the New York City area.
President Donald Trump’s border czar joined New York City’s mayor on Tuesday to tout new federal charges against 27 people accused of being Tren de Aragua gang members and associates.
A top housing official in the Trump administration has asked the U.S. Justice Department to investigate New York Attorney General Letitia James over a real estate transaction.
New York City lawmakers are suing to block Mayor Eric Adams from allowing federal immigration agents to operate within the Rikers Island jail complex.
Federal aviation regulators issued an emergency order Monday grounding the helicopter tour company involved in a deadly New York crash after learning it had fired its operations director minutes after he had agreed to suspend flights during the investigation.
A history scholar convicted of spying on Chinese dissidents by ingratiating himself as a sympathizer has been spared prison time by a U.S. judge.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams is visiting the Dominican Republic to pay his respects to the 231 people who died last week when the roof of a legendary nightclub collapsed.
New York Sen. Chuck Schumer is calling on federal authorities to revoke the operating permits of the helicopter tour company whose sightseeing chopper broke apart in midair and plunged into the Hudson River.
Six people were killed when a sightseeing helicopter broke apart and crashed into the Hudson River between New York City and New Jersey.
Condolences are pouring in for relatives of the Barcelona family that perished in a helicopter crash an ocean away.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams is allowing federal immigration officials to operate at the Rikers Island jail to work on gang and drug-related criminal investigations.
Judges in Texas and New York said they would temporarily bar the U.S. government from deporting Venezuelans jailed in parts of those two states while their lawyers challenge the Trump administration’s use of a rarely-invoked law letting presidents imprison and deport noncitizens in times of war.
The Trump administration has canceled $188 million in federal grants meant to reimburse New York City for sheltering migrants, saying the money was being spent to support illegal immigration.
New York state school officials have told the Trump administration that they will not comply with its demands to end diversity, equity and inclusion practices, despite the administration’s threats to terminate federal education funding.
A Manhattan federal judge says Columbia University must give detained activist Mahmoud Khalil and other students 30 days' notice before handing over any more documents to Congress as it investigates antisemitism on college campuses.
A New York City man is facing a felony charge in South Florida after deputies said he committed an act of video voyeurism in an airline lounge bathroom.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams says he will pull out of the city’s Democratic primary and will instead run for reelection as an independent candidate.
A high-stakes race to decide who will get to build a casino in New York City might end up with one famous former resident hitting a $115 million jackpot: President Donald Trump.
Kendrick Lamar, Gracie Abrams, Zoe Saldaña and Nutter Butter are among the nominees for this year’s Webby Awards, recognizing the best internet content and creators.
A woman is facing years in prison after New York authorities said she claimed to be unemployed and got Section 8 rental assistance for an apartment in the Bronx — which she then subleased while, in reality, she lived more than 1,000 miles away in Hialeah.
David Childs, the lead architect of the One World Trade Center skyscraper that rose from the site where the Twin Towers collapsed in New York City during the 9/11 attacks, has died.
A judge has cleared the way for the suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare's CEO to get a laptop behind bars if his jailers allow it.
Luigi Mangione is asking for a laptop in jail for legal purposes as he awaits trial in the killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO.
U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon says Columbia University is “on the right track” to recover federal funding frozen by the Trump administration.
An Orthodox Jewish passenger says a United Airlines pilot forcibly removed him from an airplane bathroom while he was experiencing constipation.
A federal judge has ordered Columbia University and Barnard College to refrain from complying with a Republican-led House committee’s demand for student disciplinary records, at least until he holds a hearing next week on a request by Mahmoud Khalil and other students for a temporary restraining order.
An experimental treatment appears to postpone Alzheimer's symptoms in some people genetically destined to get the disease at a young age.
St. Patrick’s Day has been marked in cities across the country with boisterous parades and celebrations.
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs has returned to federal court in New York City to face the latest iteration of an indictment charging him with two decades of sex trafficking crimes.
A New York City man is facing two felony charges in South Florida after police said he took part in a gang rape of a helpless woman at a South Beach hotel.
The Trump administration has launched a review of organizations that provide temporary housing and other aid to migrants, suggesting they may have violated a law used to prosecute smugglers.
Harvey Weinstein’s #MeToo retrial next month will largely be an abridged version of the original, with one big addition: a charge based on an allegation from a woman who wasn’t a part of the first case.
Picture this: A sliding athlete wins an Olympic medal in Lake Placid next winter, then is chauffeured down to New York for an award ceremony at Rockefeller Center a few days later with thousands of people there to cheer on both moments.
Lindsey Boylan helped drive Andrew Cuomo from office in 2021 when the former aide came forward as the first woman to accuse the governor of sexual harassment.
A Manhattan federal judge says the Federal Emergency Management Agency doesn't have to immediately return more than $80 million for sheltering migrants that it took away from New York City last month.
Republican members of Congress hammered four Democratic mayors about their so-called sanctuary city policies, accusing them of endangering Americans and threatening to prosecute local officials.
A cybercrime crew stole then resold more than 900 digital tickets to Taylor Swift concerts and other pricey events.
Republicans in Congress are taking aim at four cities over their policies limiting cooperation with immigration enforcement under Preident Donald Trump's administation.
Announcing his bid to run for mayor of New York City over the weekend, former Gov_ Andrew Cuomo declared that he would “save our city.”.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has announced an agreement to end a wildcat strike that has roiled the state’s prison system for more than a week.
New York City has marked the anniversary of the 1993 bombing at the old World Trade Center, when Islamic extremists first attempted to bring down the twin towers.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul says she told President Donald Trump in a private meeting at the White House that congestion pricing tolls in Manhattan are necessary and working.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has made the case for Manhattan’s congestion tolling during an Oval Office meeting with President Donald Trump.
