By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A Legionnaires' disease outbreak that has sickened dozens of people in New York City has claimed its first life, health officials said Friday. Officials didn't release additional information about the person's identity, age or details ...
By JOSH FUNK AP Transportation Writer The remains of several geese were found on a New York City sightseeing helicopter that crashed into the Hudson River last year and killed 6 people, investigators said Thursday, strong suggestions that multiple bird strikes contributed to the ...
By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein won't face a fourth trial on a New York rape charge. Prosecutors dropped the #MeToo-era case on Thursday after his accuser said she could not bear to testify again. The movie mogul still stands convicted of another ...
By STEVE PEOPLES, ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE and MATT BROWN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani stepped into the national spotlight this week as an ascendant political force within the Democratic Party. Democratic leaders aren't so sure that's a good thing. As ...
By JAKE OFFENHARTZ and DAVE COLLINS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — In his four years as New York mayor, Eric Adams' administration was roiled by corruption probes that led to early-morning FBI searches, resignations of top officials and indictments that alleged a rampant culture of ...
By JENNIFER PELTZ and ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press New York (AP) — The Kennedy dynasty won't be returning to Congress next year. Kennedy family scion and political novice Jack Schlossberg lost Tuesday to New York state Assembly Member Micah Lasher, in a closely watched and crowded ...
By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE and STEVE PEOPLES Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's slate of fiery progressives swept establishment-backed Democrats in the state's congressional primaries on Tuesday, ousting two sitting congressmen in a resounding show of force for ...
By FATIMA HUSSEIN and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Saturday that he will appoint one of his personal lawyers to serve as the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan, filling a pending vacancy after Trump tapped the man currently in the job to be ...
By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) — New York and New Jersey are welcoming soccer fans from around the planet this summer for the World Cup — transporting a vast majority of visitors across the river to MetLife Stadium in the Meadowlands. The home of the NFL's Jets and ...
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A judge barred federal agents from routinely detaining people who show up for proceedings in New York City's immigration courts, saying that people shouldn't have to risk arrest to exercise their legal right to pursue an asylum claim or ...
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer CANNES, France (AP) — In Ira Sachs' 1980s-set drama "The Man I Love," Rami Malek finds the most well-tailored role since his Oscar-winning portrayal of Freddie Mercury in "Bohemian Rhapsody." While Sachs' film, which is a competition entry at this year's ...
NEW YORK (AP) — The leader of an Eastern European neo-Nazi group has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for trying to recruit others to commit violent attacks against Jews and racial minorities, including one plot that would have involved dressing as Santa Claus to hand out poisoned candy ...
By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NORTH BERGEN, N.J. (AP) — When the original train tunnel beneath the Hudson River connecting Manhattan to New Jersey was built more than a century ago, workers toiled with picks and shovels from each side until eventually meeting in the middle. A new ...
By DAVE COLLINS and KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press A New York hospital system says it received a grand jury subpoena from federal prosecutors in Texas seeking information about children who received gender-affirming care and the medical providers who administered it. NYU Langone is the ...
By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — As the country's 250th anniversary approaches, The New York Historical has launched a $250,000 prize for those who have helped the public better understand the past. The David M. Rubenstein Prize for the Advancement of American History is ...
By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump's border czar has threatened to " flood the zone " with immigration agents if New York passes bills to limit local coordination with the federal government's crackdown. New York seems ready to do so anyway. "I ...
By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump's border czar has threatened to " flood the zone " with immigration agents if New York passes bills to limit local coordination with the federal government's crackdown. New York seems ready to do so anyway. "I ...
By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — People who buy luxurious second homes in New York City, but live most of the year elsewhere, would have to pay a new tax on the properties under a tentative agreement — an initiative to appease Mayor Zohran Mamdani and liberal voters ...
By The Associated Press Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The long-running Broadway hit "The Book of Mormon" will close its doors through May 17 as its theater undergoes repairs after a fire shut down the musical. Performances are canceled through Sunday, May 17. Ticket holders for ...
By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press One of multiple corrections officers charged in connection with the fatal beating of an inmate at an upstate New York prison last year pleaded guilty to manslaughter Monday and agreed to serve 11 years in prison. Former guard Caleb Blair had initially faced ...