The Supreme Court has again rejected President Donald Trump’s attempt to overturn a $5 million jury verdict in favor of writer E.
The Icelandic singer-songwriter Laufey has created a global fan event called “A Very Laufey Day.”.
As traumatic injuries and deaths continue to surge among the youngest e-bike riders, officials across the country are taking different paths to tackle a growing epidemic.
Across the country, calls to “tax the rich” have become potent political slogans that helped propel progressives like Mayor Zohran Mamdani to positions of power.
The state of New Mexico has sued the Department of Justice and acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, saying the federal government has blocked it from carrying out its own investigation into Jeffrey Epstein's sex crimes.
Howard University notified hundreds of first-year incoming students that their spots for the upcoming semester were no longer being held.
Ann Meyers Drysdale felt nostalgic spending the day with so many other Honda Cup award winners, including fellow UCLA Bruins great Jackie Joyner-Kersee.
A suspect in two stabbings on New York City streets has been arrested on attempted murder and other charges, including hate crime charges pertaining to one of the victims, a Jewish man.
Tripadvisor has released its latest list of the highest-rated attractions nationwide — though last year’s top pick fell a few places this time around.
The Trump administration is seeking to rename Manhattan’s Penn Station as part of a planned $8 billion redesign of the country’s busiest transit hub.
Back-to-school spending is on track to hit an all-time high this year, with families expected to shell out more than $43 billion on supplies, according to a new survey from the National Retail Federation.
One major Florida metro has now eclipsed New York City in terms of its cost of living, according to new data released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani says that the city will not be able to arrest Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu under a warrant issued by the world’s top war-crimes court.
A federal magistrate judge has ordered a former Army soldier to be detained on an arson charge for an attack on a Manhattan federal building.
The FBI says a former U.S. Army soldier started a fire and fired a pellet gun outside a New York building housing an immigration court and other government offices.
Millions of people in the Great Lakes, Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states are muddling through another day of unhealthy air from uncontrolled wildfires in Minnesota and Canada.
It's unclear how much, if at all, smoke from Canadian wildfires will affect the World Cup final between Argentina and Spain on Sunday.
More than 100 inmates at the sprawling Rikers Island correctional facility gathered in a gymnasium at the complex’s main intake center to watch Wednesday’s semifinal match between England and Argentina.
A Jay-Z concert at Yankee Stadium was delayed for hours after hundreds of fans without tickets tried to push their way into the show, forcing the iconic New York City stadium to temporarily close entrances before the rapper could take the stage after midnight.
The Guggenheim Museum was among a number of Manhattan buildings that recently tested positive for the bacteria that causes Legionnaires’ disease amid the city’s latest outbreak.
The buckling of two steel columns at the former Pfizer headquarters in Manhattan has raised questions about one of the nation’s largest office-to-apartment conversions.
Residents and hotel guests are being let onto cordoned off Manhattan streets, after columns buckled and floors sagged at an under-construction apartment building, triggering widespread evacuations and street closures over concerns about a collapse.
An under-construction Manhattan high-rise at risk of collapse after columns buckled has been stabilized and some evacuations of nearby buildings have been lifted.
Gaining freedom from the heat will be a challenge this Independence Day in the eastern U.S., and it's already starting ahead of the holiday weekend.
The New York Police Department is bracing for a slew of massive Independence Day celebrations along with a World Cup match this weekend, scrambling thousands of officers on land, sea and air to handle security measures as an intense heat wave bears down on the region.
The Democratic Party is confronting its long-standing dilemmas over identity and ideology as it wrestles with populist challengers in communities of color.
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has stepped into the national spotlight this week as a surging political force within the Democratic Party.
A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Justice Department from executing subpoenas in a criminal probe that sought transgender care records for patients treated at New York hospitals.
The Rev. Al Sharpton is putting final touches on a new Harlem headquarters for his National Action Network organization.
The death of an Indian teenager in New York's Central Park has intensified calls to ban horse-drawn carriages.
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is testing the limits of his newfound political muscle in a bid to reshape the Democratic Party, even if it means challenging his own party’s leadership.
Macy's is set to celebrate America's 250th birthday with a spectacular July Fourth fireworks show featuring performances by Post Malone, Blake Shelton, Salt-N-Pepa, Noah Kahan, Bebe Rexha and Shaboozey.
The New York Knicks have won the NBA championship for the first time since 1973, defeating the San Antonio Spurs in five games.
