Nation Apr 11 Kmart was once a retail powerhouse. Now just a handful of stores remain in the U.S. When the Kmart in Avenel, New Jersey, closes its doors on April 16, it will leave just a handful of remaining U.S. locations for the former retail powerhouse.
Nation Jan 11 Safety doors failed in Bronx apartment fire that killed 17 people Investigators are trying to determine why safety doors failed to close in a New York City high-rise when a deadly fire broke out…
Nation Jan 10 Doctors working to save gravely injured after NYC fire kills 17 Doctors are working to save the lives of several people gravely injured when smoke from a fire knocked them out or trapped them in their apartments in a New York City high-rise building.
Arts Jan 09 Michael Lang, Woodstock festival co-creator, dies at 77 Michael Lang, a co-creator and promoter of the 1969 Woodstock music festival that served as a touchstone for generations of music fans, has died.
World Oct 08 Summer storms were a climate-change wake-up call for subways Transit officials and experts say this summer’s storms were the latest reminders that more needs to be done to prepare the East Coast’s vital transit systems in the face of more extreme and unpredictable weather caused by climate change.
Nation Sep 02 Death toll rises after Hurricane Ida’s remnants hit Northeast A stunned U.S. East Coast faced a rising death toll, surging rivers, tornado damage and continuing calls for rescue Thursday after the remnants of Hurricane Ida walloped the region with record-breaking rain.
Nation Aug 23 Henri’s remnants hinder cleanup, threaten inland floods The storm system named Henri drenched much of the inland Northeast with rain Monday, hampering cleanup efforts and threatening further flooding in areas with ground already saturated from a wet summer.
Nation Aug 22 Tropical Storm Henri makes landfall in Rhode Island Tropical Storm Henri hit the coast of Rhode Island Sunday, packing high winds that knocked out power to tens of thousands of homes and bands of rain that led to flash flooding from New Jersey to Massachusetts.
Nation Mar 07 Calls grow for Cuomo to quit from top New York lawmakers Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins became the first senior Democrat in the state to say the three-term governor should resign. Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie stopped short of demanding that Cuomo quit, but said in a statement that “it is time…
Nation Dec 17 Thousands honor slain New Jersey detective at funeral The detective was killed last week in a domestic terrorism attack linked to an anti-Semitic fringe movement.