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Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., enters federal court in New York, Tuesday, July 16, 2024. A jury is expected to resume deliberations Tuesday in the bribery trial of Menendez, the New Jersey Democrat accused of accepting gold and cash to use his political clout to help three businessmen and the Egyptian government. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Sen. Bob Menendez guilty of taking bribes in cash and gold and acting as Egypt’s foreign agent

July 16, 2024 at 4:44 p.m.

It prompted a chorus of Democrats to call on him to resign, including Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and the party’s nominee to replace Menendez, Rep. Andy Kim.

Supuestos manifestantes propalestinos vandalizan lugares vinculados a Museo de Brooklyn y ONU en NY

June 12, 2024 at 11:42 p.m.

NUEVA YORK — Personas que parecían ser activistas propalestinos lanzaron pintura roja contra los domicilios de directivos del Museo de Brooklyn y también salpicaron con pintura la fachada de los edificios diplomáticos...

Apparent Gaza activists hurl paint at homes of Brooklyn Museum leaders, including Jewish director

June 12, 2024 at 11:54 p.m.

NEW YORK — People purporting to be pro-Palestinian activists hurled red paint at the homes of top leaders at the Brooklyn Museum, including its Jewish director, and also splashed paint across the...

A New York county with one of the nation’s largest police forces is deputizing armed residents

June 12, 2024 at 11:40 p.m.

MINEOLA, N.Y. — A suburban New York county with one of the largest police forces in the nation is training dozens of armed residents who could be called up during natural disasters...

Rex Heuermann, centro, acusado de los asesinatos en serie de Gilgo Beach en Long Island, comparece en una audiencia en el trubunal del condado de Suffolk, en Riverhead, Nueva York, el jueves 6 de junio de 2024. (James Carbone/Newsday vía AP, Pool)

Presunto asesino serial de Gilgo Beach uso documento para “disenar” sus crimenes, dice fiscalia

June 6, 2024 at 3:42 p.m.

RIVERHEAD, Nueva York, EE.UU. — El arquitecto de Nueva York, acusado previamente de asesinar a cuatro mujeres y dejar sus cadáveres diseminados a lo largo de una carretera costera, fue acusado el...

FILE - Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., departs Capitol Hill in Washington, Jan. 11, 2023. Federal prosecutors are asking a judge to reject disgraced former Rep. Santos’ bid to have some of the fraud charges against him dropped as his trial approaches. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Prosecutors ask judge to deny George Santos’ bid to have some fraud charges dropped

June 3, 2024 at 6:46 p.m.

NEW YORK — Federal prosecutors are asking a judge to reject former U.S. Rep. George Santos ’ bid to have some of the fraud charges against him dropped as his trial approaches.The...

FILE - Traffic traverses 42nd Street near Grand Central Terminal, in New York, Jan. 11, 2018. The trucking industry has ed the chorus of opponents that have lodged legal challenges to block New York’s first-in-the-nation congestion fee for driving into Manhattan. The Trucking Association of New York filed a federal lawsuit Thursday, May 30, 2024 against the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which developed the toll scheme, arguing the fees are unconstitutional because they unfairly target and penalize the trucking industry with higher fees. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Truckers suing to block New York’s congestion fee for Manhattan drivers

May 30, 2024 at 6:14 p.m.

NEW YORK — Add truckers to the list of opponents seeking to block New York’s first-in-the-nation congestion fee for driving into Manhattan.The Trucking Association of New York filed a federal lawsuit Thursday...

Harvey Weinstein comparece ante el Tribunal Penal de Manhattan el miércoles 29 de mayo de 2024 en Nueva York. Weinstein enfrenta un nuevo juicio por cargos de violación después de que se anulara su condena de 2020. El juicio comenzaría a finales de año. (Steven Hirsch/New York Post via AP, Pool)

Harvey Weinstein podria enfrentar nuevos cargos por delitos sexuales en Nueva York

May 29, 2024 at 11:55 p.m.

NUEVA YORK — Fiscales de Manhattan dijeron el miércoles a un juez que evalúan más denuncias de delitos sexuales contra Harvey Weinstein y que podrían buscar una nueva acusación en su contra...

Harvey Weinstein appears in Manhattan Criminal Court, Wednesday, May 29, 2024, in New York. The fallen movie mogul is awaiting a retrial on rape charges after his 2020 conviction was tossed out. Wednesday's court hearing addressed various legal issues related to the trial, which is tentatively scheduled for some time after Labor Day. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson, Pool)

Harvey Weinstein may face new charges as more accs come forward, New York prosecutors say

May 30, 2024 at 12:33 a.m.

NEW YORK — Manhattan prosecutors told a judge Wednesday they are evaluating more claims of sexual misconduct made against Harvey Weinstein and could potentially seek a new indictment against him before his...

Police search Gilgo Beach serial killing suspect’s home on Long Island for 5th straight day

May 24, 2024 at 9:14 p.m.

MASSAPEQUA PARK, N.Y. — Investigators in the New York City suburbs continue to scour the home of a Manhattan architect charged in a string of slayings known as the Gilgo Beach killings.Friday...

Mamadou Diallo, un senegalés de 39 años, habla con la reverenda Anne Marie Witchger en la iglesia de San Marcos el miércoles 22 de mayo de 2024, un templo episcopal del bajo Manhattan que opera un "centro de bienvenida" para migrantes los miércoles. (AP Foto/Philip Marcelo)

La ciudad de Nueva York comienza a desalojar a algunos migrantes de albergues

May 23, 2024 at 1:21 a.m.

NUEVA YORK — La ciudad de Nueva York intensificó el miércoles sus labores para sacar a migrantes de sus hacinados albergues, al comenzar a aplicar una nueva normativa que limita la estancia...

Mamadou Diallo, 39, of Senegal, as he maintains the list of fellow migrants who are waiting to get a haircut at the "welcome center" at St. Mark's Church-in-the-Bowery, a lower Manhattan Episcopal church, Wednesday, May 22, 2024, in New York. Diallo is among the migrants that are hitting their 30 day time limit in the shelter this week. (AP Photo/Philip Marcelo)

NYC is beginning to evict some people in migrant shelters under stricter rules

May 23, 2024 at 12:19 a.m.

NEW YORK — New York City stepped up its efforts to push migrants out of its overwhelmed shelters Wednesday as it began enforcing a new rule that limits some adult asylum-seekers to...

Donald Trump, far left, watches as defense attorney Emil Bove questions Robert Costello, right, with Judge Juan Merchan presiding in Manhattan criminal court, Monday, May 20, 2024, in New York. (Elizabeth Williams via AP)

Trump’s lawyers rested their case after calling just 2 witnesses. Experts say that’s not unusual

May 21, 2024 at 11:29 p.m.

NEW YORK — Donald Trump’s legal team rested its case Tuesday in his hush money trial after calling just two witnesses and opting not to have the former president take the stand...

