Number being monitored in Nassau County for coronavirus drops

Nassau County health officials are monitoring 83 people who traveled to China or had contact with someone infected with the coronavirus.

Student asks to donate bonus points to classmates

One generous student wrote a note to their teacher asking if he could give away bonus points from his test to the student who scored the lowest in the class.

Chick-fil-A-loving college students buy plane ticket to satisfy craving, order $200 worth of fast food

A cross-country track team at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York went to extremes to fill their Chick-fil-A craving on Saturday, purchasing a plane ticket and going through TSA just to get a bite of the beloved fast food.

NYC subway thief thanks Democrats after his 139th arrest, release: 'Bail reform, it’s lit!

A New York City man who’s now been arrested 139 times thanked Democrats for guaranteeing his immediate release despite repeatedly swiping hundreds of dollars from unsuspecting subway commuters since the state’s new bail reform law went into effect Jan. 1.

Michael Avenatti convicted of trying to extort Nike

Michael Avenatti, the lawyer who represented a porn star in a lawsuit against President Trump, was found guilty of trying to extort Nike.

Fort Drum soldier dies in Afghanistan

21-year-old Spc. Branden Tyme Kimball died at Bagram Airfield.

Dad arrested for running sex cult out of daughter’s dorm room, authorities say

An ex-convict from New Jersey was arrested by the FBI on Tuesday for sex trafficking, extortion, forced labor and other offenses against his daughter's friends.

Video from inside school bus that flipped in crash

According to the OHSP, a Northern Local School District bus with 25 students aboard overturned after it struck a 1996 Ford Mustang which had failed to stop at a red light.

Injured NYPD lieutenant leaves hospital

An NYPD officer who was shot on Sunday morning in a Bronx police precinct left the hospital Monday afternoon to bagpipes and applause.

Outrage after gunman ambushes NYPD officers twice in 12 hours

A gunman is in custody after he ambushed NYPD officers in the Bronx twice in 12 hours, wounding two in attacks that ignited outrage from officials who blamed the violence on an atmosphere of anti-police rhetoric.

NYPD sergeants union "declaring war" on Mayor de Blasio following the shootings of two officers

The man, whose name was not immediately released, was captured after he walked into a police station in the Bronx and started shooting shortly before 8 a.m. Sunday. His shots struck a lieutenant in the arm and narrowly missed other police personnel before he ran out of bullets, lay down and tossed his pistol.

Assassination attempt - NYPD officer shot in Bronx ambush

After a uniformed NYPD officer was shot in the chin and neck, Commissioner Dermot Shea said, "Let me very clear.  This was an assassination attempt."

Man shot in face during Brooklyn ICE operation

Federal authorities are investigating the shooting of a man in Brooklyn involving a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer.

Madoff seeks prison release, citing terminal kidney failure

Madoff's attorney filed court papers saying the 81-year-old has end-stage kidney disease and other “chronic, serious medical conditions,” including hypertension and cardiovascular disease.