By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Federal and state officials in Florida must produce agreements showing which government agency or private contractor has legal authority to detain people or perform immigration officer roles at "Alligator Alcatraz," the immigration ...
By ALEXA ST. JOHN Associated Press A relatively mild, 3.0 magnitude earthquake shook the New York metropolitan area Saturday night. Here's what to know. What happened? The earthquake hit in the New Jersey suburb of Hasbrouck Heights at about 10:18 p.m. Eastern time at a depth of about 6.2 ...
By ADITHI RAMAKRISHNAN AP Science Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The National Science Foundation can continue to withhold hundreds of millions of dollars from researchers in several states until litigation aimed at restoring it plays out, a federal court ruled Friday. U.S. District Judge John ...
By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press A federal grand jury has indicted a man in connection with a 2013 fire in upstate New York that killed a 33-year-old father and his three young children, nine years after authorities had said there was "significant evidence" of his involvement in the ...
MODESTO, Calif. (AP) — Energy drinks that mistakenly contain vodka are being recalled in half a dozen states. High Noon is recalling two production lots of High Noon Beach Variety packs because some packs include cans containing vodka that were mislabeled as Celsius Astro Vibe Energy Drink, ...
By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press A New York businesswoman has pleaded guilty in connection with a financial scheme that ripped off more than $30 million from foreign investors and funneled some of the stolen money into U.S. political campaigns, including a 2017 fundraiser for President ...
By JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press The Trump administration is canceling plans to use large areas of federal waters for new offshore wind development, the latest step to suppress the industry in the United States. More than 3.5 million acres had been designated wind energy areas, the ...
ELIZABETHTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — A man has pleaded not guilty to drowning his 9-year-old daughter while vacationing in New York's Adirondack region and hiding her body in the water of a wooded area. Luciano Frattolin entered his plea Wednesday. Frattolin had reported Melina Frattolin missing just ...
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York man accused of plotting to set off homemade explosives he had stashed at sites across Manhattan has been indicted, federal prosecutors said. Michael Gann, 55, built at least seven improvised explosive devices last month with chemicals he bought online in May and ...
GLENS FALLS, N.Y. (AP) — A 9-year-old girl from Canada found dead in an upstate New York pond after her father reported her missing was drowned, according to preliminary autopsy results released Tuesday. Luciano Frattolin, 45, of Montreal, was charged with murdering and concealing the corpse ...
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. Rep. Mike Lawler, a moderate Republican representing a suburban New York swing district, said Wednesday he won't run for governor next year. Lawler had been viewed as a potentially strong challenger to Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul. But another prominent House Republican, ...
By MICHAEL HILL Associated Press LATHAM, N.Y. (AP) — A man whose 9-year-old daughter was found dead in a wooded pond after he reported that she had been abducted while they were they were vacationing in upstate New York was charged Monday with murder. Luciano Frattolin, 45, of Montreal is ...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York will soon make phone calls free in its state prisons, officials said Tuesday. People who are incarcerated in the state's prisons currently receive three free, 15-minute phone calls a week. After that, the calls cost 2.4 cents a minute. The state corrections ...
By JERRY BEACH Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Mets inducted David Wright into their Hall of Fame and retired his No. 5 on Saturday — nearly 21 years after his big league debut. "I went straight from the airport to the ballpark and I couldn't wait to see what number I was ...
By The Associated Press Associated Press The death of a 9-year-old girl whose father initially reported she was missing and possibly abducted is being investigated amid "inconsistencies" in his account, police said Sunday after the girl's body was found in New York state. Melina Frattolin ...
By MICHAEL HILL Associated Press A county clerk in New York on Monday again refused to file a more than $100,000 civil judgment from Texas against a doctor accused of prescribing abortion pills to a Dallas-area woman. New York is among eight states with shield laws that protect providers ...
By DAVE COLLINS and JOSEPH B. FREDERICK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — For sale: A 54-pound (25-kilogram) rock. Estimated auction price: $2 million to $4 million. Why so expensive? It's the largest piece of Mars ever found on Earth. Sotheby's in New York will be auctioning what's known ...
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A New York state law holding gun manufacturers potentially liable when their weapons are used in deadly shootings was upheld Thursday by a federal appeals court. The ruling Thursday by the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan ...
By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has passed the massive tax and spending cuts package that President Donald Trump calls "beautiful," getting it to his desk a day before the July 4 deadline that he had set. The 887-page bill includes spending cuts, tax ...
By JILL COLVIN and ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump has a new political foil: New York's Democratic nominee for mayor, Zohran Mamdani. The president, who has a history of spewing sometimes vile insults at rivals, has in recent days escalated his ...