White tents set up by law enforcement fill the front yard of Rex Heuermann's home, Monday, May 20, 2024, in Massapequa Park, N.Y. Investigators returned Monday to the home of the New York architect charged in a string of slayings known as the Gilgo Beach killings. (AP Photo/Phil Marcelo)

Investigators return to Long Island home of Gilgo Beach serial killing suspect

May 20, 2024 at 11:12 p.m.

MASSAPEQUA PARK, N.Y. — Investigators returned Monday to the home of a New York architect charged in a string of slayings known as the Gilgo Beach killings.State and county police officials descended...

FILE - Traffic is steady as vehicles approach Hugh Carey tunnel linking Brooklyn to Manhattan, Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024, in New York. New York’s first-in-the-nation plan to levy a hefty toll on drivers entering much of traffic-choked Manhattan is the focus of a legal battle set to play out in federal court Friday, May 17. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)

Federal judge hears challenges to NYC’s fee for drivers into Manhattan

May 17, 2024 at 10:25 p.m.

NEW YORK — New York’s first-in-the-nation plan to levy a hefty toll on drivers entering much of traffic-choked Manhattan was the focus of a legal battle that played out in federal court...

Parmanand Sarju, founder of the Long Island Youth Cricket Academy, instructs players during practice at Eisenhower Park in East Meadow, N.Y. on Saturday, May 11, 2024. " A temporary stadium for next month's T20 Cricket World Cup -- the first major international cricket competition the U.S. is hosting -- is being built atop another ball field in the park where Sarju's academy began more than a decade ago. (AP Photo/Phil Marcelo)

A cricket World Cup is coming to NYC’s suburbs, where the sport thrives among immigrant communities

May 16, 2024 at 6:18 p.m.

EAST MEADOW, N.Y. — A towering stadium boasting 34,000 seats and a precisely trimmed field of soft Kentucky bluegrass is rising in a suburban New York park that will host one of...

People view the live stream portal between Dublin and New York, in Dublin, Ireland, on Monday May 13, 2024. (Niall Carson/PA via AP)

Sidewalk video ‘Portal’ linking New York, Dublin by livestream temporarily paused after lewd antics

May 14, 2024 at 8:40 p.m.

NEW YORK — The video screen “Portal” that lets people in New York and Dublin peer into life on opposite sides of the Atlantic in real time has been a source of...

FILe - Caitlin Carroll, right, demonstrates skills, Tuesday, March 19, 2023, at United Skates of America in Seaford, N.Y. (AP Photo/Jeenah Moon, File)

Judge strikes down NY county’s ban on female transgender athletes after roller derby league sues

May 11, 2024 at 12:51 a.m.

EAST MEADOW, N.Y. — A New York judge on Friday struck down a Long Island county's order banning female transgender athletes after a local women’s roller derby league challenged it. Judge Francis...

Harvey Weinstein comparece ante el tribunal penal de Queens el jueves 9 de mayo de 2024, en Nueva York. (AP Foto/Julia Nikhinson)

Harvey Weinstein no sera devuelto a California mientras espera nuevo juicio por violacion en NY

May 9, 2024 at 8:18 p.m.

NUEVA YORK — Harvey Weinstein permanecerá encarcelado en Nueva York mientras el tribunal delibera si debe permanecer en una cárcel de la ciudad en espera de un nuevo juicio, o si será...

Harvey Weinstein appears in Queens criminal court, Thursday, May 9, 2024, in New York. Harvey Weinstein returned to court in New York City as authorities considered an extradition request from California to serve his sentence for a 2022 rape conviction. The 16-year sentence Weinstein received for raping a woman at a Los Angeles film festival in 2013 had been on ice while he served time in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)

Harvey Weinstein won’t be sent back to California while he awaits New York rape retrial

May 9, 2024 at 8:08 p.m.

NEW YORK — Harvey Weinstein will remain locked up in New York as a court works out whether he should stay in a city jail while awaiting retrial or be sent to...

Manifestantes propalestinos protestan durante la ceremonia de graduación de la Universidad de Michigan, en el Estadio Michigan, en Ann Arbor, Michigan, el sábado 4 de mayo de 2024. (Katy Kildee/Detroit News vía AP)

25 arrestados en la Universidad de Virginia tras choque entre policia y manifestantes

May 5, 2024 at 2:15 a.m.

Veinticinco personas fueron arrestadas el sábado por invadir la propiedad privada en la Universidad de Virginia después de que la policía se enfrentó con manifestantes propalestinos que se rehusaron a...

Harvey Weinstein appears at Manhattan criminal court for a preliminary hearing on Wednesday, May 1, 2024 in New York. Weinstein made first appearance since his 2020 rape conviction was overturned by an appeals court last week. (David Dee Delgado/Pool Photo via AP)

Prosecutors seek September retrial for Harvey Weinstein after rape conviction was tossed

May 1, 2024 at 10:06 p.m.

NEW YORK — Prosecutors asked for a September retrial for Harvey Weinstein during a hearing Wednesday in Manhattan, the disgraced movie mogul's first court appearance since his 2020 rape conviction was overturned...

FILE - New York Attorney General Letitia James speaks during a press briefing, Feb. 16, 2024, in New York. On Wednesday, April 17, a New York man pleaded guilty to sending death threats to the state attorney general and the Manhattan judge that presided over former President Donald Trump’s civil fraud suit. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)

New York man pleads guilty to sending threats to state attorney general and Trump civil case judge

April 18, 2024 at 8:03 p.m.

NEW YORK — A New York man has pleaded guilty to sending death threats to the state attorney general and the Manhattan judge who presided over former President Donald Trump’s civil fraud...

FILE - New York Attorney General Letitia James speaks during a news briefing, Friday, Feb. 16, 2024, in New York. A county outside New York City has lost its bid to block the state from taking legal action against its ban on women’s and girls teams that include female transgender players, James said Friday, April 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)

New York county loses bid to prevent state legal challenge of its ban on female transgender athletes

April 12, 2024 at 10:54 p.m.

NEW YORK — A county outside New York City has lost its bid to block the state from taking legal action against its ban on women’s and girls teams that include female...

El senador federal demócrata Bob Menendez y su esposa Nadine Menendez llegan a un tribunal federal, el 27 de septiembre de 2023, en Nueva York. (AP Foto/Jeenah Moon, Archivo)

Senador Menendez y su esposa tendran juicios por separado en proceso por acusaciones de soborno

April 11, 2024 at 11:08 p.m.

NUEVA YORK — El senador federal Bob Menendez y su esposa serán juzgados por separado en torno a las acusaciones de que participaron en un ardid de sobornos, decidió un juez el...

FILE - Democratic U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey and his wife Nadine Menendez arrive at the federal courthouse in New York, Sept. 27, 2023. A federal judge has ruled that Sen. Menendez and his wife will be tried separately on allegations that they participated in a bribery scheme. Judge Sidney H. Stein agreed Thursday , April 11, 2024, to sever and delay Nadine Menedez’s trial after her lawyers said she required treatment for a serious medical condition. (AP Photo/Jeenah Moon, File)

Sen. Bob Menendez and his wife will have separate bribery trials, judge rules

April 11, 2024 at 6:01 p.m.

