By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York City parents may soon have access to free child care for their 2-year-olds, under a plan set to be unveiled Thursday by Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Zohran Mamdani. The two Democrats are expected to detail the program at a news ...
By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer Derek Sprague is leaving after one year as CEO at the PGA of America, wishing to return to upstate New York to help support his mother and mother-in-law, who are requiring more care. Sprague took over in January 2025, the first club professional in 20 years ...
FAIR LAWN, N.J. (AP) — One of the New York City area's most notorious serial killers has confessed to another killing. Police in New Jersey announced Tuesday that Richard Cottingham, known as the "Torso Killer," admitted killing Alys Eberhardt in 1965. The 18-year-old was found dead in her ...
By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — George Conway, who was once married to a former adviser to the president before becoming a prominent anti-Trump voice, announced on Tuesday that he is running for a U.S. House seat in New York City, testing whether he can turn his ...
By BEN FINLEY, KONSTANTIN TOROPIN and REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump had long threatened that he could order military strikes on targets on Venezuelan territory after months of attacks on boats accused of carrying drugs from the South American ...
By SAFIYAH RIDDLE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Incoming Mayor Zohran Mamdani will take his midnight oath of office on a centuries-old Quran, marking the first time a mayor of New York City uses Islam's holy text to be sworn in and underscoring a series of historic firsts for the ...
By MEG KINNARD Associated Press The Kennedy Center is ending the year with a new round of artists saying they are canceling scheduled performances after President Donald Trump's name was added to the facility, prompting the institution's president to accuse the performers of making their ...
By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — When the MetroCard replaced the New York City subway token in 1994, the swipeable plastic card infused much-needed modernity into one of the world's oldest and largest transit systems. Now, more than three decades later, the gold-hued ...
By LEAH WILLINGHAM and JULIE WALKER Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — More than a thousand flights were canceled or delayed across the Northeast and Great Lakes regions due to snow as thousands took to roads and airports during the busy travel period between Christmas and New Year's. New ...
By MICHAEL HILL Associated Press GOUVERNEUR, N.Y. (AP) — Graphite mines in the United States largely closed down seven decades ago. Mining the ubiquitous mineral found in everything from nuclear reactors to pencils seemed to make little sense when it could be imported inexpensively from ...
By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump on Saturday announced he's endorsing Nassau County's Republican executive for governor in next fall's New York race, just a day after the president's longtime ally Rep. Elise Stefanik announced she was ...
By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Saudi Arabia has awarded its highest national honor to Pakistan's army chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir, during his visit to Riyadh, Pakistan's military said Monday, underscoring deepening ties between the two countries, including cooperation ...
By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Rep. Elise Stefanik suspended her campaign for New York governor on Friday and said she will not seek reelection to Congress, bowing out of what was expected to be a bruising Republican primary and ending a once-promising tenure ...
UTICA, N.Y. (AP) — A former New York state prison guard convicted of murder for his role in the brutal beating of an inmate that was captured on body-camera footage was sentenced Friday to 25 years to life in prison. David Kingsley also received a 25-year sentence for a manslaughter ...
By MICHAEL R. SISAK and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A 911 call about a man resembling "the CEO shooter." Body-camera footage of police arresting Luigi Mangione and pulling items from his backpack, including a gun that prosecutors say matches the one used to kill ...
By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — A retired Army veteran pleaded not guilty Thursday in the 1997 killing of a woman whose remains were found near the victims of Long Island's infamous Gilgo Beach killings. Andrew Dykes, who had also served as a Tennessee state ...
By MICHAEL R. SISAK, ERIC TUCKER and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department faces a Friday deadline to release its files on Jeffrey Epstein, a convicted sex offender and wealthy financier known for his connections to some of the world's most ...
By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE and MICHAEL HILL Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York is set to become the latest state to legalize medically assisted suicide for the terminally ill under a deal reached between the governor and state legislative leaders announced Wednesday. Democratic Gov. ...
By MEG KINNARD Associated Press Four moderate House Republicans — from swing districts Democrats are already eyeing for next year's midterms — have broken ranks with Speaker Mike Johnson, signing on to Democrats' petition to force a vote on extending health care subsidies that expire at ...
By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders are about to attempt something they've never tried before. The chances of failure are significant. Their actions this week could set dangerous precedents and a wrong move could undermine trust among the bloc's 27 member ...