Times Square Spider-Man fined for punching tourist
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A street performer in New York City's Times Square who dresses as Spider-Man found himself on the wrong end of justice on Wednesday when he was...
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Four rabbis indicted in New Jersey on kidnapping charges
NEW YORK - Four Orthodox Jewish rabbis and one of their sons were indicted on Thursday on charges of kidnapping Jewish men and violently forcing them to grant divorces to...
Climate change threatens 30 U.S. landmarks: science advocacy group
By Curtis Skinner (Reuters) - Climate change is threatening U.S. landmarks from the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor to the C (c)sar Ch ¡vez National Monument in Keene,...
Mother sues over N.Y. inmate’s death in ‘sweltering’ cell
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The mother of a New York City inmate who died earlier this year after spending hours in what she said was a sweltering prison cell is...
N.Y. school board president resigns after calling parent ‘chubby wubby’
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A school board president in a small upstate New York town has resigned after a video of him calling a parent "chubby wubby" at a meeting...
Rabbi charged with stealing $12.4 million from New York disabled kids
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York rabbi and three others were indicted for stealing over $12.4 million in public aid for disabled pre-schoolers and using it to spruce up...
Judge denies New York murder suspect’s plea to ban rap lyric evidence
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York City murder suspect has lost his bid to have boastful rap lyrics he wrote about being in a violent street gang excluded as...
New York City politician charged with corruption
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Democratic member of the New York City Council was arrested on corruption charges on Wednesday, accused of illegally pocketing roughly $30,000 in public funds for...
NY high schooler accepted by all eight Ivy colleges chooses Yale
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Long Island high school student who pulled off the enviable feat of being accepted by all eight Ivy League colleges will be taking his academic...
‘Vapers’ relieved FDA won’t restrict popular e-cigarette flavors
NEW YORK (Reuters) - E-cigarette users breathed a sigh of relief on Thursday after U.S. health officials proposed new rules for the devices that would ban sales to minors, but...