MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — Four decades after prosecutors sent the wrong men to prison for the rape and murder of a 16-year-old Long Island girl, DNA obtained from a discarded straw has led to the indictment of a new suspect.
Richard Bilodeau, 63, of Center Moriches, was arraigned Wednesday on two ...
By MICHAEL HILL Associated Press
UTICA, N.Y. (AP) — A jury began deliberating Wednesday in the trial of three former New York state corrections officers charged in the fatal beating of an inmate that was captured on bodycam video.
Lawyers spent most of the day delivering closing arguments ...
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A person living in the suburbs of New York City has tested positive for chikungunya, a mosquito-borne virus that is more often seen in South America and hasn't been transmitted on the U.S. mainland in a decade.
Health officials said the virus, which often causes ...
By FATIMA HUSSEIN, JOEY CAPPELLETTI, JESSE BEDAYN and SAFIYAH RIDDLE Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — With every passing day of the government shutdown, hundreds of thousands of federal employees furloughed or working without pay face mounting financial strain. And now they are ...
By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — Broadway is a tense place these days after two major labor unions authorized strike action amid ongoing contract negotiations with producers.
Actors' Equity Association — which represents over 51,000 members, including singers, ...
By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — New York Attorney General Letitia James struck a defiant tone Monday during her first public appearance since being indicted on federal fraud charges related to her purchase of a home in Virginia.
The Democrat took the stage to thunderous ...
By MATT BROWN Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The coalition of New York NAACP chapters had just begun its annual state convention when Letitia James, a longtime member and the state's attorney general, canceled her appearance.
James had just been indicted by the Justice Department for ...
BY PHILIP MARCELO and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — New York Attorney General Letitia James, a longtime political foe of President Donald Trump, was indicted by a federal grand jury Thursday on mortgage fraud charges.
It's a case she says is bogus, cooked up by the ...
By MICHAEL HILL Associated Press
GEDDES, N.Y. (AP) — Before white settlers came to Onondaga Lake, before the city of Syracuse grew along its shore, before the pristine waters became one of the most polluted bodies of water in the United States, it was a sacred place for the Onondaga ...
By MICHAEL R. SISAK and ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — The day she was elected New York's attorney general, Letitia James blasted President Donald Trump as a "con man" and "carnival barker" and pledged to scrutinize his public policies and personal business dealings. As ...
By STEPHEN GROVES, MARY CLARE JALONICK and MATT BROWN Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The consequences of a government shutdown setting in, senators labored Thursday to find a way forward but found themselves struggling to overcome a fundamental lack of trust between the two ...
By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press
New York City mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo says he wants to save Rikers Island, the notorious jail complex that has become a symbol of dysfunction in the city's criminal justice system.
The city is legally required to shutter its jails on Rikers and ...
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NORTHPORT, N.Y. (AP) — More than 200 animals were found at the home of a wildlife rehabilitator in New York where authorities also discovered a 95-year-old woman who they say was essentially trapped in her room due to clutter in the residence.
Cats, dogs, ...
By SUSAN HAIGH and GABRIELA AOUN ANGUEIRA Associated Press
President Donald Trump said Friday he has personally reversed $187 million in funding cuts made by his administration for New York's law enforcement and counterterrorism operations, following bipartisan outcry from New York ...
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City police found two girls dead early Saturday morning in what apparently was a game of "subway surfing" that turned out to be fatal, authorities said.
Police said they responded to a 911 call at the Marcy Avenue stop in Brooklyn just after 3 a.m. to find two ...
By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from Ghislaine Maxwell, the imprisoned former girlfriend of Jeffrey Epstein.
On the first day of their new term, the justices declined to take up a case that would have drawn renewed ...
By TIFFANY STANLEY, LUIS ANDRES HENAO and MARIAM FAM Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Zohran Mamdani's rise in New York City's mayoral race has brought him national prominence and a surge of anti-Muslim vitriol, including from elected officials and prominent conservatives. A win in ...
By JOSH FUNK AP Transportation Writer
Two Delta Air Lines regional jets collided at the intersection of two taxiways at LaGuardia Airport in New York, injuring a flight attendant, damaging a cockpit and tearing off part of a wing, the National Transportation Safety Board said Thursday.
The ...
By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — Federal prosecutors have charged a man they say played a role in a gang-related shooting that broke out in a crowded Brooklyn bar this summer, leaving three dead and 10 others injured.
For the first time Wednesday, prosecutors also ...
By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE and JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — Andrew Cuomo has apologized to New York City's Jewish community for his response to the COVID-19 pandemic when he was governor, a rare retreat on a signature campaign issue as he runs for mayor.
In a video that ...