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Amazon touted as big win for New York, but math is more complex
Officials tout their deal to land a new Amazon headquarters as can鈥檛-miss math. The city and state put up $2.8 billion in tax breaks and grants. In return, they get...
U.S. marks 9/11 with somber tributes, new monument to victims
Americans are commemorating 9/11 with somber tributes, volunteer projects and a new monument to victims, after a year when two attacks demonstrated the enduring threat of terrorism in the nation's...
Hawaii officials: 26 homes, 4 other buildings destroyed by volcano
The number of homes destroyed by Hawaii's Kilauea volcano jumped to 26 on Sunday as scientists reported lava spewing more than 200 feet (61 meters) into the air.
Students expect more than 1 million at anti-gun-violence marches across the U.S.
Students from the Florida high school where 17 people were fatally shot last month expect more than 1 million participants in upcoming marches in Washington and elsewhere calling for gun...
Officials: Deadly NYC fire lit by child playing with stove
A preschooler toying with the burners on his mother's stove accidentally sparked New York City's deadliest fire in decades, an inferno that quickly overtook an apartment building and blocked the...
12 dead in fast-moving New York City apartment fire
The deadliest residential fire to hit New York City in at least a quarter century swept through a Bronx apartment building Thursday on one of the coldest nights so far...
Would-be NYC suicide bomber expected to face federal charges
NEW YORK (AP) — A would-be suicide bomber was held Tuesday on state terrorism charges while federal prosecutors prepared their own case in the rush hour blast in the heart...
New York truck attack suspect charged with terrorism offenses
Investigators worked through the night to determine what led a truck driver to plow down people on a riverfront bike path near the World Trade Center, brandishing air guns and...
Born in hospital flooded by Superstorm Sandy, kids “stronger than storm”
Their lives began with one of the most dramatic stories of Superstorm Sandy: the evacuation of 32 newborn babies from a major New York City hospital that got flooded and...
UN votes to help Iraq collect evidence against Islamic State
U.N. investigators will help Iraq collect evidence to build potential war crimes cases against Islamic State extremists, under a resolution the Security Council approved Thursday.