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23 stories from Planck Standard. Latest: October 28, 2026.
A federal judge called the conduct 'monstrous' as the Miami real estate brothers, convicted of drugging and raping dozens of women, were sentenced in New York.
The CDC says 96% of this year's cases were unvaccinated or of unknown status, and New York's governor has declared a disaster emergency.
The agency counted 4,080 confirmed cases as of Thursday, against 2,289 in all of last year. Pennsylvania passed 1,000 cases this week, and New York's governor declared an emergency.
WatchA falling tree killed a New York City Housing Authority worker in Brooklyn, tens of thousands lost power, and forecasters warned the storm would turn inland over New Jersey before it weakens this week.
Tompkins County District Attorney Matthew Van Houten says he plans to take the 2024 case to a grand jury, even as he calls the lawsuit's account 'dramatically different' from what the woman first told police.
WatchTens of millions from Delaware to Cape Cod are in the path of a rare September nor'easter bringing storm-force winds, major coastal flooding and canceled games, concerts and ferries through Saturday.
Judge P. Kevin Castel ruled the Clean Air Act preempts the law, which would have made fossil fuel companies pay for climate damage. It is the Justice Department's second win against the law this month.
In a 127-page final ruling, Judge Lewis Kaplan found ICE packed detainees into squalid hold rooms at 26 Federal Plaza to push them to self-deport, and imposed a permanent injunction with strict limits.
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin closed out 'Operation Rotten Apple' with a New York City news conference aimed squarely at Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Gov. Kathy Hochul.
Attorney General Letitia James and Gov. Kathy Hochul allege the federally regulated exchange operates without a state gaming license and let users under 21 place bets. Kalshi and Polymarket now clear roughly $24 billion a month, up from under $5 billion last September.
WatchA Manhattan federal judge scheduled the ousted Venezuelan president and his wife to stand trial on U.S. narco-terrorism charges beginning June 1, 2027, as Maduro's lawyers vowed to fight the case on sovereign-immunity grounds.
Prosecutors say Andrew Arrabaca, 43, poured gasoline outside 26 Federal Plaza in Lower Manhattan and told investigators he did not care if he killed people.
Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a first-in-the-nation executive order pausing permits for hyperscale data centers for up to a year, citing threats to the power grid, water supplies and ratepayers' utility bills.
Air quality alerts stretch from Minnesota to Maine as drifting smoke turns skies yellow and threatens millions with hazardous particulate pollution through Friday.
Candidates endorsed by New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani ousted long-serving House Democrats on Tuesday, in a result allies hailed as a generational shift in the party.
A 17-year-old opened fire on a crowd near Broadway on Thursday afternoon as revelers packed Midtown Manhattan; police say no one was struck by bullets, but a man was slashed in the neck.
Manhattan Judge Gregory Carro ruled the 3D-printed pistol and a journal are admissible, but suppressed items he said flowed from an improper warrantless search at a Pennsylvania McDonald's.
At long last, the team that New York City cares about the most has loved it back.
Investigators are examining whether the nation's largest residential brokerage has too tight a grip on the New York housing market. Compass shares tumbled as much as 12% on the news.
Legislation championed by Mayor Zohran Mamdani specifically targets luxury property owners like Citadel CEO Ken Griffin in bid to generate municipal revenue.
New York transit officials warn alternate transportation cannot accommodate all LIRR riders as workers walk off job.
Erratic behavior and high turnover rates raise serious questions about the Kennedy heir's political readiness and campaign viability.
WatchA Jazz Aviation regional jet operating on behalf of Air Canada struck a Port Authority firefighting vehicle on the runway late Sunday, forcing closure of one of America's busiest airports.