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Governments, organizations and businesses have set ambitious goals to combat climate change. But it is far from clear that those goals can be met without forcing people to do — or not do — certain things. And that is causing some consternation, even among some people who acknowledge the need to slow the warming of the planet. This week,...

Holiday travelers may want to book their flights in the first two weeks of October before prices begin to rise due to limited supply and high demand.

A pickup truck struck the back of an Amish buggy in northern New York, killing two children who were 1 and 3 years old and injuring four others, police said Thursday.

This weekend might mark the official start to fall, but don’t expect the skies to cooperate with any plans to go apple picking or leaf peeping. Saturday ushers in the new season (Fall officially begins at 2:49 a.m. that day) and is projected to bring about enough rain to make it clear: summer is over. The conditions start deteriorating......

A Brooklyn man will spend decades behind bars after being sentenced to prison for stalking his ex and then setting her Queens apartment on fire in 2021, the local district attorney’s office said.

As the controversy regarding congestion pricing in New York City heightens, with the planned implementation less than a year away, drivers continue to debate: Who should pay, and how much?

Investigators in Paterson, New Jersey are trying to figure out what sparked a house fire that sent a family to the hospital for smoke inhalation and claimed the lives of two dogs, the local mayor said. The scene unfolded just before 5:30 a.m. at a multi-family home on Madison Avenue, according to fire officials. Paterson Mayor Andre Sayegh asked fo...

The 15-time major champion and 10-time Grammy winner are collaborating on an upscale sports bar in the heart of Manhattan.

A teenager was stabbed and two others were slashed near a high school in Brooklyn just as classes were being dismissed for the afternoon, police said.

Westport police said they have located the Aston Martin that was stolen during a brazen carjacking on Sunday and they have arrested a 16-year-old suspect and a man after finding the stolen vehicle as well as several others at a Berlin house. The carjacking happened on Bayberry Lane in Westport around 3:50 p.m. Sunday and police released two videos ...

Aaron Rodgers, Nick Chubb and Cooper Kupp’s injuries have drastically changed the 2023 NFL season, and it’s only been two weeks.

Rats are a big problem in New York City — and, according to city officials, bags of trash are a big reason why.  With this in mind, Mayor Eric Adams revealed on Tuesday the next step of his war against rats: the use of mandatory hard-lidded trash bins for all businesses. All New York City shops that sell food already…

An alleged racist rant directed at children has a small town on Long Island in an uproar.

President Joe Biden on Monday told a packed Broadway theater full of big-name stars hosting a fundraiser in his honor that he was running for reelection because Donald Trump was determined to destroy the nation. Democracy is at stake, he told the audience at the Lunt-Fontanne Theater. Hate groups have been emboldened, he said. Books are being banne...