By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — Sen. Bob Menendez cannot escape federal prosecution on grounds that he has legislative immunity from four conspiracy charges alleging that he accepted bribes including cash and gold bars in exchange for delivering favors to three New ...
By JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press
America's first commercial-scale offshore wind farm is officially open, a long-awaited moment that helps pave the way for a succession of large wind farms.
Danish wind energy developer Ørsted and the utility Eversource built a 12-turbine wind farm ...
HENRIETTA, N.Y. (AP) — A tandem tractor-trailer was left partly hanging over the edge of a New York State Thruway bridge Thursday after an accident.
No serious injuries were reported.
The eastbound FedEx tractor-trailer sideswiped a disabled vehicle on a stretch of Interstate 90 in the ...
NEW YORK (AP) — The retired Concorde jet that belongs to New York's Intrepid Museum will return to its home on a Manhattan pier on Thursday after a seven-month restoration, Intrepid officials said.
The supersonic jet will travel by barge up the Hudson River and will be lifted by a crane onto ...
By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump is seeking to delay his March 25 hush money trial until the Supreme Court rules on the presidential immunity claims he raised in another of his criminal cases.
The Republican former president's lawyers on Monday asked ...
By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — A union representing New York City firefighters is raising concerns about possible disciplinary action against its members after state Attorney General Letitia James was booed and a pro-Donald Trump chant broke out during a fire department ...
By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — A women's roller derby league has asked a New York court to invalidate a Republican official's order banning female sports teams with transgender athletes from using county facilities, saying it violates state law.
The lawsuit, filed ...
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — Sen. Bob Menendez and his wife pleaded not guilty on Monday to new obstruction of justice charges in a New York court.
The new charges were in a rewritten indictment returned last week against the Democrat in Manhattan federal ...
By CEDAR ATTANASIO Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — New Yorkers place over 100 million food delivery orders each year via a very simple process: press a few buttons on an app and it's in their hands in about 30 minutes.
For the delivery workers, the process is anything but simple. And it ...
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez was convicted Friday in New York of charges that he conspired with drug traffickers and used his military and national police force to enable tons of cocaine to make it unhindered into the ...
By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — The first "NYPD: Most Wanted" video was meant to be intimidating.
Over a pounding soundtrack, the montage cuts among stock images and body-camera footage of actual police raids. A fake gun discharges. Real officers break down a door, ...
By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) — America's employers delivered another healthy month of hiring in February, adding a surprising 275,000 jobs and again showcasing the U.S. economy's resilience in the face of high interest rates.
Last month's job growth marked an ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. George Santos, who was expelled from Congress in December and faces federal charges of defrauding donors to his 2022 campaign, has announced he is running for the House again.
Santos, a Republican who is just the sixth member to be ousted by fellow House ...
By The Associated Press undefined
The invitation list for President Joe Biden's State of the Union address on Thursday speaks volumes about what Democrats and Republicans want to focus on as the 2024 election season heats up.
Biden and Democratic lawmakers have invited several health care ...
By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — Fear of crime on subways and buses is back as a top concern in some U.S. cities, and so are efforts to persuade public officials to take the issue seriously.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said Wednesday she would task 750 members of the ...
By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press
RACINE, Wis. (AP) — Michigan Tech University biologists have been observing a remote Lake Superior island's fragile wolf population every winter since 1958, but they had to cut this season's planned seven-week survey short after just two weeks.
The ski ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Arkhouse Management and Brigade Capital Management are upping their offer to acquire Macy's in a deal now valued at $6.6 billion.
The investment firms announced Sunday that they had submitted an all-cash proposal of $24 for each of the remaining shares in Macy's they don't ...
By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced plans Wednesday to send the National Guard to the New York City subway system to help police search passengers' bags for weapons, following a series of high-profile crimes on city trains.
Hochul, a Democrat, said she ...
By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — With Rhode Island this week becoming the seventh U.S. state to launch internet gambling, industry panelists at an online gambling conference predicted Wednesday that several additional states would join the fray in the next few ...
By MAYSOON KHAN Associated Press/Report for America
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A New York-based cash-advance operation exploited struggling small businesses across the country by issuing fraudulent, "predatory" loans at interest rates as high as 820%, New York Attorney General Letitia James ...