The Senate moved closer to passing a $1 trillion infrastructure package Saturday after lawmakers from both parties came together and voted to clear a key procedural hurdle, but the action

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As New York’s lieutenant governor, Kathy Hochul has spent years on the road as the friendly face of the administration, visiting the far-flung coffee shops and factory floors of each

Texas Democrats still refused to return to the state Capitol on Saturday as Gov. Greg Abbott began a third attempt at passing new election laws, prolonging a monthslong standoff that

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey commissioners have approved a 20-year lease of two Newark Liberty International Airport buildings for a regional air cargo hub. Under the

Prosecutors in Queens have charged a local man with firing a pistol into a city bus this week, a shooting that wounded two passengers. Melvin Adams, 43, of the Bronx,

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Two Myanmar citizens were arrested on charges alleging that they conspired to oust Myanmar’s ambassador to the United Nations, who opposes the military junta that seized power earlier this year,

Eighteen frum girls from New York were forced to spend Shabbos in Europe after they were kicked off flights twice from Amsterdam to New York for unclear reasons. Hamodia reported

IDF fighter jets struck Hamas terror targets over the weekend in response to the launching of terror balloons from the Gaza Strip on Friday. Four fires broke out in the

Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah warned Israel on Motzei Shabbos that any further IDF strikes on Lebanon would be responded to “appropriately and proportionately.” In a televised speech, Nasrallah said that

The COVID-19 outbreak in the United States crossed 100,000 new confirmed daily infections Saturday, a milestone last exceeded during the winter surge and driven by the highly transmissible delta variant

A New Jersey gym owner and a Washington state man on Friday became the first people charged in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol to plead guilty to

Michael Musto can’t bring himself to ask his regulars at his Staten Island restaurant, Cargo Cafe, to prove they’ve been vaccinated against the coronavirus. So if New York City presses

A woman who accused Gov. Andrew Cuomo of inappropriate behavior at the governor’s state residence filed a criminal complaint against him, the Albany County Sheriff’s office said Friday. The complaint,

Staff members and students from kindergarten to 12th grade will be required to wear masks in New Jersey schools when the new year begins in a few weeks, Gov. Phil

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