NEW YORK — U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez and his wife will be tried separately on allegations that they participated in a bribery scheme, a federal judge ruled Thursday after Nadine Menendez’s lawyers...

Former Trump executive Allen Weisselberg is taken into custody after sentencing in court on Wednesday, April 10, 2024 in New York. Weisselberg was sentenced to five months in jail for lying under oath during his testimony in the civil fraud lawsuit brought against the former president by New York’s attorney general. (Curtis Means/Daily Mail via AP, Pool)

Former Trump executive Allen Weisselberg sentenced to 5 months in jail for lying

April 10, 2024 at 2:13 p.m.

NEW YORK — Allen Weisselberg, a retired executive in Donald Trump’s real estate empire, was sentenced Wednesday to five months in jail for lying under oath during his testimony in the civil...

Actor Jonathan Majors leaves Criminal Court with his girlfriend Megan Good after his sentencing in Manhattan on Monday April 8, 2024 in New York. (AP Photo/Brittainy Newman)

Actor Jonathan Majors avoids jail time for assaulting his ex-girlfriend

April 8, 2024 at 6:02 p.m.

NEW YORK — Actor Jonathan Majors has been ordered to complete a yearlong counseling program but avoided jail time Monday for assaulting his ex-girlfriend in a high-profile case that derailed the once-promising...

La luz del sol se refleja en los edificios del distrito de Manhattan en Nueva York, visto desde el muelle de Weehawken en Nueva Jersey, el 22 de marzo de 2023. (Foto AP/Ted Shaffrey, archivo)

Los rascacielos de NY estan construidos para resistir la mayoria de los terremotos

April 6, 2024 at 8:05 p.m.

NUEVA YORK — El suelo retumbó el viernes debajo de la ciudad de Nueva York, hogar de rascacielos famosos como el Empire State Building y el One World Trade Center. Aunque los...

FILE - A plane flies with the New York City skyline, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022, in New York. The ground rumbled Friday, April 5, 2024, beneath New York City, home to famous skyscrapers like the Empire State Building and One World Trade Center. Though buildings that can reach above 100 stories might seem especially vulnerable to earthquakes, engineering experts say they're built with enough flexibility to withstand them. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson, File)

New York City’s skyscrapers are built to withstand most earthquakes

April 6, 2024 at 6:10 p.m.

NEW YORK — The ground rumbled Friday beneath New York City, home to famous skyscrapers like the Empire State Building and One World Trade Center. Though buildings that can reach above 100...

FILE - Cannabis flowers are displayed for sale, Jan. 24, 2023, in New York. New York's cannabis industry was unsettled Thursday, APril 4, 2024, by a judge's ruling that appeared to strike down all regulations governing recreational marijuana in the state. But a key portion of the order turned out to be a mistake. The Wednesday ruling was amended Thursday to reflect a much narrower decision after cannabis growers, sellers and other ers voiced concerns about the implications. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

No, a judge didn’t void all of New York’s legalized marijuana laws. He struck down some

April 5, 2024 at 1:00 a.m.

NEW YORK — New York's cannabis industry was unsettled Thursday by a judge's ruling that appeared to strike down all regulations governing recreational marijuana in the state. But a key portion of...

FILE - Runners cross the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge at the start of the New York City Marathon in New York, Sunday, Nov. 6, 2022. The New York City Marathon organizers will soon have to pay a toll to cross a state bridge, just like every other commuter, if transit officials in New York have their way. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is demanding the New York Road Runners, organizers of the venerable race held the first Sunday each November, to pay roughly $750,000 for use of the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Transportation officials want NYC Marathon organizers to pay $750K to cross the Verrazzano bridge

April 3, 2024 at 9:45 p.m.

NEW YORK — The New York City Marathon organizers will soon have to pay a bridge toll, just like every other commuter, if New York transit officials have their way.The Metropolitan Transportation...

ARCHIVO - Niños acostados dentro de una celda en el principal centro de detención para niños no acompañados en Rio Grande Valley istrado por la Oficina de Aduanas y Protección Fronteriza de Estados Unidos, en Donna, Texas, 30 de marzo de 2021. (AP Foto/Dario Lopez-Mills, Pool, Archivo)

Empresa que asiste a migrantes detenidos en EEUU debe pagar multa millonaria por practicas enganosas

April 3, 2024 at 5:39 p.m.

NUEVA YORK — Una empresa que presta servicios para migrantes recluidos en centros de detención federales fue condenada el martes a pagar más de 811 millones de dólares en concepto de indemnizaciones...

FILE - Children lie inside a pod at the main detention center for unaccompanied children in the Rio Grande Valley run by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), in Donna, Texas, March 30, 2021. A company that provides services for immigrants in federal detention was ordered Tuesday, April 2, 2024, to pay more than $811 million in restitution and penalties in a lawsuit alleging it used deceptive and abusive tactics. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills, Pool, File)

Company helping immigrants in detention ordered to pay $811M+ in lawsuit alleging deceptive tactics

April 2, 2024 at 10:51 p.m.

NEW YORK — A company that provides services for immigrants in federal detention was ordered Tuesday to pay more than $811 million in restitution and penalties in a lawsuit alleging it used...

Imam Omar Niass leads evening prayers with mostly Senegalese migrants, before the breaking of Ramadan fast and the serving of a festive meal called an iftar, Friday March 15, 2024, at Bronx's Masjid Ansaru-Deen mosque in New York. The mosque, formerly the Imam's home, has been a refuge since 2020 where hundreds of African migrants can find help while seeking asylum in the United States. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Mosques in NYC struggle to house and feed an influx of Muslim migrants this Ramadan

April 2, 2024 at 6:59 a.m.

NEW YORK — Above a bodega in New York City’s Harlem neighborhood, a mosque congregation hosts iftar, the traditional Islamic end of fast meal, for hundreds of hungry migrants every night during...

FILE - In this image made available by NASA, the International Space Station is silhouetted against the sun during a solar eclipse Monday, Aug. 21, 2017, as seen from Ross Lake, Northern Cascades National Park in Washington state. Inmates in New York are suing the state corrections department over the decision to lock down prisons during the total solar eclipse, Monday, April 8, 2024. (Bill Ingalls/NASA via AP, File)

New York inmates are suing to watch the solar eclipse after state orders prisons locked down

April 2, 2024 at 12:33 a.m.

NEW YORK — Inmates in New York are suing the state corrections department over the decision to lock down prisons during next Monday's total solar eclipse.The suit filed Friday in federal court...

