Benjamin Carroll

Every Aug. 7, Americans recognize veterans that have been awarded the Purple Heart, the oldest honor in the U.S. military.

The medical examiner who performed an autopsy on Eric Garner testified Wednesday that a police officer’s chokehold set into motion “a lethal sequence of events,” but she said even a bear hug could’ve hastened his death given Garner’s fragile health. Hemorrhaging in Garner’s neck muscles was indicative of a chokehold that set off an asthma attack and led to him...

Disgraced former Congressman Anthony Weiner marked the end of his 21-month prison sentence on Tuesday as he was released from a New York City halfway house, where he had been spending his time since prison for having illicit online contact with a 15-year-old girl in 2017.

Party City says it plans to close about 45 of its locations this year, roughly 5 percent of its national footprint, amid a worldwide helium shortage that it blames in part for a $30.2 million first-quarter loss.

Anna Sorokin, the German con artist who passed herself off as a wealthy heiress to swindle banks, hotels and even close friends as she lived out a high-society, Instagram-ready fantasy in New York, was sentenced Thursday to four to 12 years in prison.

Four-year-old Elijah loved Honey Buns. His 8-year-old brother Andre wanted to play ball. Nakiya, at 11, was “so smart.” And 6-year-old Brooklyn was a princess, according to their older sister — who was the only one not there to die in the Harlem blaze with her entire family.

A car crashed into a building that then collapsed into a pile of rubble in Brooklyn, injuring at least one person, officials say.

The parents of four 12-year-old girls who say they were illegally strip-searched in school are suing a New York district in federal court.

Mourners from across the country are paying their final respects to a U.S. Marine and decorated FDNY firefighter killed in a bombing in Afghanistan earlier this month.

A disgruntled neighbor upset over a controversial Easter display in New Jersey took things into her own hands.

A body found in the Caribbean is that of missing New York tourist Portia Ravenelle, Dominican Republic National Police confirmed.

“Smallville” actress Allison Mack pleaded guilty to racketeering and related conspiracy charges in Brooklyn federal court Monday for her role in an alleged sex-cult and trafficking group called NXIVM based in upstate New York.

A frantic search is underway for a New York couple who took a vacation to the Caribbean, and suddenly vanished.

A grand jury has indicted the operator of a limousine company in a crash last fall that killed 20 people.

New York City is set to become the first American metropolis that seeks to ease traffic congestion, cut pollution and boost mass transit by charging people a hefty toll for the privilege of driving into its most crammed areas. So can it work?

A motorcycle, a bass guitar and speakers are among 170 artifacts from the 1969 Woodstock festival showcased in a new museum exhibit opening this weekend at the site of the festival in upstate New York.

A motorcycle, a bass guitar and speakers are among 170 artifacts from the 1969 Woodstock festival showcased in a new museum exhibit opening this weekend at the site of the festival in upstate New York.

A firefighter who sued to keep a beard he grew for religious reasons has shaved it off after a judge denied his request.

Highly combustible materials used to turn a former jazz club into a movie set contributed to the death of FDNY firefighter Michael Davidson.

The Woodstock 50 Music and Arts Fair will take place Aug. 16-18 in Watkins Glen, New York.