A large snowball fight in Washington Square Park in Manhattan spiraled into disorder on Monday, February 23, 2026. Police say participants threw snowballs at each other, at passing vehicles, and at officers who responded to the scene. NYPD Commissioner Jessica…
New York City slowed to a near standstill on Monday, February 23, 2026. A powerful winter storm brought intense snowfall and strong winds across the metro area. Early reports showed double-digit totals in several neighborhoods. Forecasters warned that travel could…
Federal prosecutors in Manhattan charged the former head of the NYPD’s School Safety Division with taking bribes from a Florida businessman seeking New York City contracts for a school shooting-response application, according to an indictment unsealed on Thursday, February 12,…
A former New Jersey high school teacher was sentenced to 10 years in state prison after admitting she sexually assaulted two students she had groomed, including encounters prosecutors said took place at her family’s bagel shop. The Monmouth County Prosecutor’s…
A Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, man has been charged in an alleged murder-for-hire plot in which prosecutors say he tried to recruit an acquaintance to help kill his former girlfriend and two men she dated after their relationship ended. Eric Berkowitz,…
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani told state lawmakers on Wednesday that raising taxes on the wealthy is the clearest path out of the city’s budget crisis. Speaking in Albany during his first “Tin Cup Day,” Mamdani urged the Legislature…
Sen. Thom Tillis praised a Washington, D.C., grand jury decision not to indict six Democratic lawmakers who urged service members to refuse what they called “illegal orders.” The North Carolina Republican framed the outcome as a rejection of “political lawfare”…