If there’s a saving grace from the bedlam that is about to ensue in New York City on Saturday, with the Knicks on the verge of a championship and Brazil taking on Morocco in the World Cup, it is that Game 5 of the NBA Finals is on the road.
Taylor Swift has become the youngest woman ever inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame at age 36.
Victor Wembanyama was nearly struck by a flying egg as he returned to his hotel room Wednesday following the Spurs' loss to the Knicks.
Ahead of Game 4 of the NBA Finals, the New York Police Department is barring fans from gathering outside Madison Square Garden.
Renderings of a dramatically redesigned Pennsylvania Station in New York City have been released by Amtrak and the developers.
A former urban explorer says the most unpleasant part of exploring New York City’s sewer system was the cockroaches, not the rats, smells or ever-present dangers.
A hearing in Luigi Mangione’s state murder case was held in secret after the judge shut out the press and public without explanation.
A series of bizarre sightings of people popping in and out of New York’s vast, subterranean sewer system in recent days has the whole city wondering what exactly is going on.
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani did not attend an annual parade honoring Israel, breaking with a decades-long political custom because of his support of Palestinian rights.
New York City residents and visitors are treated to a phenomenon twice a year known as Manhattanhenge, when the setting sun aligns with the Manhattan street grid and sinks below the horizon framed in a canyon of skyscrapers.
FIFA is under fresh scrutiny for sky-high World Cup ticket prices and sales tactics that fans say left them with worse deals than they wanted.
A puppet-making workshop founded by the legendary creator of the Muppets is drawing back its curtain.
Trains are rolling again on the Long Island Rail Road after a deal was reached to end a strike that had shut down the busiest commuter rail system in the country.
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 attend a deportation hearing.
The strike shutting down North America’s largest commuter rail system will continue into a third day.
Workers on New York’s Long Island Rail Road are on strike, paralyzing the busiest commuter rail system in North America.
A former New York City judge who resigned last year while under investigation for professional misconduct has been charged with abusing his position to swindle real estate investors out of at least $5 million and then using some of the loot to pay his own bills.
A museum in Illinois is wondering how it got a speeding ticket for its replica of the car in the TV show “Knight Rider” that hasn't moved from its display in years.
A New York health care system has received a federal grand jury subpoena issued in Texas seeking information about children who received gender-affirming care and the medical providers who administered it.
Neil deGrasse Tyson has turned his lifelong fascination with aliens into a new book, “Take Me to Your Leader: Perspectives on Your First Alien Encounter.”.
New York state lawmakers are expected to place a new tax on luxury second homes in New York City, appeasing Mayor Zohran Mamdani and his progressive base as he moves to fund his ambitious agenda on the backs of the rich.
Federal authorities are investigating after a United Airlines passenger jet struck a light pole on the New Jersey Turnpike and damaged a delivery truck while landing at Newark Liberty International Airport.
New York City police have released body-worn camera footage of officers shooting and killing a machete-wielding man who stabbed three people at a Grand Central subway stop last month.
Foo Fighters have performed a surprise, secret concert at New York City's Irving Plaza.
A massive, fiery explosion at a house in Queens sent several New York City police officers flying through the air as they were responding to a call of a man inside armed with a knife and the smell of gas.
King Charles III and Queen Camilla have begun their trip to New York City with a visit to the National 9/11 Memorial, honoring victims of the 2001 attacks.
The federal judge presiding over the fraud case against the organizer of New York City's SantaCon bar crawl made it clear at the defendant's first appearance before her that she's not a fan of the annual celebration.
One of the most comprehensive studies ever of flood risk has determined that more than 17 million people in eight cities along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts are at the highest risk of being affected by flooding.
A federal appeals court says a Bangladeshi immigrant is rightly serving a life prison sentence for a fizzled 2017 subway bombing attack beneath New York City's Times Square even though it tossed out the top charge against him.
Former President Barack Obama has met privately with New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani before joining together to read to preschoolers at a child care center in the Bronx.
Union leaders representing thousands of New York City apartment house doorpersons, superintendents and other workers have reached a tentative contract agreement with building owners.
The New York Islanders are facing criticism for promoting a fundraiser for a former New York City police sergeant who was convicted of manslaughter.
For months, New York Gov_ Kathy Hochul has resisted calls to increase taxes on the wealthy, beating back progressives who have hounded her from Manhattan to San Juan bellowing chants of “tax the rich.”.
Federal authorities say a SantaCon charity fundraiser that flooded New York City with inebriated young people in red and white Santa costumes every holiday season was a con.
