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Louisiana, Arkansas and Alabama asked the Supreme Court to declare three states’ abortion shield laws unlawful and filed a suit in Louisiana federal court.
A slow-moving nor’easter pushed coastal water to moderate flood stage from the Jersey Shore to western Long Island Sound over the weekend, with Sandy Hook coming within 0.06 foot and Atlantic City within 0.14 foot of major flood stage. One person was killed and well over 100,000 customers lost power.
A nor’easter that brought coastal flooding and high wind from the Outer Banks to Cape Cod through the weekend killed one person in Brooklyn and closed part of N.C. Highway 12; most warnings had expired or were expiring Sunday.
The New York Giants beat the Dallas Cowboys 28-20 on Sunday, September 13, 2026, in the NFL’s Week 1 Sunday Night Football game at MetLife Stadium — a win that also
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested 50,925 people in August 2026, according to the Department of Homeland Security — the third month in a row
Friday marks 25 years since the September 11, 2001 attacks, and this year’s remembrance program at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum in Lower Manhattan
Fi is recalling two dog supplements sold nationwide because of a potential Salmonella contamination risk stemming from an ingredient supplied to its manufacturer
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced a Class I recall of imported, ready-to-eat pork guanciale on Sunday
Panorama Produce has recalled 302 boxes of mangoes labeled “size 9” — a produce-industry sizing code packers use to sort fruit, not a count of individual mangoes
A severe thunderstorm watch covering all five New York City boroughs expired Thursday evening after a stretch of heavy rain flooded streets, halted part
Yayoi Kusama, the Japanese artist whose polka-dotted pumpkins and mirrored infinity rooms made her one of the most recognized names in contemporary art, has died
The Houston Astros beat the New York Yankees 9-7 at Yankee Stadium on Tuesday, August 25, 2026, erasing a deficit with a three-run eighth inning that turned
Lacnola Lactation Granola, an 8-ounce granola marketed to breastfeeding mothers, is being recalled nationwide after an ingredient supplier reported that a sample
The Indiana Fever beat the New York Liberty 106-92 on Tuesday, August 11, 2026, at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, snapping New York’s four-game winning
Zohran Mamdani is not running for the United States Senate. He is the mayor of New York City — the 112th, sworn in on January 1, 2026 after defeating Andrew Cuomo
The New York Liberty beat the Seattle Storm twice in three nights at Barclays Center, the Liberty’s home in Brooklyn — 95-83 on Monday, August 3, and 92-86
Twenty-five states asked a federal trade court on Monday, August 3, 2026, to throw out the Trump administration’s newest tariffs — duties of 10 or 12.5 percent