2+ day, 22+ hour ago   (920+ words) When President Donald Trump awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously to Welles Crowther for his heroism during the 9/11 terrorist attack during a Tuesday ceremony, Crowther’s mother Alison specifically mentioned the Upper Nyack, New York, volunteer firehouse where Welles got…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (430+ words) While President Donald Trump was hailing the Brooklyn Bridge in his National Mall speech as “one of the greatest architectural feats of all time,” firefighters in New York City were fighting to protect it from burning down late Saturday night....

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (419+ words) President Donald Trump appeared surprised after the U.S. Supreme Court said it would not hear his appeal of a $5 million verdict that found he sexually abused writer E. Jean Carroll and later defamed her. The high court declined to take up the…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (529+ words) A federal judge tossed journalist Michael Wolff’s lawsuit against first lady Melania Trump on Friday, calling it a “contorted” effort and “not how the federal courts work.” Wolff sued Trump to keep her from suing him for $1 billion for alleged…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (476+ words) Nassau County executive and gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman unloaded on Gov. Kathy Hochul Sunday over the escalating Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) strike crisis, accusing the Democratic governor of driving New York into chaos as hundreds of thousands of commuters…...

3+ mon, 4+ week ago   (559+ words) Workers for the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) — the nation’s largest commuter rail line — went on strike early Saturday, leaving more than 330,000 commuters scrambling for alternatives. At 12:01 a.m., five unions representing roughly 3,700 workers — including ticket clerks, locomotive engineers, signalmen,…...

3+ mon, 4+ week ago   (317+ words) An Iraqi man accused of orchestrating nearly 20 terrorist attacks across Europe and plotting attacks on Jewish institutions in the United States has been brought to New York to face federal terrorism charges after what the FBI described as a major…...

6+ mon, 4+ day ago   (526+ words) The NYPD has cordoned off a tony Manhattan block near the mayor’s residence amid a continuing probe into a potential terror plot involving improvised, ISIS-style bombs. “Due to ongoing police activity, please avoid the area of East End Avenue between…...

6+ mon, 4+ day ago   (166+ words) The NYPD has cordoned off a tony Manhattan block near the mayor’s residence amid a continuing probe into a potential terror plot involving improvised, ISIS-style bombs. “Due to ongoing police activity, please avoid the area of East End Avenue between…...