El expresidente estadounidense Donald Trump ofrece una conferencia de prensa luego de acudir al velorio del agente de la policía de la ciudad de Nueva York Jonathan Diller, el jueves 28 de marzo de 2024, en Massapequa Park, Nueva York. (AP Foto/Frank Franklin II)

Trump acude a velorio de policia de NY abatido a tiros

March 28, 2024 at 8:19 p.m.

MASSAPEQUA PARK, Nueva York, EE.UU. — Donald Trump asistió el jueves al velorio de un policía de la ciudad de Nueva York abatido a tiros en el cumplimiento de su deber y...

Former President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference after attending the wake of New York City police officer Jonathan Diller, Thursday, March 28, 2024, in Massapequa Park, N.Y. Diller was shot and killed Monday during a traffic stop, the city's mayor said. It marked the first slaying of an NYPD officer in two years. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Trump attends wake of slain New York officer, calls for ‘law and order,’ to show contrast with Biden

March 28, 2024 at 9:10 p.m.

NEW YORK — Donald Trump attended Thursday's wake of a New York City police officer gunned down in the line of duty and called for “law and order,” as part of the...

of the Long Island Roller Rebels, practice, Tuesday, Mar. 19, 2023, at United Skates of America in Seaford, N.Y. (AP Photo/Jeenah Moon)

After a county restricted transgender women in sports, a roller derby league said, ‘No way’

March 27, 2024 at 5:07 a.m.

SEAFORD, N.Y. — They zip around the rink, armed with helmets, pads and mouthguards. They push, bump and occasionally crash out as they jostle for position on the hardwood floor. But for...

Caitlyn Jenner speaks at a press conference, Monday, March 18, 2024, in Mineola, N.Y. The former Olympic gold medalist threw her behind a local New York official’s order banning female sports teams with transgender athletes from using county-owned facilities. (AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah)

Former Olympian Caitlyn Jenner backs New York county’s ban on transgender female athletes

March 19, 2024 at 3:34 a.m.

MINEOLA, N.Y. — Olympic gold medalist Caitlyn Jenner on Monday said she ed a local New York official’s order banning female sports teams with transgender athletes from using county-owned facilities.The ban applies...

FILE - A recently installed electronic toll scanners hangs above Broadway near Columbus Circle, Jan. 4, 2024, in New York. New York authorities are cracking down on what they call “ghost cars,” or vehicles using altered or forged license plates to avoid paying tolls and tickets. A multiagency effort to catch them resulted in 73 vehicles impounded, 282 summonses issued and eight arrests, Gov. Kathy Hochul, New York City Mayor Eric Adams and law enforcement officials announced Tuesday, March 12. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)

New York police crack down on vehicles avoiding tolls with fake license plates

March 12, 2024 at 9:22 p.m.

NEW YORK — New York authorities are cracking down on what they call “ghost cars,” or vehicles using altered or forged license plates to avoid paying tolls and tickets.A multiagency effort to...

FILE - New York Attorney General Letitia James speaks during a news briefing, Feb. 16, 2024, in New York. A union representing New York City firefighters is raising concerns about possible disciplinary action against its after James was booed and a pro-Donald Trump chant broke out during a fire department ceremony Thursday, March 7. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)

Firefighters booed New York attorney general who sued Trump for fraud. Officials are investigating

March 11, 2024 at 11:31 p.m.

NEW YORK — A union representing New York City firefighters is raising concerns about possible disciplinary action against its after state Attorney General Letitia James was booed and a pro-Donald Trump...

FILE - Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman, at podium, speaks during a news conference Wednesday, March 6, 2024, in Mineola, N.Y. In a lawsuit filed Monday, March 11, the Long Island Roller Rebels, a women’s roller derby league, asked New York’s highest court to declare that a Nassau County order banning female sports teams with transgender athletes from using county facilities is discriminatory and violates state law. (AP Photo/Philip Marcelo, File)

Women’s roller derby league sues suburban New York county over ban on transgender female athletes

March 11, 2024 at 9:43 p.m.

NEW YORK — A women’s roller derby league has asked a New York court to invalidate a Republican official's order banning female sports teams with transgender athletes from using county facilities, saying...

A couple of heavily armed New York National Guard soldiers patrol Grand Central terminal, Thursday, March 7, 2024, in New York. Gov. Kathy Hochul is sending the National Guard to the New York City subway system to help police search engers’ bags for weapons. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Transit crime is back as a top concern in some US cities, and political leaders have taken notice

March 8, 2024 at 2:36 a.m.

NEW YORK — Fear of crime on subways and buses is back as a top concern in some U.S. cities, and so are efforts to persuade public officials to take the issue...

Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman, at podium, speaks during a news conference in Mineola, N.Y., Wednesday, March 6, 2024. The Republican official in New York City's suburbs, who prohibited transgender athletes from participating in girls and women's sports competitions, has asked a federal court to affirm that he has the power to implement the ban. (AP Photo/Philip Marcelo)

County leader sues New York over an order to rescind his ban on transgender female athletes

March 7, 2024 at 3:06 p.m.

MINEOLA, N.Y. — A Republican official has asked a federal court to affirm his decision to ban girls’ and women’s sports teams with transgender athletes from using county facilities in New York...

One of two homes owned by Winnie Greco, an aide to New York City Mayor Eric Adams, is seen, Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024, in The Bronx borough of New York. The FBI confirmed that a raid was conducted Thursday at the Bronx address. Records show that the home there is owned by Greco, a longtime fundraiser for the mayor who serves as his director of Asian Affairs. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

NYC’s mayor says he stands by top aide at center of latest FBI raid on of his inner circle

March 1, 2024 at 10:01 p.m.

NEW YORK — New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Friday stood by a longtime adviser whose properties were raided by the FBI and shrugged off concerns about the mounting federal probes...

Traffic enter and leave mid-town Manhattan via the Queensboro Bridge, Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024, in New York. The Big Apple is close to implementing a plan that would use license-plate readers to turn all of Manhattan south of Central Park into one giant toll zone. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

NYC’s plan to ease gridlock and pump billions into mass transit? A $15 toll for Manhattan drivers

February 29, 2024 at 6:08 a.m.

NEW YORK — Between bridge and tunnel tolls, parking fees and the ever-present risk of getting a traffic ticket, it can already cost a mint to drive into Manhattan.Is forking over another...

In this frame grab taken from body camera video provided by the Owasso, Okla., Police Department, an officer, hand at right, speaks to 16-year-old Nex Benedict, left, and their mother, Sue Benedict, at a hospital, Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024. Sue says that Nex was knocked to the floor during a fight in a school bathroom earlier in the day. Nex died the following day. (Owasso Police Department via AP)

Video shows Oklahoma nonbinary teen after attack in school bathroom, the day before their death

February 24, 2024 at 4:48 a.m.

OKLAHOMA CITY — A 16-year-old Oklahoma student who died the day after a fight in a high school bathroom was conscious and alert when telling police about the attack by three girls...

