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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara's office appears to be focusing in part on claims in a union official's lawsuit alleging the improper investment of union funds.

Mayor de Blasio is seeking changes that will affect his affordable housing agenda.

Hurricane season officially runs June 1 through Nov. 30. But this season's first storm, Tropical Storm Ana, came ashore in North Carolina earlier this month

The deal would instantly create one of the largest pay-television and broadband operators in the U.S.

Nash won a Nobel Prize in 1994, but not without a struggle with mental illness that would make him a household name even more so than his achievements in mathematics.

Members of a fugitive task force arrested Daron Dylon Wint, 34, on Thursday around 11 p.m., about a week after authorities said the family was killed and their mansion set on fire.

When David Letterman signed off CBS' "Late Show" for good Wednesday, he closed the book on more than his own incomparable career in late night.

The measure, which is similar to one supported by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, is likely to face tough scrutiny in the state Senate.

Federal authorities gave the go-ahead for full service to resume full Monday morning along the Northeast Corridor.

Joseph Boardman, Amtrak president and CEO, said in a letter on Amtrak's official blog Thursday that it is cooperating fully in an investigation into the incident.    

Five of the seven people killed in Tuesday's derailment have been identified.

The NYPD said the suspect, who was wanted in four hammer attacks earlier in the week, is in critical condition after being hit by two shots.

An Amtrak train overturned in Philadelphia, killing at least six people and injuring dozens of others — some of whom had to scramble through the windows of toppled cars to escape.

Ratings by the city health department show the Brentwood, Tennessee-based Corizon Health Inc. received an overall rating of "fair" in 2014 for the second straight year.

A transformer at the Indian Point nuclear power plant not only caught on fire, it also released thousands of gallons of oil into the Hudson. 

Officers from California, Louisiana and Illinois attended the funeral of Officer Brian Moore, who died Monday, two days after he was shot in Queens.

The murder trial of a man accused in the 1979 disappearance of Etan Patz ended in a hung jury, leaving one of the nation's most wrenching missing-children cases still unresolved.

Despite the high figure, the report included signs of sluggishness: March's already-tepid job gain was revised sharply lower, to just 85,000 from 126,000.

The move is one of several the de Blasio administration has made to aid NYCHA.

The jury sent a midday note saying it was still stuck after deliberating since April 15 in the case against Pedro Hernandez.