NEW YORK (AP) — The Vessel, a towering, honeycomb-like sculpture in Manhattan that was popular with tourists before a series of suicides forced its closure in 2021, will reopen Monday with new safety features. The 150-foot (46-meter) structure opened in 2019 as the centerpiece of the Hudson ...

By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — To some New Yorkers, he's the white vigilante who choked an innocent Black man to death on the subway. To others, he's the U.S. Marine Corps veteran whose attempt to subdue a mentally ill man ended in tragedy. A Manhattan jury will soon ...

By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Manhattan's famed luxury store row Fifth Avenue is in line for a major makeover. New York City officials unveiled a plan this week to transform a central portion of the thoroughfare between Bryant Park and Central Park into a more ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, a longtime leader of Mexico's Sinaloa cartel who is facing drug trafficking charges in a U.S. court, appeared for the first time Friday before the judge who is presiding over his case. Zambada, 76, appeared at a status conference in Brooklyn federal ...

By ERIC TUCKER and LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department announced criminal charges Thursday against an Indian government employee who specialized in intelligence in connection with a foiled plot to kill a Sikh separatist leader living in New York ...

SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. (AP) — An off-duty dispatcher for a Long Island police department accidentally shot himself in the hand while unloading his gun as he was driving a moving car, and the bullet lodged in the wallet of a passenger, police said. The 37-year-old dispatcher for the Southampton ...

By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A Brooklyn man who served 27 years in prison for robbery and drug charges has been granted early release by the same federal judge who sentenced him to five life terms behind bars, a penalty the judge now says was overly harsh. Walter ...

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Presss WASHINGTON (AP) — A former Long Island funeral home owner pleaded guilty on Thursday to spraying wasp killer at police officers and assaulting two journalists, including an Associated Press photographer, during a mob's riot at the U.S. Capitol ...

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Presss WASHINGTON (AP) — A former Long Island funeral home owner pleaded guilty on Thursday to spraying wasp killer at police officers and assaulting two journalists, including an Associated Press photographer, during a mob's riot at the U.S. Capitol nearly ...

By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Lynx got the start they wanted. They just couldn't finish off the New York Liberty. The Lynx blew a 15-point lead and will need two straight victories to win a record fifth WNBA championship after losing 80-77 to the ...

By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A family in South Carolina pleaded for help Wednesday in finding Broadway dancer Zelig Williams, whose disappearance nearly two weeks ago has also drawn the concern of the broader theater community, including Hugh ...

By ADITHI RAMAKRISHNAN AP Science Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Expect to see more northern lights in unusual places as the sun continues to sizzle, space weather forecasters said Tuesday. Strong solar storms this year have triggered shimmering auroras much farther south than usual, filling ...

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press AMSTERDAM (AP) — The annex where the young Jewish diarist Anne Frank hid from Nazi occupiers during World War II is heading to New York. A full-scale replica of the rooms that form the heart of the Anne Frank House museum on one of Amsterdam's historic ...

By DENNIS WASZAK Jr. AP Pro Football Writer Aaron Rodgers was bummed out while driving home in traffic late Monday night after he and the New York Jets lost another frustrating game. "I had a couple of messages," Rodgers said during his weekly appearance on "The Pat McAfee Show" on Tuesday. ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States fined German airline Lufthansa $4 million for its treatment of a group of Jewish passengers who were denied boarding a 2022 flight in Frankfurt after they had flown to Germany from New York. The U.S. Transportation Department said Tuesday that the fine is ...

By NICK PERRY, MICHAEL CASEY and PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press MEREDITH, N.H. (AP) — New England leaf-watching season is in full swing, as people from as far as Florida and Berlin flock to the region for scenic drives, train rides and bus tours to soak in the splendid hues of red, ...

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press OCEAN CITY, N.J. (AP) — For generations of vacationers heading to Ocean City, the towering "Giant Wheel" was the first thing they saw from miles away. The sight of the 140-foot-tall (42-meter) ride let them know they were getting close to the Jersey Shore ...

By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are hanging near their records Tuesday after several big banks delivered stronger profits for the summer than analysts expected, while the price of crude oil tumbled again. The S&P 500 was up 0.1% in early trading, a day ...

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press OCEAN CITY, N.J. (AP) — For generations of vacationers heading to Ocean City, the towering "Giant Wheel" was the first thing they saw from miles away. The sight of the 140-foot-tall (42-meter) ride let them know they were getting close to the Jersey Shore town ...

By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are hanging near their records Tuesday after several big banks delivered stronger profits for the summer than analysts expected, while the price of crude oil tumbled again. The S&P 500 was up 0.1% in early trading, a day after ...