Politics Jul 01 Judge temporarily blocks tell-all book by Trump’s niece Distribution of a tell-all book by President Donald Trump's niece was blocked by a judge Tuesday after the president's brother said its publication would violate a pact among family members, but a publisher's chief executive says the book has already…
Nation Jun 20 Top prosecutor in NYC resigns after feud with administration U.S. Attorney Geoffrey S. Berman of the Southern District of New York said in a statement that Attorney General William Barr’s decision “to respect the normal operation of law and have Deputy U.S. Attorney Audrey Strauss become Acting U.S. Attorney”…
Politics May 19 Appeals court approves June 23 New York Democratic presidential primary New York state's June 23 Democratic presidential primary will definitely take place now. The state's Democratic Party leadership gave up its attempt to cancel the presidential primary Tuesday.
Politics May 05 Judge restores New York Democratic presidential primary on June 23 A federal judge says the New York Democratic presidential primary must take place June 23 because canceling it would be unconstitutional.
Health Apr 01 Call for virus volunteers yields army of health care workers An army of health care workers has heeded New York's call for help reinforcing hospitals overwhelmed by the coronavirus pandemic.
Health Mar 15 Governor: NYC schools to close Monday to fight coronavirus New York City will close the nation's largest public school system on Monday, sending over 1.1 million children home in hopes of curbing the spread of coronavirus.
Nation Feb 26 Court sides with Trump in ‘sanctuary cities’ grant fight The decision overturned a lower court's decision ordering the administration to release funding to New York City and seven states.
Nation Feb 14 Michael Avenatti is convicted of trying to extort Nike Avenatti did not testify, but his lawyers said he was following the wishes of an amateur youth basketball league director who wanted him to force Nike to fire corrupt executives and fix its culture. …
Politics Jan 17 Ex-Rep. Collins gets over 2 years in insider trading case The Republican pleaded guilty in October to conspiracy to commit securities fraud and lying to law enforcement officials.
Nation Dec 31 Officials say suspect in Hanukkah attack researched Hitler online A man charged with federal hate crimes Monday in a bloody attack on a Hanukkah celebration had handwritten journals containing anti-Semitic references and had recently used his phone to look up information on Hitler and the location of synagogues, authorities…