Excavadoras de la ciudad de Long Beach construyen un arcén de arena en preparación para la marea alta a lo largo de la península en Long Beach, California, el lunes 19 de febrero de 2024. (AP Foto/Damian Dovarganes)

Tormenta azota a California, pero no es tan grave como la de hace unas semanas

February 20, 2024 at 8:13 p.m.

LOS ÁNGELES — LOS ÁNGELES (AP) — Gran parte de la empapada California enfrenta el martes un riesgo de inundación debido a tormentas invernales en todo el estado, pero hasta ahora ha...

People cross the street with umbrellas in heavy rain in Los Angeles, Monday, Feb. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Saturated California gets more rain and snow but so far escapes severe damage it saw only weeks ago

February 21, 2024 at 3:55 a.m.

LOS ANGELES — Much of saturated California faced the threat of flooding Tuesday with winter storms blowing through, but so far the state has escaped the severity of damage from mudslides, wind...

En este boceto de la sala de un tribunal federal, en Nueva York, el martes 20 de febrero de 2024, el expresidente hondureño Juan Orlando Hernández, sentado en el centro en la mesa de la defensa, está rodeado por sus abogados al comienzo de su juicio. (Elizabeth Williams via AP)

Expresidente hondureno acusado de gobernar su pais como “narcoestado” va a juicio en NY

February 20, 2024 at 11:54 p.m.

NUEVA YORK — El expresidente hondureño Juan Orlando Hernández era considerado por Estados Unidos un aliado crucial en la guerra contra las drogas. Ahora, los fiscales federales lo acusan de gobernar su...

In this courtroom sketch in Federal court, in New York, Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024, former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, seated center at the defense table, is flanked by his attorneys at the start of his trial. Nearly two years after his arrest and extradition to the U.S., Hernandez went on trial Tuesday in Manhattan federal court on drug trafficking and weapons charges. (Elizabeth Williams via AP)

Honduran ex-president accused of running his country as a ‘narco-state’ stands trial in NYC

February 20, 2024 at 10:56 p.m.

NEW YORK — Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández was once touted by U.S. authorities as a key ally in the war on drugs. Now, federal prosecutors say the political leader ran...

FILE - NRA general counsel John Frazer arrives at court in New York, Jan. 8, 2024. Closing arguments are expected in state Supreme Court in Manhattan, Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024, in the civil case brought by state Attorney General Letitia James against the NRA, its former CEO Wayne LaPierre and three other NRA officials. Jury deliberations are slated to follow. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Trial over lavish NRA spending nears jury, Wayne LaPierre’s lawyer calls it a political witch hunt

February 16, 2024 at 1:06 a.m.

NEW YORK — The National Rifle Association and its ex-CEO were caught “with their hands in the cookie jar," a lawyer with the New York Attorney General’s Office said Thursday, at the...

A woman plays with a child that is sledding in New York's Central Park Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024. Technology glitches kept many New York City teachers and students from virtual classes Tuesday — the first attempt by the country's largest school system to switch to remote learning for a snow storm since the COVID-19 pandemic. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

New York City schools went online instead of calling a snow day. It didn’t go well

February 13, 2024 at 10:47 p.m.

NEW YORK — When New York City officials got wind of the major winter storm headed their way, they rewound the clock four years, reopened their coronavirus pandemic playbook, and announced that...

Steve Ostrow, who founded famed NYC bathhouse the Continental Baths, dies at 91

February 13, 2024 at 1:41 a.m.

NEW YORK — Steve Ostrow, who founded the trailblazing New York City gay bathhouse the Continental Baths, where Bette Midler, Barry Manilow and other famous artists launched their careers, has died. He...

Man convicted of execution-style killing of NYPD officer in 1988 denied parole

February 11, 2024 at 9:40 p.m.

NEW YORK — A man convicted in the notorious killing of a rookie New York City police officer at the height of the city's crack cocaine epidemic decades ago has been denied...

FILE — As rescue efforts continue in the rubble of the World Trade Center in New York, President George W. Bush, left, stands with New York City firefighter Bob Beckwith on a burnt fire truck in front of the World Trade Center during a tour of the devastation, Sept. 13, 2001. Beckwith, who became part of an iconic image of American unity after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, has died at age 91. The retired firefighter died Sunday night, Feb. 4, 2024, in hospice care after dealing with cancer in recent years, his wife, Barbara Beckwith, said Monday. (AP Photo/Doug Mills, File)

Bob Beckwith, retired firefighter in famous image with Bush after 9/11, dies at 91

February 5, 2024 at 10:26 p.m.

NEW YORK — Bob Beckwith, a retired firefighter whose chance encounter with the president amid the rubble of ground zero became part of an iconic image of American unity after the Sept....

A coalition of community groups and advocates for the How Many Stops Act coalition hold a rally at City Hall, Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024, in New York, to urge the City Council to override Mayor Adams veto of the act, requiring police officers to document basic information whenever they question someone. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

NYPD officers will have to record race of people they question under new police transparency law

January 30, 2024 at 11:39 p.m.

New York City police officers will be required to record the apparent race, gender and ages of most people they stop for questioning under a law ed Tuesday by the...

FILE - In this March 2, 1988 file photo the rap group Run DMC poses at the 31st annual Grammy Awards in New York City. From left, Joseph "Run" Simmons, Darryl "DMC" McDaniels, and the late Jason Mizell "Jam Master Jay." Opening statements are set for Monday in the federal murder trial of Karl Jordan Jr. and Ronald Washington, who were arrested in 2020 for the murder of Jam Master Jay.(AP Photo/Mark Lennihan,File)

‘Greed and revenge’ drove 2 men accused of killing Run-DMC’s Jam Master Jay, prosecutors say

January 31, 2024 at 4:09 p.m.

NEW YORK — Two men accused of killing Run-DMC's Jam Master Jay were both close to the trailblazing DJ, but were driven by “greed and revenge” over a failed drug deal when...

FILE - The south entrance to the American Museum of Natural History is shown, in New York, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017. New York’s American Museum of Natural History is closing two halls featuring Native American objects starting Saturday, Jan. 27, 2024, acknowledging that the exhibits are “severely outdated” and contain culturally sensitive items. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

A famed NYC museum is closing two Native American halls. Harvard and others have taken similar steps

January 27, 2024 at 5:01 a.m.

NEW YORK — New York’s American Museum of Natural History is closing two halls featuring Native American objects starting Saturday, acknowledging the exhibits are “severely outdated” and contain culturally sensitive items. The...

Empleados del Daily News hacen un piquete frente a la sede del periódico en el 1412 de Broadway, el jueves 25 de enero de 2024, en Nueva York. (AP Foto/Peter K. Afriyie)

Trabajadores de la prensa protestan por despidos en New York Daily News, Forbes y Conde Nast

January 26, 2024 at 1:30 a.m.

NUEVA YORK — Los periodistas de The New York Daily News y Forbes realizaron un paro de labores el jueves, en medio de polémicas negociaciones contractuales con la gerencia y de unas...

