Many areas have not yet been reached, and many rescue efforts so far have been undertaken by people working by hand to try ...

The state budget deadline is fast approaching, but state lawmakers say negotiations are now “at a standstill” and lawmakers are heading home for the weekend. One of the issues still being ...

A lawyer for Mayor Eric Adams on Monday asked the judge handling his federal corruption case to hurry up and decide if he's going to toss the charges, arguing that the embattled mayor needs to ...

Issues still up for grabs are: a public mask ban, changing involuntary commitment standards, approving new taxes to fund billions of dollars in MTA projects and amending how prosecutors turn over ...

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Tuesday backed a push from some Republicans to strip National Public Radio and Public Broadcasting Service – NPR and PBS – of funds it receives from ...

WASHINGTON — A previously unreported tattoo on Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s arm is drawing scrutiny this week: the word “kafir,” written in thick Arabic script, across the inside of ...

BANGKOK — A unilateral partial ceasefire to facilitate earthquake relief efforts was announced Saturday by Myanmar’s shadow National Unity Government, which coordinates the popular struggle ...

The city's Department of Correction has relaunched its PAWS of Purpose Canine Rehabilitation Program on Rikers Island. By working with rescue dogs, incarcerated people on Rikers learn about ...

NUUK, Greenland — The Danish foreign minister on Saturday scolded the Trump administration for its “tone” in criticizing Denmark and Greenland, saying his country is already investing more ...

BANGKOK — A powerful earthquake rocked Myanmar and neighboring Thailand on Friday, destroying buildings, bridges and a monastery. At least 144 people were killed in Myanmar, where photos and ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Two books on the history of indigenous people in the U.S. have received $10,000 awards presented by the J. Anthony Lukas Prize Project. Rebecca Nagle's “By the Fire We Carry ...

The MTA met its deadline Monday to submit information on subway crime — and the steps that it's taking to combat it — to the U.S. Department of Transportation. The submission came in response ...