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Representative Mike Lawler, a Republican from New York, didn’t expect a warm welcome when he held a town hall Sunday night in his suburban swing district. Still, the opening dispute caught even him off guard — it erupted over the Pledge of Allegiance. “You’re not seriously objecting to the Pledge of Allegiance, are you?” Lawler […]

A 38-year-old man from Brooklyn was fatally stabbed Friday morning during rush hour after an altercation broke out on a downtown No. 5 train in Manhattan, authorities said. According to law enforcement, the confrontation began when one man accidentally stepped on the other’s shoe. As the train approached the Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall station, one of

A federal judge overseeing the case of Luigi Mangione — the 26-year-old accused of fatally shooting a health insurance executive in Manhattan — issued a stern warning Friday to the U.S. Attorney General: stop making public comments about the case or risk undermining the defendant’s right to a fair trial. At the arraignment in Manhattan

Five years after securing a conviction against Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein, Manhattan prosecutors returned to court Wednesday to once again make their case — this time, to a new jury. Weinstein, once a dominant figure in film and television, is accused of using his influence to sexually assault three women. Prosecutor Shannon Lucey told jurors

Earlier this month, pop star Lorde teased the release of her first album in four years by posting a TikTok video of herself strolling through what appeared to be Washington Square Park, accompanied by a snippet of her new track, “What Was That.” Then on Tuesday, she sent out an email and text alert to

A mother and her 8-year-old son were found dead in their Bronx apartment on Friday night, while her 4-year-old daughter was discovered alive but alone, according to police and the woman’s family. The 38-year-old woman, identified by family as Lisa Cotton, was found around 8:30 p.m. after a 911 call was made requesting a welfare

A sightseeing helicopter crashed into the Hudson River near Manhattan on Thursday afternoon, killing all six people on board, including three children, authorities confirmed. Video captured the helicopter spinning uncontrollably before slamming into the water off Jersey City, New Jersey, around 3:15 p.m. Witnesses reported a loud explosion and noted that one of the rotor

A man attacked four girls with a meat cleaver in a Brooklyn home on Sunday morning before he was shot by the police, who rushed to the house after one of the injured children called 911, the police said. All four girls, ages 8, 11, 13 and 16, have serious slash and stab wounds but

Federal prosecutors are urging a judge to sentence former New York Congressman George Santos to more than seven years behind bars, citing the severity and scope of his criminal behavior. In a court filing submitted Friday, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York recommended an 87-month sentence, describing Santos’s actions as