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"In this day and age, cybercriminals can easily attack an individual from thousands of miles away if necessary precautions aren't taken," Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance said.
A man who says he was a paid informant working for the NYPD claimed Tuesday that he was ordered to spy on the innocent, and make them issue incriminating statements.
The fight over gay marriage rights in the state of New York is officially over, after the state's highest court refused to hear a challenge by opponents.
The Massapequa man was arrested Monday after he crashed a school bus carrying 29 Plainedge Middle School students during a field trip in Cold Spring Harbor, Suffolk County police said.
The Bloomberg administration has staged a crackdown on illegal and unsafe tourist accommodations.
Three nurses testified Tuesday on the second day of Douglas Kennedy's trial, on charges that he attacked two nurses at Northern Westchester Hospital.
High-end department store Barneys and Disney are defending their supermodel makeover of Minnie Mouse for a holiday campaign featuring a 3-D light show and "moving art" video.
Mitt Romney and President Obama both spent Tuesday campaigning in some key battleground states.
How will Cashman address his aging team? Will he attempt to go younger or will he stick with his older guns? Will he attempt to deal the virtually untradeable A-Rod? Will he re-sign Nick Swisher? As usual, the longtime GM didn't disclose his plans.
A New York City transit advocate on Tuesday began her an attempt at a world record in an effort to stop a looming MTA fare hike.
WPUNJ political science professor Christine Kelly said voters between the ages of 18 and 29 are less likely to identify with a particular party, meaning their vote is up for grabs.
Both men got things wrong. So Brooks Jackson of factcheck.org checked in to go over the claims and set the record straight.
Lerio Guerrero was sentenced Tuesday, 14 years after he committed the crime in the Lower East Side. He pleaded guilty to the rape charges earlier this month, according to prosecutors.
Japanese researches took dental plaque specimens from 66 dogs and 81 people from the families who own them. Several different kinds of bacteria found in more than two thirds of the dogs' mouths were found in their owners'.
Lap dances are taxable because they don't promote culture in a community the way ballet or other artistic endeavors do, New York's highest court concluded Tuesday in a sharply divided ruling.
