July 1 (UPI) — Five members of an Atlanta-area family died in a small plane crash in New York, the New York State Police said Monday. At about 2 p.m. Sunday, officers in Masonville in Delaware County responded to reports of the crash and found the bodies of five occupants in the wreckage of a […]
An Albany sushi restaurant owner is slowly showing signs of recovery after a brutal attack outside his restaurant last month. Su Wen, owner and chef at Shogun Sushi in upstate New York, has woken up from a nearly two-week coma and is experiencing increasing periods of consciousness, said Ray Ren, one of the managers at […]
Weeks after his felony sex crimes conviction in New York was overturned, disgraced movie producer Harvey Weinstein has appealed his rape conviction in Los Angeles, with his lawyers arguing that he wasn’t given a “fair opportunity” to defend against the allegations. Filed in California’s 2nd District Court of Appeal on Friday, the appeal argues that […]
Weeks after Harvey Weinstein’s rape conviction was overturned in New York, the disgraced film mogul filed an appeal to overturn a separate rape and sexual assault conviction in California. Weinstein filed his appeal in the Los Angeles case in the 2nd District Court of Appeal Friday, according to court documents obtained by NBC News. He […]
House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik is apparently a contender for her party’s vice presidential nomination, and with that in mind, the New York Republican is apparently trying to corner the market in baseless ethics complaints in the hopes of making Donald Trump happy. In fact, as regular readers know, Stefanik has specifically gone after […]
For Donald Trump’s critics, it’s become a frequent point of mockery: Members of the former president’s immediate family have, for the most part, failed to join him in New York City as his criminal trial has unfolded. While it’s not uncommon for defendants to receive moral support from loved ones — showing up at courthouses […]
May 6 (UPI) — Dozens of live chickens escaped onto the streets of Brooklyn, N.Y., on Monday when the doors of a cargo truck came open during transit. The New York Police Department said the rear doors of the truck started spilling caged chickens into the roadway on Old Fulton Street, near Front Street, and […]
Donald Trump’s criminal trial is well underway in New York City, and inside the Manhattan courtroom, the former president’s lawyers are doing their best against overwhelming evidence. But just outside the courtroom, the defense attorneys are saying very little about the case, while their client seems eager to try parts of the case in public. […]
A climber who died after falling 1,000 feet in Alaska’s Denali National Park and Preserve was identified on Saturday as Robbi Mecus, a noted climbing enthusiast and forest ranger. Mecus, 52, from Keene Valley, New York, was an outspoken advocate for expanding the presence of fellow transgender people in alpine climbing. In 2022 she co-founded […]
New York State lawmakers on Saturday approved a $237 billion state budget, unlocking $2.4 billion for the city’s migrant crisis and providing a program to address the city’s dire housing shortage. The budget, which carries a price tag 3% higher than last year’s spending plan, arrives nearly three weeks past a nominal April 1 deadline […]
The 12-person jury and one alternate in former President Donald Trump’s hush money case have been seated following a day in court Thursday. The remaining alternate jurors need to be selected now to begin the trial. Both sides flagged potential jurors. The prosecution and defense both had 10 peremptory strikes that they could use to […]
Donald Trump — now a former president on trial — has sought to turn his legal peril into a boost for his presidential campaign, animating his supporters and attempting to sow doubt about the motives of his opponents. But facing 34 counts of felony charges, Trump argued on the historic first day of his New […]