Daily News employees picket outside the newspaper's headquarters at 1412 Broadway, Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Peter K. Afriyie)

Media workers strike to protest layoffs at New York Daily News, Forbes and Conde Nast

January 25, 2024 at 11:59 p.m.

NEW YORK — Journalists at The New York Daily News and Forbes walked off the job Thursday amid contentious contract talks with management and a difficult few weeks in the news industry....

ARCHIVO - Un hombre permanece de pie junto a varias tiendas de campaña cercanas a un albergue para migrantes, el viernes 19 de enero de 2024, en la Isla Randall de Nueva York. (AP Foto/Seth Wenig)

Ante escasez de camas y bajas temperaturas, migrantes colocan campamento frente a albergue de NY

January 25, 2024 at 11:13 p.m.

NUEVA YORK — En una noche cualquiera, aproximadamente 3.000 migrantes duermen en catres alineados dentro de enormes carpas con calefacción en una pequeña isla que ofrece asombrosas vistas de los rascacielos de...

FILE - A man stands near a cluster of small tents pitched near a temporary shelter for migrants on Randall's Island in New York, Friday, Jan. 19, 2024. As New York City struggles to house an influx of immigrants, an unsanctioned tent community is growing outside the gates of the city's largest migrant shelter on Randall’s Island. New immigrants trying to earn a living have also set up a makeshift bazaar to sell coffee, snacks and other items. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

With beds scarce and winter bearing down, a tent camp grows outside NYC’s largest migrant shelter

January 25, 2024 at 8:23 p.m.

NEW YORK — On any given night, some 3,000 migrants sleep on cots lined up inside huge, heated tents on a small island with sweeping views of the Manhattan skyline.But as New...

CORRECTS ATTORNEY NAME TO JOSEPH MURRAY FROM JOHN MURRAY Former U.S. Rep. George Santos, right, leaves federal court with his attorney, Joseph Murray, Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024, in Central Islip, N.Y. Santos appeared, Tuesday, in federal court on Long Island, New York for another hearing ahead of his criminal fraud trial later this year. Unlike a prior appearance in December, Santos' lawyer John Murray spoke only briefly about the potential for a plea deal, saying negotiations remain "productive" and that both sides would report back to the judge if there were any notable developments. (AP Photo/Philip Marcelo)

George Santos says he doesn’t plan to vote in the special election to fill his former seat

January 23, 2024 at 6:43 p.m.

CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. — Former U.S. Rep. George Santos says he doesn't plan to vote in next month’s special election to fill his now vacant seat in Congress.The disgraced New York Republican,...

ARCHIVO- Eric Adams, alcalde de la Ciudad de Nueva York, habla en una conferencia de prensa en la sede del gobierno el 12 de diciembre de 2023, en Nueva York. (AP Foto/Peter K. Afriyie, Archivo)

Alcalde neoyorquino veta proyectos de ley sobre confinamiento solitario y controles policiales

January 19, 2024 at 9:50 p.m.

NUEVA YORK — El alcalde de la Ciudad de Nueva York vetó el viernes proyectos de ley que pretenden prohibir el confinamiento solitario en las prisiones de la ciudad y exigir mayor...

FILE - New York City Mayor Eric Adams speaks during a news conference at City Hall, Dec. 12, 2023, in New York. Adams announced Friday, Jan. 19, 2024, that he rejected the bill, known as the "How Many Stops Act," which requires officers to publicly report on all investigative stops, including relatively low-level encounters with civilians. (AP Photo/Peter K. Afriyie, File)

NYC mayor vetoes bills banning solitary confinement in jails and expanding reporting of police stops

January 19, 2024 at 7:25 p.m.

NEW YORK — New York City’s mayor vetoed bills Friday aimed at banning solitary confinement in city jails and requiring more transparency in police encounters with civilians, setting up a faceoff with...

9/11 victim’s remains identified nearly 23 years later as Long Island man

January 19, 2024 at 1:22 a.m.

NEW YORK — The remains of a Long Island man killed at the World Trade Center on 9/11 have been identified more than two decades after the 2001 attacks, the New York...

FILE- Vials of measles, mumps and rubella vaccine sit in a cooler at the Rockland County Health Department in Pomona, N.Y., March 27, 2019. A midwife on New York's Long Island, who gave nearly 1,500 children homeopathic pellets instead of required vaccinations, has been fined $300,000, the state's health department announced this week. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

NY midwife who gave kids homeopathic pellets instead of vaccines fined $300K for falsifying records

January 18, 2024 at 8:37 p.m.

NEW YORK — A New York midwife who gave nearly 1,500 children homeopathic pellets instead of required vaccinations has been fined $300,000, the state's health department announced this week.Jeanette Breen, who operates...

Alleged Gilgo serial Killer Rex Heuermann appears inside Judge Timothy P. Mazzei's courtroom with his attorney Michael Brown at Suffolk County Court in Riverhead, N.Y. on Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024. Heuermann is indicted in the death of Maureen Brainard-Barnes. (James Carbone/Newsday via AP)

Suspect in Long Island’s Gilgo Beach serial killings is charged with the death of a fourth woman

January 17, 2024 at 1:40 a.m.

RIVERHEAD, N.Y. — A New York architect charged in a string of slayings known as the Gilgo Beach killings was accused Tuesday in the death of a fourth woman, a Connecticut mother...

Migrantes corren bajo la lluvia hacia las carpas instaladas en el antiguo aeropuerto Floyd Bennett Field, el martes 9 de enero de 2024, en el distrito de Brooklyn en Nueva York. (AP Foto/Mary Altaffer)

Nueva York construyo un campamento para migrantes en un viejo aeropuerto. Luego llego el invierno

January 12, 2024 at 3:30 a.m.

NUEVA YORK — Cuando funcionarios de la ciudad de Nueva York erigieron un extenso complejo de tiendas de campaña en un remoto aeropuerto antiguo de Brooklyn para albergar a solicitantes de asilo...

Immigrants run in the rain towards the tents at migrant housing location at Floyd Bennett Field, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024, in New York. New York City will evacuate the nearly 2000 immigrants housed in tents at the site due to an impending storm. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

New York City built a migrant tent camp on a remote former airfield. Then winter arrived

January 11, 2024 at 11:40 p.m.

NEW YORK — When New York City officials erected a sprawling tent complex on a remote former airport in Brooklyn to house asylum-seeking migrants this fall, many of the recent arrivals and...

Una familia de migrantes muestra su documentación a los guardias de seguridad en el Hotel Roosevelt, el martes 9 de enero de 2024, en la ciudad de Nueva York. (AP Foto/Mary Altaffer)

Familias migrantes empiezan a dejar hoteles de Nueva York al vencer primeras ordenes de desalojo

January 10, 2024 at 9:21 p.m.

NUEVA YORK — Familias migrantes empezaron a desalojar un hotel del centro de Manhattan el martes en el marco del plan del alcalde Eric Adams para aliviar la presión sobre el saturado...

