Nation Jul 29 Man convicted in terrorism trial over 2022 stabbing of Salman Rushdie A man was convicted Wednesday of federal terrorism charges in the 2022 stabbing of Salman Rushdie, the author who has faced a decades-old death threat over his novel “The Satanic Verses.”…
Nation Jul 23 Author Salman Rushdie testifies at terrorism trial of man convicted of stabbing him Four years after being stabbed on an amphitheater stage, Salman Rushdie sat across a courtroom from his convicted attacker Thursday and told jurors for a second time about the ambush that nearly killed him.
Health Jul 18 First death reported in Legionnaires' disease outbreak in New York City Investigators are still trying to pinpoint the source of the outbreak on Manhattan’s Upper East Side that has infected at least 67 people and hospitalized dozens, according to city Health Department data.
Politics Jul 14 E. Jean Carroll has been paid $5.8 million, three years after Trump sex abuse and defamation verdict President Donald Trump's lawyers have vowed to continue appealing.
Nation Jul 02 An audacious climb turned into a marriage proposal. The couple was soon arrested Dressed in black and wearing masks but not tethers, the two balanced on a narrow ledge and appeared to kiss atop the New York skyscraper's antenna.
Nation Jul 01 2 people arrested after unfurling banner atop the Empire State Building's antenna Two people got to the top of the Empire State Building's antenna and unfurled a banner about “the power of love” at midday Wednesday, before descending, embracing, taking selfies and ultimately being arrested.
Nation Jun 29 Luigi Mangione gets stuck in elevator as judge delays his federal trial until January Luigi Mangione’s federal trial in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson will now begin in January instead of the fall, a judge said Monday.
Nation Jun 25 Weinstein's New York rape charge dropped after accuser says she can't endure a 4th trial The movie mogul still stands convicted of another sexual felony in New York and others in California, and he remains behind bars. But the New York rape charge had remained unresolved after an overturned conviction followed by two hung juries.
Politics Jun 24 Kennedy scion Jack Schlossberg loses crowded New York City congressional primary Kennedy family scion and political novice Jack Schlossberg lost Tuesday to New York state Assembly Member Micah Lasher, in a closely watched and crowded Democratic primary for an open congressional seat in the heart of Manhattan.
Nation May 15 Judge declares mistrial in Harvey Weinstein's New York rape retrial after jury deadlocks The majority-male Manhattan jury had been weighing whether Weinstein raped Jessica Mann, a hairstylist and actor. Weinstein’s lawyers argued that the encounter was consensual.