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Investigators have determined that a large forest fire that broke out in southern New Jersey last week was intentionally set, while another blaze that occurred in the same area on the same day has been ruled accidental.
The future Bus Rapid Transit system will have seven routes, new stations, dedicated bus lanes in some places and wireless Internet.
Jurors at the New York City trial of an alleged drug kingpin could be hearing his amateur rap rhymes as evidence against him.
Kevin Harlan isn't sure what we'll see on the court from the Clippers on Tuesday night. But the TNT announcer knows what to expect elsewhere in and around Staples Center: security -- and lots of it.
Would-be shoe bomber Sajib Badat testified Tuesday that he heard terror suspect Mustafa Kamel Mustafa speak twice about suicide bombings.
The White House on Tuesday announced the Not Alone initiative as part of a slate of recommendations outlined in a report.
The National Transportation Safety Board released a full report Tuesday detailing their findings that a captain's error led to a ferry crash that injured 80 people -- four seriously -- last year in Lower Manhattan.
Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli said high-technology jobs have been growing four times faster than the rest of the city's economy the past four years and paid an average 2012 salary of $118,000, about 50 percent higher than the citywide average.
The suspect, who has been identified as Winston Wilson, Jr., is expected to make his first court appearance Tuesday afternoon, CBS 2's Christine Sloan reported.
The agency approved an additional $11.3 million contract to speed up the retrofitting of hundreds of Metro-North and LIRR coaches for Positive Train Control.
Audrey Zhang, a fifth grader from Island Trees Memorial Middle School in Levittown, has been chosen as the winner for New York in the 7th Annual Doodle 4 Google competition. Her doodle was selected from over 100,000 entries.
The rail link is projected to be completed in 2023 and cost nearly $11 billion. In 2006, the agency estimated the East Side Access project could be finished by the end of 2013 at a cost of $6.3 billon.
Nominations for Broadway's Tony Awards will be announced Tuesday, but unlike most years, there no obvious front-runners for best musical or play and virtually no lock in the acting categories.
The Connecticut House of Representatives on Monday sided with a legislative committee that recommended a woman blinded and disfigured in a 2009 chimpanzee attack should not be allowed to sue the state for financial damages.
Laws in New York and Chicago making electronic cigarettes subject to the same regulations as tobacco are taking effect Tuesday, and their sellers and users are steadfast in their opposition.