An immigrant family show their paperwork to security guards at the Roosevelt Hotel, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Migrant families begin leaving NYC hotels as first eviction notices kick in

January 9, 2024 at 10:03 p.m.

NEW YORK — Migrant families were moved out of a midtown Manhattan hotel on Tuesday as part of Mayor Eric Adams’ plan to ease the pressure on New York City's strained shelter...

Manifestantes impiden el paso en el Puente de Brooklyn durante una protesta propalestina que pide un cese del fuego en la guerra entre Israel y Hamás, el lunes 8 de enero de 2024, en Nueva York. (AP Foto/Andres Kudacki)

Manifestantes que abogan por un cese del fuego en Gaza bloquean el paso en puentes y tunel de NY

January 8, 2024 at 10:25 p.m.

NUEVA YORK — Cientos de manifestantes que piden un cese del fuego de la guerra entre Israel y Hamás bloquearon el tránsito en varios puentes y en un túnel de la ciudad...

FILE - The Rikers Island jail complex stands in New York with the Manhattan skyline in the background June 20, 2014. New York City lawmakers have ed a bill meant to ban solitary confinement in the city's jails. The bill overwhelmingly approved Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2023, still allows jails to isolate inmates for a maximum of four hours in "de-escalation" units. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Inmates were locked in cells during April fire that injured 20 at NYC’s Rikers Island, report finds

December 23, 2023 at 12:23 a.m.

NEW YORK — Inmates at New York City’s Rikers Island were kept locked in their cells for nearly half an hour while a fire spread through one of the nation’s largest and...

FILE - Porn actress Ginger Banks stands in the Pornhub booth during the AVN Adult Entertainment Expo, Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2018, in Las Vegas. The owner of Pornhub, one of the world’s largest adult content websites, has itted to profiting from sex trafficking and agreed to make payments to women whose videos were posted without their consent, federal prosecutors in New York announced Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

Pornhub owner agrees to pay $1.8M and independent monitor to resolve sex trafficking-related charge

December 22, 2023 at 4:01 a.m.

NEW YORK — The owner of Pornhub, one of the world’s largest adult content websites, has itted to profiting from sex trafficking and agreed to make payments to women whose videos were...

FILE- Numbered doors of enhanced supervision housing unit, also commonly known as solitary confinement, are shown at the Rikers Island jail complex on March 12, 2015, in New York. New York City lawmakers have ed a bill meant to ban solitary confinement in the city's jails. The bill overwhelmingly approved Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2023, still allows jails to isolate inmates for a maximum of four hours in "de-escalation" units. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

NYC Council approves bill banning solitary confinement in city jails

December 21, 2023 at 1:54 a.m.

NEW YORK — Over the objections of Mayor Eric Adams, New York City lawmakers ed legislation Wednesday meant to ban solitary confinement in the city’s jails.Adams, a Democrat, had urged the City...

Un pequeño grupo de estudiantes, padres de familia y defensores de migrantes marchan cerca del Ayuntamiento de Nueva York, el martes 19 de diciembre de 2023. (AP Foto/Seth Wenig)

Familias migrantes y defensores protestan en NY contra plan para limitar estancia en albergues

December 20, 2023 at 1:16 a.m.

NUEVA YORK — Familias migrantes y sus defensores marcharon el martes frente al Ayuntamiento de la ciudad de Nueva York para exigir que el alcalde Eric Adams ponga fin a su plan...

A small group of students, parents, and immigrant advocates rally near City Hall in New York, Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023. The rally was held in response to an order New York Mayor Eric Adams issued in October limiting homeless migrants and their children to 60 days in city housing. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Migrant families rally for end to New York’s new 60-day limits on shelter stays

December 20, 2023 at 3:21 a.m.

NEW YORK — Migrant families and their advocates marched outside New York City Hall on Tuesday to demand Mayor Eric Adams end his plan to limit the number of days newly arrived...

Former President Donald Trump speaks after exiting the courtroom for a break at New York Supreme Court, Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)

Judge criticizes Trump’s expert witness as he again refuses to toss fraud lawsuit

December 19, 2023 at 2:01 a.m.

NEW YORK — Former President Donald Trump has lost his latest bid to end the business fraud lawsuit he faces in New York as he campaigns to reclaim the White House.Judge Arthur...

Migrantes hacen fila a la intemperie en el exterior de un centro de ayuda habilitado en la escuela primaria Santa Brígida, el 5 de diciembre de 2023, en Nueva York. Para miles de familias migrantes que viven en el sistema de albergues de emergencia de la ciudad de Nueva York, este podría ser un Año Nuevo frío y sombrío. En pleno invierno, se les ha dicho que tienen que dejar su alojamiento, pero no hay garantías de que vayan a tener una cama en otro lugar. (AP Foto/Andrés Kudacki)

En visperas de la Navidad, migrantes se enfrentan a desalojos en albergues de Nueva York

December 16, 2023 at 10:39 p.m.

NUEVA YORK — Para miles de familias migrantes que viven en el sistema de albergues de emergencia de la ciudad de Nueva York, este podría ser un Año Nuevo frío y sombrío....

Migrants queue in the cold as they look for a shelter outside a migrant assistance center at St. Brigid Elementary School on Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023, in New York. It could be a cold, grim New Year for thousands of migrant families living in New York City’s emergency shelter system. With winter setting in, they are being told they need to clear out, with no guarantee they’ll be given a bed elsewhere. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)

No room at the inn? As holidays approach, migrants face eviction from New York City shelters

December 16, 2023 at 10:39 p.m.

NEW YORK — It could be a cold, grim New Year for thousands of migrant families living in New York City’s emergency shelter system. With winter setting in, they are being told...

E. Jean Carroll leaves Manhattan federal court, Monday, Oct. 23, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Appeals court denies Trump’s ‘presidential immunity’ argument in defamation lawsuit

December 13, 2023 at 5:39 p.m.

NEW YORK — A federal appeals court has ruled that former President Donald Trump gave up his right to argue that presidential immunity protects him from being held liable for statements he...

Former U.S. Rep George Santos leaves the federal courthouse with his lawyer in Central Islip, N.Y. on, Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah)

George Santos attorney expresses optimism about plea talks as expelled congressman appears in court

December 12, 2023 at 7:21 p.m.

CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. — Former U.S. Rep. George Santos ' lawyer expressed optimism about plea negotiations in Santos' criminal fraud case Tuesday, successfully fending off prosecutors' attempts to speed up the the...

FILE - Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., faces reporters at the Capitol, Nov. 30, 2023, in Washington. Santos, who was ejected from Congress, is in negotiations to resolve his federal criminal fraud case, prosecutors said in a court filing, Monday, Dec. 11. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

George Santos is in plea negotiations with federal prosecutors

December 12, 2023 at 12:27 a.m.

Former U.S. Rep. George Santos is in negotiations to resolve his federal criminal fraud case, prosecutors said in a court filing Monday.“The parties are presently engaged in plea negotiations with...

