LIRR strike ends as MTA, unions reach tentative agreement
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said the MTA and LIRR unions reached "a fair deal" to end the strike after three days.
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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said the MTA and LIRR unions reached "a fair deal" to end the strike after three days.
With the LIRR strike entering its third day, the MTA and union leaders will resume talks at 7:30 a.m. Monday.
While the LIRR work stoppage has caused a mess for people heading to weekend events, the real concern is Monday morning's commute.
The work stoppage, the LIRR's first since 1994, went into effect after the MTA and five unions representing 3,500 workers failed to reach a deal on a new four-year contract.
The judge said the state will "quite likely" be able to prove its claims that the money would be improperly diverted.
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The countdown to congestion pricing in New York City is over. Drivers now must pay a toll to enter Manhattan south of 60th Street.
Beginning Sunday, New York City will implement a first-in-the-nation congestion pricing plan designed to reduce traffic and pay for transit improvements. Ali Bauman has more details.
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New York City plans to use new technology to detect weapons in the subway system.
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Hochul announced that a combined 1,000 personnel would be deployed to help the NYPD conduct bag checks.
The FDNY removed 37 people from a derailed MTA F line subway train in Brooklyn Wednesday. No injuries have been reported, according to officials. The derailment comes less than a week after a collision on the 1 line caused a derailment and injured dozens.
The MTA said the incident happened at around 3 p.m. near 96th Street and Broadway on Manhattan's Upper West Side.
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None of the injuries were believed to be life-threatening, officials said.
The victim suffered severe spinal injuries, her family said. The suspect was arrested at a shelter in Queens.
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The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to intervene in a lawsuit over the use of a controversial data system to review state voter rolls.
Abraham Altamar was on the phone with his wife when he briefly spoke with one of the pilots of the Amazon cargo plane that overran a runway in Miami.
Historian Lonnie Bunch will leave his position as secretary of the Smithsonian at the end of the year, he announced Tuesday.
Higher gas and diesel prices have cost Americans an additional $100 billion since the Iran war began, according to a Brown University tracker.
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Canada's steep retaliatory tariffs on $20 billion in U.S. goods took effect just after midnight ET on Tuesday, deepening the trade war between the two countries.
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