Young officer slain in Harlem joined to help “chaotic city”
The 22-year-old New York City police officer who was shot to death while responding to a call in a Harlem apartment grew up in a community with strained police relations,...
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Bronx apartment fire kills 19, including 9 children
NEW YORK (AP) — A malfunctioning space heater sparked a fire that filled a high-rise Bronx apartment building with thick smoke Sunday morning, killing 19 people including nine children in...
Watershed moment in NYC: New law allows noncitizens to vote
NEW YORK (AP) — More than 800,000 noncitizens and “Dreamers” in New York City will have access to the ballot box — and could vote in municipal elections as early...
“He-Man” artist and toy designer T. Mark Taylor dies at 80
T. Mark Taylor, artist and toy designer for the He-Man and the Masters of the Universe franchise as well as the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, died Thursday at his Southern...
Surging COVID-19 cases bring a 2020 feel to the end of 2021
U.S. officials intensified calls Friday for unvaccinated Americans to get inoculated in the face of the new omicron variant that contributed to a record number of infections in New York...
Multiple cases of omicron virus variant detected in NYC
Multiple cases of the omicron coronavirus variant have been detected in New York, health officials said Thursday, including a man who attended an anime convention in Manhattan in late November...
US journalist jailed for months in Myanmar lands in New York
American journalist Danny Fenster, who was freed after nearly six months in jail in military-ruled Myanmar, arrived Tuesday in the United States for an emotional reunion with his family.
Many women have left the workforce. When will they return?
Many economists and officials, including Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, had speculated that the re-opening of schools would free more mothers to take jobs. So far that hasnāt happened.
“Donāt focus on hate”: World marks 20th anniversary of 9/11
NEW YORK (AP) — The world solemnly marked the 20th anniversary of 9/11 on Saturday, grieving lost lives and shattered American unity in commemorations that unfolded just weeks after the...
Search in Florida condo collapse to take weeks, deaths reach 90
Authorities searching for victims of a deadly collapse in Florida said Sunday they hope to conclude their painstaking work in the coming weeks as a team of first responders from...