STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Special drought conditions are no longer in effect in New York City after Mayor Eric Adams lifted a drought watch Friday. Adams credited above-average precipitation in recent ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul said Friday she’d introduce legislation to the state budget that would make it easier to involuntarily ...

Once attacked, yet always admired, the beacon of light on the southern tip of Key Biscayne has literally stood the test of ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul pledged Friday to stop the runaway train of subway violence by making it easier to involuntarily commit and treat dangerous mentally ill New Yorkers — but critics quickly ...

An international climate advocacy organization called on President Biden to pardon four activists charged with felonies in ...

All residents of the Brooklyn tent shelter complex are slated to depart by January 15. Some have been reassigned in recent days, with others still eager to leave the tent encampment.

New Senate Majority Leader John Thune is kicking off the new session with a promise to preserve the filibuster, saying in his ...

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson will soon be to English schools what Chancellor Rachel Reeves already is to the British economy: a wrecking ball. The economic damage Reeves has wrought in ...

Attorney General Letitia James’ office is backing away from the criminal probe into the caught-on-camera beating death of Marcy Correctional inmate Robert Brooks, officials said Friday.

As Malawians ushered in the year 2025, President Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera’s New Year’s message was met with a mix of optimism and skepticism. While the President’s speech highlighted the country’s ...

In northeast Syria, UN teams pressed ahead with a lifesaving cholera vaccine campaign in Al Hol detention camp complex on Friday, despite rumours of attacks by ISIL extremists and uncertainty across ...