NORTH ELBA, N.Y. (AP) — Two hikers in New York's Adirondack Mountains called 911 to report a third member of their party had died, but it turned out they had taken hallucinogenic mushrooms and were mistaken, officials said Wednesday. A state forest ranger responded to a call Saturday about a ...
By CEDAR ATTANASIO and AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Dressed in a pink pullover, the 17-year-old girl rested her head in her hands, weighing her bleak options from the empty room of an shelter in Poughkeepsie, New York. During a video call into an immigration courtroom ...
By ALAN SUDERMAN AP Business writer The headline-grabbing tale of an Italian man who said he was kidnapped and tortured for weeks inside an upscale Manhattan townhouse by captors seeking his bitcoin highlights a dark corner of the cryptocurrency world: the threat of violence by thieves ...
By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge in New York has temporarily prevented President Donald Trump from retaliating against the state over its Manhattan congestion toll. Judge Lewis Liman on Tuesday issued a temporary restraining order blocking the federal ...
By MICHAEL HILL Associated Press WAPPINGERS FALLS, N.Y. (AP) — As the World War II bomber Heaven Can Wait was hit by enemy fire off the Pacific island of New Guinea on March 11, 1944, the co-pilot managed a final salute to flyers in an adjacent plane before crashing into the water. All 11 ...
NEW YORK (AP) — A dual U.S.-German citizen has been arrested on charges that he traveled to Israel and attempted to firebomb the branch office of the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv, officials said Sunday. Federal prosecutors in New York said the man, Joseph Neumeyer, walked up to the embassy ...
By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — American Magic has put its participation in the next America's Cup in serious doubt after it cited "transparency" concerns related to Team New Zealand's decision to hold the 2027 regatta in Naples, Italy. The team that represented ...
NEW YORK (AP) — A jury on Thursday convicted a woman who sneaked onto a flight from New York to Paris without a boarding pass by slipping past security and airline gate agents at John F. Kennedy International Airport last year. The short trial of Svetlana Dali concluded with a guilty finding ...
By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — A former New York state trooper pleaded guilty Wednesday to charges that he shot himself then falsely claimed he was wounded by an unknown gunman on a Long Island highway, prompting a regionwide search. Thomas Mascia agreed to serve ...
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation into former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo after congressional Republicans recommended that he be charged with lying over his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, ...
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal magistrate judge on Wednesday ordered the pretrial detention of a man charged with stealing a purse from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem while she dined at a restaurant under the protection of Secret Service ...
By MICHAEL R. SISAK and LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Rapper Kid Cudi took the witness stand Thursday at the New York sex trafficking trial of Sean "Diddy" Combs and was expected to testify about his brief relationship 14 years ago with Combs' ex-girlfriend, the R&B ...
By KEVIN FREKING, LISA MASCARO and LEAH ASKARINAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans narrowly advanced President Donald Trump's big tax cuts package out of a key committee during a rare Sunday night vote, but just barely, as conservative holdouts are demanding quicker ...
By RUTH BROWN and KYLE MARIAN VITERBO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A Mexican navy sailing ship on a global goodwill tour struck the Brooklyn Bridge in New York on Saturday, snapping its three masts, killing two crew members and leaving some sailors dangling from harnesses high in the ...
NEW CASTLE, N.Y. (AP) — Four people were killed when a van crossed over a highway median north of New York City and crashed into an oncoming car, police said. The van was headed south on the Taconic State Parkway on Wednesday evening when it crossed into the northbound lanes and struck a ...
UTICA, N.Y. (AP) — A New York corrections officer admitted in court Wednesday that he cleaned up bloodstains from an inmate whose fatal beating was captured on bodycam videos in an attempt to conceal evidence. Nicholas Gentile pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of attempted tampering ...
Greenbacker Renewable Energy Company LLC (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) ELBA, N.Y., May 14, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Greenbacker Renewable Energy Company LLC ("Greenbacker"), an energy transition-focused investment manager and independent power producer, today announced the start of major construction ...
NEW YORK (AP) — A 16-year-old girl was killed by a stray bullet near a Bronx high school and a 14-year-old suspect was taken into custody, police said Tuesday. The girl, Evette Jeffrey, was shot in the head Monday after a fistfight broke out between two rival gangs. A 14-year-old fired three ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Witnesses are testifying this week in the sex trafficking trial of Sean "Diddy" Combs, one of the biggest music moguls and cultural figures of the past four decades. The R&B singer Cassie, Combs' former girlfriend, is the prosecution's star witness. She told the jury that ...
NEW HYDE PARK, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 13, 2025-- After decades of pioneering bioelectronic medicine research, Northwell Health today announced the opening of its clinical Center for Bioelectronic Medicine. Those interested in participating in bioelectronic medicine clinical trials, ...