ACLU se convierte en inesperado defensor de la NRA ante Corte Suprema

December 10, 2023 at 12:52 a.m.

NUEVA YORK — En un caso en que la política se hace de extraños aliados, la Asociación Nacional del Rifle (NRA, por sus siglas en inglés) estará representada por su frecuente némesis,...

The NRA has a surprising defender in its free speech case before the Supreme Court: the ACLU

December 9, 2023 at 10:56 p.m.

NEW YORK — In a case of politics making strange bedfellows, the National Rifle Association will be represented by frequent nemesis the American Civil Liberties Union in an appeal before the U.S....

El Secretario de Prensa del Pentágono, Brig. El general Pat Ryder habla durante una rueda de prensa en el Pentágono el jueves 5 de octubre de 2023 en Washington. (Foto AP/Kevin Wolf)

NO FUE REAL: Una mirada a lo que no sucedio esta semana

November 3, 2023 at 1:11 p.m.

Un resumen de las historias e imágenes más populares, pero completamente falsas de la semana. Ninguna de éstas es legítima, a pesar de que se compartieron ampliamente en las redes...

FILE - A general view shows the aftermath of a wildfire in Lahaina, Hawaii, Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023. In the aftermath of the deadly Maui wildfires, some social media s are discouraging residents from accepting disaster aid by falsely claiming the Federal Emergency Management Agency could seize their property if they do. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

FACT FOCUS: Online posts spread misinformation about FEMA aid following Maui wildfires

August 19, 2023 at 12:21 a.m.

In the aftermath of the deadly Maui wildfires, some social media s are discouraging residents from accepting disaster aid by falsely claiming the Federal Emergency Management Agency could seize their...

FILE - White House Chef Tafari Campbell smiles, Nov. 6, 2008, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. Social media s are casting doubt about the drowning death of Campbell, former President Barack Obama’s personal chef, on Martha’s Vineyard on Sunday, July 23, 2023. His body was recovered Monday, July 24. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds, File)

FACT FOCUS: No head trauma or suspicious circumstances in drowning of Obamas’ chef, police say

July 26, 2023 at 10:47 p.m.

The drowning death of former President Barack Obama’s personal chef on Martha’s Vineyard this week is sparking a frenzy of false claims on social media, as s share conspiracy theories...

FACT FOCUS: A story about a deadly TikTok boat-jumping challenge went viral. Then it fell apart

July 12, 2023 at 10:01 p.m.

As the July 4 holiday approached, a local news report in Alabama warned of a deadly TikTok challenge that involved jumping from a speeding boat.“Last six months we have had...

FILE - The Pentagon is seen from Air Force One as it flies over Washington, March 2, 2022. A fake image purportedly showing an explosion near the Pentagon has been widely shared on social media, sending a brief shiver through the stock market. But police and fire officials in Arlington, Virginia, said Monday, May 22, 2023, that the image isn't real and there was no incident at the U.S. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

FACT FOCUS: Fake image of Pentagon explosion briefly sends jitters through stock market

May 23, 2023 at 6:02 p.m.

An image of black smoke billowing next to a bureaucratic-looking building spread across social media Monday morning, with the claim that it showed an explosion near the Pentagon. The posts...

FILE - Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg listens at news conference in New York, Feb. 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

FACT FOCUS: Manhattan DA’s record distorted amid Trump case

April 3, 2023 at 10:46 p.m.

Ahead of former President Donald Trump’s expected booking and arraignment in New York City on Tuesday, social media s are accusing Alvin Bragg, the Manhattan district attorney, of having poor...

Imágenes creadas por Eliot Higgins con el uso de Inteligencia Artificial muestran una escaramuza ficticia con Donald Trump y agentes de policía de Nueva York publicada en la cuenta de Higgins en Twitter, tal y como fueron fotografiadas con un iPhone en Arlington, Virginia, el jueves 23 de marzo de 2023. Las imágenes, muy detalladas y sensacionalistas, no son reales y se produjeron utilizando un generador de imágenes sofisticado y ampliamente accesible. (AP Foto/J. David Ake)

Trump detenido? Putin encarcelado? Solo imagenes falsas

March 23, 2023 at 11:28 p.m.

NUEVA YORK — Varios policías antidisturbios de Nueva York derriban al expresidente Donald Trump. El presidente ruso, Vladímir Putin, viste un uniforme gris tras los barrotes de una celda de hormigón poco...

Images created by Eliot Higgins with the use of artificial intelligence show a fictitious skirmish with Donald Trump and New York City police officers posted on Higgins' Twitter , as photographed on an iPhone in Arlington, Va., Thursday, March 23, 2023. The highly detailed, sensational images, which are not real, were produced using a sophisticated and widely accessible image generator. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)

Trump arrested? Putin jailed? Fake AI images spread online

March 23, 2023 at 10:44 p.m.

NEW YORK — Former President Donald Trump getting gang-tackled by riot-gear-clad New York City police officers. Russian President Vladimir Putin in prison grays behind the bars of a dimly lit concrete cell.The...

Security guards let individuals enter the Silicon Valley Bank's headquarters in Santa Clara, Calif., on Monday, March 13, 2023. The federal government intervened Sunday to secure funds for depositors to withdraw from Silicon Valley Bank after the banks collapse. Dozens of individuals waited in line outside the bank to withdraw funds. (AP Photo/ Benjamin Fanjoy)

FACT FOCUS: Claims blame ‘woke’ policies on bank’s demise

March 16, 2023 at 1:37 p.m.

As Wall Street reels from the swift demise of Silicon Valley Bank — the biggest American bank failure since the 2008 financial meltdown — some social media s are honing...

Hundreds of University of Michigan students waited in line for hours to to vote at the Ann Arbor city clerk's satellite office at the university's Museum of Art on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022. (Ryan Stanton/Ann Arbor News via AP)

FACT FOCUS: Did late night Michigan voting lines show fraud?

November 11, 2022 at 11:08 p.m.

Michigan saw record turnout for a midterm election this week, with control of the governor’s office and referendums on abortion and voting rights in the balance. But with a heightened...

FILE - Utah County election division provisional ballot envelopes are viewed during a tour of Utah County's elections equipment and review processes for istering secure elections April 19, 2022, in Provo, Utah. Provisional ballots are issued to voters at a polling location when there are eligibility questions that prevent them from casting a regular ballot on Election Day. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Why was I given a provisional ballot?

November 4, 2022 at 9:08 p.m.

Why was I given a provisional ballot?Provisional ballots are issued to voters at a polling location when there are eligibility questions that prevent them from casting a regular ballot on...

Rhode Island mayor proposes $10M reparations spending plan

August 25, 2022 at 10:04 p.m.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Providence’s mayor proposed spending $10 million in federal coronavirus pandemic aid on financial literacy and homeownership, workforce training, small business development and other programs recently recommended by the city’s...

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