The Transit Police say the officer was alone in a back room cleaning his service weapon on Sunday when it accidentally discharged.

In the second of two lawsuits challenging practices at the facility known as "Alligator Alcatraz," civil rights attorneys are ...

Storms that ramp up so quickly complicate forecasting for meteorologists and make it harder for government agencies to plan ...

New York Mets catcher Francisco Alvarez needs an MRI on his right thumb after he jammed his hand on a head-first slide into ...

The drownings occurred at Celebration Key, a new $600 million private resort for guests of Carnival Cruise Line that opened in July, authorities said.

Mark Vientos hit a three-run homer to the delight of hundreds of cheering 12-year-olds and sent the New York Mets to a 7-3 ...

Family, friends and loved ones will gather at the Frederick Funeral Home in Flushing at 4 p.m. on Saturday for the wake of 25 ...

Investigators say the young woman sprayed the 68-year-old man in the face on the L train last Sunday at the Halsey Street station in Ridgewood, Queens.

El huracán Erin se debilitó el domingo a la categoría 3 mientras sus bandas exteriores azotaban las Islas Vírgenes y Puerto Rico, pero los meteorólogos advirtieron que estaba creciendo rápidamente y s ...

A 7-year-old girl along with her mother Martha, and 19-year-old brother, Manuel, are being detained by ICE after what was supposed to be a routine immigration check-in at Federal Plaza in Lower ...

Canada's government forced Air Canada and the union representing flight attendants into arbitration after a work stoppage stranded more than 100,000 travelers around the world.

Dramatic video shows the moment a hiker from Long Beach, who was trapped behind a California waterfall for two days, was ...