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A judge has set bail at $100,000 cash or $500,000 bond for the 47-year-old plastic surgeon from Westchester who allegedly had a boatload of weapons in his car and another arsenal in his second home on Long Island — discoveries made as cops investigated a report he had threatened his estranged wife and family.

A defense lawyer for the 47-year-old plastic surgeon from Westchester who allegedly had a boatload of weapons in his car and another arsenal in his second home on Long Island says his client simply likes guns and isn’t a public threat.

The state Department of Transportation said Thursday that roughly year-old signs for the suburban bridge are being patched over because the former governor’s middle initial is missing

A three-week standoff that left Mount Vernon with two men claiming to be mayor has been resolved after a judge ruled a guilty plea meant forfeiting office

Volunteer firefighters in suburban New York have rescued a dog who was 13 feet inside a drain pipe

A former New York schoolteacher who was convicted of killing her lover’s wife in a case dubbed the “Fatal Attraction” murder has been released from prison.

A former New York schoolteacher who was convicted of killing her lover’s wife in a sensational case dubbed the Fatal Attraction murder has been granted parole.

A police detective who was shot in the jaw has lashed out at the teenager who pulled the trigger during an emotional sentencing hearing in the New York City suburbs.

A Metro-North employee who was injured when a car exploded in a train yard parking lot in October has died, Metro-North officials confirm.

Thought the skies in New York City seemed puzzlingly hazy Monday afternoon? That was all the smoke blowing east from the California wildfires.  New Jersey-based Gary Szatkowski pointed out the smoke descending on the East Coast Monday, tweeting a map from NOAA showing the direction of the plumes traveling 3,000 miles across the U.S.  The smoke isn’t expected to...

Six school buses caught fire and burned in a suburban New York parking lot and the district superintendent says the fire may have been “distressing” for the children who saw it.

The U.S. Postal Service is investigating after several boxes of mail were found in the woods in New York’s northern suburbs, marking the latest in a series of postal woes in the area.

Liev Schreiber is facing a harassment charge in suburban New York, where his lawyer said the actor is accused of shoving a photographer’s camera.

Health officials in Westchester County say mosquitoes in the area have tested positive for West Nile virus.

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The 27-year-old woman accused of stabbing a co-worker to death with a kitchen knife during an argument at the Westchester County restaurant where they worked last month has been indicted on murder and other charges.

The stabbing death of a freshman in his Binghamton University dormitory suite was all the more unsettling because it was the second violent killing of a student in two months – with fellow students suspected in both deaths.

A Binghamton University student has pleaded not guilty to murder in the stabbing death of a 19-year-old freshman in a college dorm.

After a daylong search by multiple police agencies, a Binghamton University student was taken into custody as a suspect in the stabbing death of a 19-year-old freshman, police said Monday.