More questions in NY Assembly sex harass case
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- Details of a sexual harassment scandal that is hitting powerful Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver are leading to more criticism of the investigation that appeared to stop at an already disgraced lawmaker....
Police defend officer who shot NY college student
MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) -- The president of a New York police union is defending an officer who accidentally killed a Hofstra University student during a standoff with an armed intruder last week....
Ex-Goldman exec seeks insider trading retrial
NEW YORK (AP) -- A lawyer for a former board member at Goldman Sachs and Procter & Gamble Co. has told a federal appeals court that his client deserves a new trial....
4 falcon chicks living on NY-NJ bridge are banded
NEW YORK (AP) -- Four falcon chicks that live on the George Washington Bridge connecting Manhattan to New Jersey have gotten identifying bands around their legs....
Forklift operator escapes harm from NJ sinkhole
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) -- Officials are trying to determine what caused the floor of a northern New Jersey warehouse to open up, swallowing a forklift and the man who was running it....
Protesters at capitol call to repeal NY gun law
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- A few hundred people have gathered at New York's state capitol building in Albany to press for repeal of the state's tough new gun laws....
Another slow commute following train collision
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) -- Connecticut commuters faced another morning of longer-than-normal delays on the highways leading to New York, as workers finished up repairs on the Metro-North railroad following last week's train collision near Bridgeport....
NY man sentenced for Atlantic City Boardwalk chase
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) -- A judge has sentenced a Staten Island, N.Y., man to three years in prison for leading police on a high-speed chase on the Atlantic City Boardwalk....