NEW YORK (AP) — Cade Cunningham wasn’t thinking about himself after the first postseason victory of his career. His focus was on all the Detroit fans who stuck by the Pistons during 17 years since the last one.Now Cunningham and his teammates want to give those fans more than just a game. They want to…
NEW YORK (AP) — Twice this year, the Trump administration has given New York an ultimatum to end a toll on most drivers entering the busiest part of Manhattan — and twice the state has ignored it.On Monday, U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy gave the state another 30 days — until May 21 — to…
President Trump posted on Truth Social Monday that the Massapequa school district should be allowed to keep its name and logo.The district has been fighting to retain its Chiefs name and logo, after New York State banned Native American mascots and team names in public schools.
By The Associated PressPope Francis died Monday at age 88. The Vatican said Francis suffered a stroke which led to a coma and his heart to fail, as he recovered from a five-week hospitalization for double pneumonia.History’s first Latin American pontiff charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the poor but alienated…
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis, history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the poor but alienated conservatives with critiques of capitalism and climate change, died Monday. He was 88.Bells tolled in church towers across Rome after the announcement, which was read out by Cardinal Kevin…
After months of negotiations National Grid workers officially agreed to a new contract over the weekend. The union representing roughly 1,200 National Grid employees who work in Long Island’s natural gas and power plants voted 590-90 to approve a new contract with 4% annual wage increase on Friday evening.
By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey WriterPeter Laviolette was fired as coach of the New York Rangers on Saturday, ending his tenure after two seasons, the second of which was a massive underachievement of missing the playoffs.General manager Chris Drury made the move less than 48 hours after the finale of a lost season that followed…
NEW YORK (AP) — Opponents of President Donald Trump’s administration took to the streets of communities large and small across the U.S. on Saturday, decrying what they see as threats to the nation’s democratic ideals.The disparate events ranged from a march through midtown Manhattan and a rally in front of the White House to a…
NEW YORK (AP) — New York’s $9 congestion toll on most drivers entering the busiest part of Manhattan remained in effect Sunday, despite an Easter deadline from the Trump administration to halt the first-in-the-nation fee.Both Gov. Kathy Hochul’s office and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the state agency overseeing the tolls, confirmed Sunday that its system…
NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration is taking control of the $7 billion reconstruction project for New York City’s busy but aging Penn Station, sidelining the city’s mass transit agency, the transportation chief said Thursday.State and city officials have sought for years to remake the country’s busiest rail hub, which is beleaguered by…