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VA says it won't follow New York gun law
The federal Department of Veterans Affairs said Monday its mental health professionals won't comply with a new gun law in New York that requires ...
City Council speaker launches NYC mayoral bid
Long seen as a leading contender, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn formally launched Sunday what she hopes will be a history-making mayoral bid.
AP: NY fracking held as Cuomo, RFK Jr. talk health
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo came as close as he ever has to approving fracking last month, laying out a limited drilling plan for as many as 40 gas ...
NY to exempt TV, movies under state's new gun law
New York sought to combat violence by rushing the nation's toughest gun control measure into law after the Connecticut school shootings that killed ...
New generation of governors seeking the limelight
For governors with national ambitions, this is pad — and promote — your record time. Republicans Bobby Jindal of Louisiana is trying to ditch his ...
NAACP head: Even some in NYPD oppose street stops
The head of the NAACP said Sunday that even some members of the New York Police Department oppose the city's policy of street stops, with mostly ...
NYC plans to stop many marijuana arraignments
Many people arrested on low-level marijuana-possession charges in the nation's largest city will no longer be booked and held hours for arraignment, ...
Ensler's Billion Rising movement spans the globe
Thousands danced in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Hundreds chanted in South Africa, carrying signs and candles. The Philippines held a 24-hour ...
Northeast commuters struggle with icy roads
The workweek opened with a white-knuckle ride Monday in the snow-clobbered Northeast as drivers encountered unplowed streets, two-lane roads reduced ...
Drivers face tough commute in snowy Northeast
The workweek in the snow-clobbered Northeast got off to a slow and slippery start Monday as drivers encountered unplowed streets, two-lane roads ...
Northeast slowly recovering from blizzard
Travel eased and life slowly returned to normal for most New Englanders after a massive blizzard, but many remained without power in cold and darkened ...
New Yorkers tell of hours stranded on snowy roads
Stranded for hours on a snow-covered road, Priscilla Arena prayed, took out a sheet of loose-leaf paper and wrote what she thought might be her last ...
NY attorney general looks at ratings agencies
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has begun examining the nation's biggest credit rating agencies' compliance with agreements reached by his ...
Calif. seeks to adopt nation's toughest gun laws
Weeks after New York enacted the nation's toughest gun laws, California lawmakers said Thursday they want their state to do even more in response to ...
NRA chief: Gun controls won't pass Congress
The head of the National Rifle Association said Thursday he's confident that Congress won't approve an assault weapons ban or a limit on high-capacity ...
Add-ons let semi-autos fire like military weapons
In the video, a shooter cradles a rifle equipped with a grenade launcher and 250-round magazine. But the star of this demonstration, posted online, ...
Kenneth Cole returns to fashion week on his terms
The buck — probably nubuck, in this case — again stops with Kenneth Cole. Cole returns to New York Fashion Week on Thursday after a seven-year hiatus, ...
Chris Cuomo leaving ABC News for CNN
Chris Cuomo is leaving ABC News to host a new morning show at CNN, where new boss Jeff Zucker is moving fast to try to turn around the cable news ...
Top white-collar crime prosecutor to lead SEC
President Barack Obama on Thursday nominated Mary Jo White, a former U.S. attorney who built a reputation prosecuting white-collar criminals, ...
Biden meets with Democrats, stoking 2016 chatter
Joe Biden in 2016? The inauguration is barely over but the vice president already is dropping plenty of hints that he might have another political act
40 years after Roe v. Wade, abortion foes march on
Abortion opponents marked the 40th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision Tuesday with workshops, prayers and calls for more limits on the rights ...
Thousands rally against stricter gun control in US
Gun advocates — some with rifles slung across shoulders or pistols holstered at the hip — have rallied peacefully in state capitals nationwide against ...
Roe v Wade: After 40 years, deep divide is legacy
By today's politically polarized standards, the Supreme Court's momentous Roe v. Wade ruling was a landslide. By a 7-2 vote on Jan. 22, 1973, the ...
NY gun control law limits access to permit info
New York's new gun control law may be the nation's toughest, but it also includes broad new privacy provisions allowing would-be gun owners to shield ...
NY newspaper removes handgun permit holder data
A suburban New York newspaper that outraged gun owners by posting the names and addresses of residents with handgun permits removed the information ...