Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York's governor ordered a state school to remove a job posting for a Palestinian studies teaching position this week, saying she wanted to ensure "antisemitic theories" would not be taught. The job posting at Hunter College had called for a historian ...
By PHILIP MARCELO and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — After years as one of U.S. authorities' most wanted men, Mexican drug cartel boss Rafael Caro Quintero was brought into a New York courtroom Friday to answer charges that include orchestrating the 1985 killing of a ...
Associated Press undefined NEW YORK (AP) — New York's governor ordered a state school to remove a job posting for a Palestinian studies teaching position this week, saying she wanted to ensure "antisemitic theories" would not be taught. The job posting at Hunter College had called for a ...
By HALLIE GOLDEN and JAIMIE DING Associated Press Rose Girone, believed to be the oldest living Holocaust survivor and a strong advocate for sharing survivors' stories, has died. She was 113. She died Monday in New York, according to the Claims Conference, a New York-based Conference on ...
NEW YORK (AP) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced an agreement late Thursday to end a wildcat strike that has roiled the state's prison system for more than a week. Hochul said the state and the union for striking correctional workers agreed to binding terms after four days of mediation ...
ROME (AP) — An American Airlines flight from New York to New Delhi landed safely in Rome on Sunday afternoon after it was diverted due to a security concern, which later proved to be "non-credible," the airline said. American Airlines said Flight 292 "was inspected by law enforcement" after ...
NEW YORK (AP) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul says she told President Donald Trump in a private meeting at the White House that congestion pricing tolls in New York City are necessary and working, yet the Democrat predicted the courts will likely decide the matter. Last week Trump withdrew ...
By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press New York Gov. Kathy Hochul made the case for Manhattan's congestion tolling during an Oval Office meeting with President Donald Trump after federal officials ordered a halt to the program, a spokesperson for the Democratic governor said. Hochul and Trump met ...
By CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press MAYVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — A New Jersey man was convicted Friday of attempted murder for stabbing author Salman Rushdie multiple times on a New York lecture stage in 2022. Jurors delivered the verdict after deliberating for less than two hours, also finding ...
CANANDAIGUA, N.Y. (AP) — Two more people have been charged with murder in the death of a transgender man who authorities say was tortured for more than a month before being killed in upstate New York. New York State Police said they arrested Kimberly Sochia, 29, of Canandaigua, and Thomas ...
By JAMES POLLARD Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Top-ranked chess player Magnus Carlsen is turning his controversial denim into some greens — for charity. The Norwegian chess grandmaster announced this week that he is auctioning off the Italian luxury brand jeans that started a dress ...
By MATT BROWN and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump marked Black History Month at the White House on Thursday by making an appearance at a celebratory reception with a surprise guest, golf legend Tiger Woods, while calling out other athletes in ...
By MATT BROWN and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump marked Black History Month at the White House on Thursday by making an appearance at a celebratory reception with a surprise guest, golf legend Tiger Woods, while calling out other athletes in ...
By CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press MAYVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — The New Jersey man on trial in the 2022 stabbing of author Salman Rushdie declined to testify in his defense Thursday as his lawyers rested their case without calling any witnesses. "No, I do not," Hadi Matar, 27, said when asked ...
By MICHAEL HILL undefined UTICA, N.Y. (AP) — Six New York prison guards have been indicted for second-degree murder in the beating death of a handcuffed inmate, a brutal incident captured on body-worn cameras that triggered widespread outrage and calls for justice. Four other corrections ...
By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer New York on Thursday sued some of the country's biggest distributors of electronic cigarettes, accusing the companies of violating state laws that prohibit the sale of vaping flavors and designs that appeal to children. Attorney General Letitia James ...
Associated Press undefined NEW YORK (AP) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has deployed National Guard troops to secure state-run prisons amid a wildcat strike by corrections workers. Picketing and striking by corrections officers took place at around 30 state prisons as of Wednesday morning, ...
The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Danielle Sassoon had served just three weeks as interim U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York when she penned a letter to recently confirmed U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi saying she could not follow a directive to drop the office's ...
By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A federal judge ruled Wednesday that the Trump administration can continue efforts to withhold tens of millions of dollars meant to cover hotel costs for migrants in New York City. U.S. District Judge John McConnell in Rhode Island ruled ...
By JAKE COYLE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Paul McCartney's previous New York-area performance took place three years ago at MetLife Stadium, capacity 82,500. His surprise show Tuesday night at the Bowery Ballroom fit, at most, 575. It was probably less than that since McCartney's ...