The Associated Press

The deal would create the nation's largest health insurer by enrollment, covering about 53 million U.S. patients.

A gunman opened fire inside a Lafayette, Louisiana, movie theater, leaving two people dead and wounding at least nine others before fatally shooting himself.

Some 60 mayors, including Bill de Blasio, gathered at the Vatican for a two-day climate conference to keep the pressure on world leaders ahead of the Paris negotiations in December.

It's the second time in five years the company has filed for bankruptcy, as it faces growing competition.

The city will spend $10 million to deliver the Internet to one development in the Bronx, two in Brooklyn and two in Queens.    

The decision by the defunct opera company's board follows months of legal maneuvers between two bidders who both hope to revive the company.

Since a court ruling, stops have plummeted from an all-time high in 2011 of 685,724. There were 46,235 in 2014, and for the first quarter of this year, there were only 7,135.

United grounded its fleet early Wednesday, citing computer problems.

The $18 million plan to be unveiled Wednesday will allow judges to instead require people accused of certain crimes to be monitored while they await trial.

The city is on pace to record fewer than 100,000 reported major crimes this year, a trend not seen in nearly two decades.

The Labor Department said Thursday that the unemployment rate dropped from 5.5 percent in May to 5.3 percent.

The developments come after a gay contingent marched for the first time this year.

The New Jersey Governor formally launched his Presidential candidacy in the gym of Livingston High School, where Christie served as student president 35 years ago.

The Republican is set to launch his campaign Tuesday in the old gymnasium of Livingston High School where he experienced some of his first political victories.

Authorities haven't revealed details of what led to the shooting.

Many hope will Copeland will soon become American Ballet Theater's first black principal dancer.

The guard worked at the Clinton County Correctional Facility in upstate Dannemora, where inmates David Sweat and Richard Matt were reported missing on June 6.

Annin Flagmakers, the nation's oldest and biggest flagmaker says the confederate flag has become a symbol of a negative aspect of the country's past.

Pressure increased on de Blasio in recent months to honor the holiday, which is celebrated in several Asian communities.

The agreement comes six months after U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara joined a class action lawsuit claiming system-wide brutality by guards against inmate.