Michael Hill

The New Croton Dam and the New Croton Reservoir that supplies part of New York City’s drinking water is seen in Cortlandt, N.Y., on Thursday, March 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey)

New York City must abandon a portion of its water supply if it keeps getting saltier

March 21, 2025 at 4:35 p.m.

The Croton system dates back to 1842 — when the first Croton Aqueduct began delivering water to a reservoir in what is now Manhattan’s Central Park — and is now...

President-elect Donald Trump talks to reporters after a meeting with Republican leadership at the Capitol on Jan. 8, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Supreme Court rejects Donald Trump’s bid to delay sentencing in his New York hush money case

January 9, 2025 at 6:22 p.m.

A divided Supreme Court has rejected President-elect Donald Trump’s bid to delay sentencing in his New York hush money case.

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks during the Libertarian National Convention at the Washington Hilton in Washington, Friday, May 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Ruling that bounced RFK Jr. from New York ballot could challenge him in other states

August 14, 2024 at 4:27 p.m.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s independent presidential campaign suffered a blow this week when a judge in New York invalidated his petition to put his name on the state ballot.

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators embrace while charging devices at an encampment on the UCLA campus, May 1, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)

Striking deals to end campus protests, some colleges invite discussion of their investments

May 3, 2024 at 5:59 p.m.

Demonstrations have ceased at a small number of U.S. universities after school leaders struck deals with pro-Palestinian protesters.

Friends and family attend a funeral mass for eight of the 20 people killed in last Saturday's fatal limousine crash in Schoharie, N.Y., during a memorial service at St. Stanislaus Roman Catholic Church in Amsterdam, N.Y., Oct. 13, 2018.

Mourners pack funeral for 8 of 20 killed in New York limo crash

August 22, 2019 at 2:33 p.m.

Mourners at a funeral for four sisters and their family members killed in a New York limousine crash were assured Saturday that their loved ones can still see their tears...

Despite a few flickers, movies retain their magic

August 22, 2021 at 10:44 p.m.

Why is it that we still go to the movies? Why do we bother now that we can sit at home in front of a huge television screen with booming...

Soldiers surround an Iraqi detainee in this photo obtained by The New Yorker, said to have be taken in December 2003, at the Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad, Iraq.

Defining images

June 7, 2019 at 6:20 a.m.

The images are engraved onto the memory, pictures that become powerful summations of the nation acting in extremis - going to war. Conjure them up: the battleship Arizona exploding at...

Going after the politicians

August 22, 2019 at 10:14 p.m.

AMaryland United States attorney is involved in a sensitive investigation of a leading politician. The story makes it to the media. The subject denounces the probe as politically motivated. A...

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