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NEW YORK — Severe storms pummeled parts of the tri-state area Thursday night, causing power outages and damage throughout the region, including the partial collapse of a building on Long Island. Scattered showers and thunderstorms…

NEW YORK — Parents sending their kids off for their first day of school will have a new tool allowing them to track buses and get real-time automatic updates. An app for the 9,000 bus routes going to and from schools across New York…

NEW YORK — More New York City students passed their state exams in English and math this year than last, according to results touted by Mayor Bill de Blasio and Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza on Thursday. In 2019, 47.4 percent of…

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — A judge ordered a federal jail on Wednesday to improve housing conditions for one of Jeffrey Epstein’s former cellmates. Nicholas Tartaglione, a former police office awaiting trial in a quadruple murder case,…

ALBANY — Not feeling the current license plates on vehicles around the state? Well, now's your chance to pick the next design. Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced the 5 possible replacement designs, asking for New Yorkers to choose their…

The NYPD's Deputy Commissioner of Trials Rosemarie Maldonado has ruled Officer Daniel Pantaleo's use of a chokehold in the July 2014 arrest of Eric Garner was misconduct, and the cause of 43-year-old Garner's death, according to her…

NEW YORK — The man who police say is seen on video dropping off rice cookers in the Fulton Street subway station Friday was taken into custody early Saturday morning and taken to Lincoln Hospital, police confirmed Saturday. Three rice…

NEW YORK — At least 15 states have identified more than 120 cases of lung disease or injury that could be linked to vaping, a CNN survey of state health departments has found. States with the most cases include Wisconsin, with 15…

QUEENS — Customs systems used to process travelers is down nationwide, according to a tweet by the Kennedy Airport account. Hello, yes customs systems are down right now nationwide but they are starting to use backup systems. People…

DARIEN, C.T. — Police released video from an incident where New York Yankees general manager was stopped by police and ordered to exit his vehicle. Officials said on Friday, police were called by a local medical group on Old King’s…