Jury Convicts 3 Wall Street Traders In Hedge Fund Trial
Three stock traders have been convicted in the second federal trial stemming from a massive probe of insider trading at hedge funds.
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Three stock traders have been convicted in the second federal trial stemming from a massive probe of insider trading at hedge funds.
A child is fighting for its life after wind gusts caused three carnival rides to flip over, leaving at least a dozen others injured.
A new clinic will make it much easier for veterans on the east end of Long Island to get medical care.
The New York Racing Association is returning to Frank Sinatra's classic version of "New York, New York" when the horses step onto the track for next Saturday's $1 million race at Belmont Park
Legislation was passed Thursday by the New York State Senate. The bill is in response to tour bus crashes in New York and other states.
The arguments were expected to last all day Wednesday. They'll include the replaying of some of the hundreds of taped phone conversations made by the government.
Congressman Anthony Weiner has hired an attorney in response to what some are calling "Weiner-gate" -- the mystery of how a lewd photo that was sent from his Twitter account to a college student.
A spokesman for New York Rep. Anthony Weiner says a lewd photograph sent from the Democrat's Twitter account is just "a distraction" perpetrated by a hacker.
New York's Senator Charles Schumer wants to know why New York gas prices are still so high, saying he suspects prices are being artificially inflated.
A combination of slowly dropping gas prices and an assumption that the economy can only get better, is leaving many business owners and officials feeling optimistic about the summer season.
Locally, according to AAA, the average price for regular is $4.09 in New York, $3.81 in New Jersey, and $4.19 in Connecticut.
A badly decomposed body has been found on a beach on the eastern end of Long Island. According to Newsday, authorities say the body was discovered by a beach walker around noon Sunday on a beach in Amagansett.
A 20-year-old northern New York man is accused of fatally stabbing a 51-year-old woman and wounding her daughter, who is the mother of his 11-month-old child.
Millions of visitors will be headed to the new 9/11 memorial set to open soon at Ground Zero, but if you drink something before hand, you may have to hold it.
As much as the true believes think today is the end-of-days, many New Yorkers are convinced the apocalypse isn't coming.
Connecticut is bracing for a possible invasion of the emerald ash borer, an insect that in numbers, quickly invades Ash trees, killing them.
Officials said customers at Michaels stores in 20 states, including New York and New Jersey, became victims of a pin pad tampering case as bandits attained customers' bank account numbers and identification codes.
Pablo Perez, a 47-year-old resident of Flushing, Queens, was charged with criminal possession of a weapon and ordered held on $10,000 cash bail at hospital bedside arraignment on Wednesday.
Police say a woman wearing pink underwear over her trousers was arrested when a security guard at New York's famous Waldorf-Astoria hotel spotted a gun sticking out of her pocket.
Court appearances done by video are surging in New York and around the country, as cash-strapped communities look for ways to boost efficiency and cut costs. The tools are used in courts large and small, and the savings for some are staggering: $30 million in Pennsylvania so far, $600,000 in Georgia, and $50,000 per year in transportation costs in Ohio.
School officials in Harrison, N.Y. said they may integrate warnings about synthetic drugs that mimic marijuana into their health curriculum after four students were caught with the substance.
The crackdown focuses on motorists of unpaid parking tickets and red light violations. It goes into effect in July. Until then, Nassau is offering motorists a chance to negotiate a reduced settlement.
Thousands of workers and immigrant laborers took to the streets on Sunday to celebrate May Day, demanding rights for those "who toil in the sun" while others pocket the profits.
While sending New York's former chief financial officer to prison, Inspector General Ellen Biben launched investigations into state bus driver licensing, violence in youth detention halls, Nassau County crime lab mistakes, personal use of state vehicles by prison officials and grant awards by the New York Power Authority.
