New York Attorney General Letitia James endorsed City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams for mayor Wednesday. She announced the endorsement alongside DC 37, one of the city’s largest unions ...

A man set a bonfire using wooden pallets in New Jersey's Pine Barrens and left them without fully extinguishing the blaze, sparking a quick-moving wildfire with smoke affecting air quality in the ...

As an act of protest, roughly 10 Columbia University students and alumni chained themselves to the main campus gates at 116th Street and Amsterdam Avenue on Monday. Roughly 10 Columbia University ...

One-fifth of states have active measles outbreaks as confirmed cases nationwide keep ticking up, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Other states with active ...

The only Black, all-female unit to serve in Europe during World War II, commonly known as the “Six Triple Eight,” will be presented Tuesday with the Congressional Gold Medal, following a long ...

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Swedish police said that three people are confirmed dead after a shooting Tuesday in Uppsala, a city near Stockholm, and are investigating the incident as a murder. Swedish ...

Related Companies is doubling down. Ahead of a high-stakes zoning hearing at the City Council, the major real estate developer modified its proposal to build a massive casino and hotel project on ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — More than 50,000 Los Angeles County workers demanding higher pay walked picket lines again Tuesday, and the strike could mean closures or disruptions at libraries, healthcare ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul got just about everything she wanted in this year’s state budget, including measures addressing affordability, public safety and mental illness. The question is whether any of ...

The state’s new budget will now include a bell-to-bell cellphone ban for students in all public schools. Gov. Kathy Hochul said it will help improve teenage health, and quality of life at places ...

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Improvised explosive devices detonated on a road in northeastern Nigeria killing at least 26 people in several vehicles, including women and children, police said Tuesday.