Rescuers look for pilot in deadly NY Angel Flight
EPHRATAH, N.Y. (AP) -- Divers searched a large pond while investigators combed nearby woods Saturday for any sign of the pilot of a volunteer Angel Flight that crashed in upstate New York, killing two passengers....
Hagel: Cadets must stamp out sex assault scourge
WEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) -- Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel told cadets at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point on Saturday that they must stamp out the scourge of sexual assault in the military....
NYPD street stop policy's critics seek big changes
NEW YORK (AP) -- It once was an accepted tactic as old as policing itself and, according to the New York Police Department, a key to the city's dramatic drop in crime: patrol officers stopping young men on the street to see if they're up to no good....
US Park Police to end furloughs next week
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The National Park Service is ending unpaid leave for U.S. Park Police officers earlier than expected....
Actress Bynes accused of bong toss out NYC window
NEW YORK (AP) -- Actress Amanda Bynes appeared disheveled in a long blond wig and sweats Friday in a criminal court where she was charged with reckless endangerment after police said she heaved a marijuana bong out the window of her 36th-floor Manhattan apartment....
NYC lawsuit alleging Favre sent racy texts settled
NEW YORK (AP) -- A lawsuit filed by two massage therapists who sued retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre over claims he sent racy text messages has been settled, a lawyer for the women said Friday....
Pharmaceutical co. ISTA pleads in NY federal case
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) -- ISTA Pharmaceuticals Inc. pleaded guilty on Friday in a federal case involving its eye drug Xibrom, admitting it promoted the drug for unapproved uses and agreeing to pay $33.5 million in fines and fees....