By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A man fatally stabbed three people across a swath of Manhattan on Monday morning, carrying out a series of random attacks without uttering a word to his victims, officials said. The 51-year-old suspect was in police custody after being ...
By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The leader of a New York City church where pop star Sabrina Carpenter filmed provocative scenes for a music video was stripped of his duties Monday after church officials said an investigation revealed other instances of ...
By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Defense attorneys began their defense of a former U.S. Marine charged with fatally choking a homeless man aboard a Manhattan subway by calling the defendant's older sister to the witness stand. Jacqueline Penny said Monday that her brother ...
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City on Monday issued its first drought warning in 22 years after months of little rain -- and will restart the flow of drinking water from an out-of-service aqueduct as supplies run low. Dry conditions across the Northeast have been blamed for hundreds of brush ...
By MICHAEL HILL Associated Press GILBOA, N.Y. (AP) — New York City officials are concerned about low reservoir levels after months of little rain, saying they may postpone repairs on a temporarily out-of-service aqueduct to bring more water into the stressed system. Mayor Eric Adams ...
WEST MILFORD, N.J. (AP) — Firefighters were getting closer Friday to taming a wildfire burning across the New Jersey-New York border on Friday, increasing their encirclement of the hard-to-access blaze. The fire, named the Jennings Creek blaze, was 90% contained on the Passaic County, New ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Amtrak service along sections of the Northeast corridor resumed Wednesday after disruptions on two consecutive days. Service between New York and New Haven, Connecticut, was restored about 24 hours after it was suspended because of a fire near a train route in New York ...
By SETH BORENSTEIN, SIBI ARASU and MELINA WALLING Associated Press BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — For the third straight year, efforts to fight climate change haven't lowered projections for how hot the world is likely to get — even as countries gather for another round of talks to curb ...
By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Mandatory broker fees, an unusual feature of New York City apartment hunting long reviled by renters, will be banned under legislation that passed Wednesday after overcoming fierce backlash from the city's real estate lobby. Under a ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Disruptions to Amtrak service on the Northeast corridor continued Wednesday due to a fire near a train route in New York City. Service between New York and New Haven, Connecticut, was suspended, and passengers were advised to take Metro-North. Railroad officials said Tuesday ...
By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — After spending four months in federal prison for snubbing a congressional subpoena, conservative strategist Steve Bannon had a message Tuesday for prosecutors in cases against him and President-elect Donald Trump. "You wait. The hunted ...
MEDFORD, N.Y. (AP) — A volunteer firefighter was arrested for intentionally setting a brush fire on Long Island in New York, police said Wednesday. The 20-year-old defendant and volunteer firefighter for the hamlet of Medford on Long Island set a fire in a wooded area at about 3:30 p.m. ...
By JENNIFER PELTZ and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A judge has postponed a decision on whether to undo President-elect Donald Trump's hush money conviction as prosecutors consider how to proceed in light of last week's election and his lawyers argue for dismissal so he ...
By ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — Donald Trump's first picks for immigration policy jobs spent the last four years angling for this moment. Stephen Miller and Thomas Homan had critical roles in the first Trump administration and are unapologetic defenders of its policies, ...
By DAVID R. MARTIN and KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New Yorkers seeking to unburden themselves after last week's election got a chance to share their feelings by posting sticky notes in a busy subway tunnel. The project was the brainchild of artist Matthew Chavez, who ...
By CEDAR ATTANASIO Associated Press RINGWOOD, N.J. (AP) — Fire crews battled small wildfires across the Northeast U.S. on Monday, including a blaze in New York and New Jersey that killed a parks employee over the weekend and postponed Veterans Day plans. A quarter-inch of rain fell ...
By THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press President-elect Donald Trump is starting to fill key posts in his second administration, putting an emphasis so far on aides and allies who were his strongest backers during the 2024 campaign. Here's a look at who he's selected so far. Susie Wiles, chief ...
By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A $15 toll on vehicles entering the busiest parts of New York City could be revived, as the state's Democratic governor considers enacting the program before President-elect Donald Trump takes office and can block it. In the days ...
By JILL COLVIN, EDITH M. LEDERER and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Rep. Elise Stefanik to serve as his ambassador to the United Nations, picking a loyal ally with little foreign policy experience to represent the U.S. at the ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Yankees manager Aaron Boone says the disappointment of the World Series loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers won't go away and he doesn't mind entering 2025 in possibly the last year of his contract. "The sting of not finishing it off stays with you forever," he said Monday, three ...