Split-second choice ended with NY student dead
NEW YORK (AP) -- The Long Island college student was being held in a headlock by a masked intruder with a loaded gun to her head, police said. Then the gunman took aim at an officer....
Split-second choice ended with NY student dead
NEW YORK (AP) -- Experts say the officer who killed a Long Island college student and a home invasion suspect on Friday was confronted with a split-second choice....
Civil rights trial on NYPD tactic closing
NEW YORK (AP) -- The federal civil rights challenge to the contentious New York Police Department tactic of stop, question and frisk is closing after more than nine weeks of testimony from men who say they were wrongly stopped because of their race and police officers and officials who believe the nation's largest force operates with integrity....
NY town eyes limit on use of Plum Island
MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) -- Selling an island where scientists have experimented with infectious animal diseases since the dawn of the Cold War was going to be difficult enough. But it now appears any prospective buyer won't be able to do much with Plum Island anyway....
Conn. derailment to cause 'greatly slowed' commute
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy has a suggestion for commuters who manage to make it to work in New York City from southwest Connecticut: You might want to stay put in the Big Apple - all week....
Cops: Western NY bar owner found slain in his home
KENMORE, N.Y. (AP) -- Authorities say the death of a bar owner whose body was found inside his Buffalo-area home is being investigated as a homicide....
Patchwork plan in place to replace train service
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) -- Metro-North says its morning commute in Connecticut is going as well as can be expected following Friday's train collision outside Bridgeport that has shut down service in that area....
How the Conn. train crash will affect commuters
Two commuter trains collided just outside Bridgeport, Conn., on Friday evening, damaging the tracks and snarling travel in the Northeast. Here's a look at what commuters can expect Monday, as the work week gets under way, and beyond:...
NY 'frisk' judge calls criticism 'below-the-belt'
NEW YORK (AP) -- The federal judge presiding over civil rights challenges to the stop-and-frisk practices of the New York Police Department has no doubt where she stands with the government....
Small Fla. city wonders who won Powerball jackpot
ZEPHYRHILLS, Fla. (AP) -- Some lucky person walked into a Publix supermarket in suburban Florida over the past few days and bought a ticket now worth an estimated $590.5 million - the highest Powerball jackpot in history....
