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Passengers aboard United flight 116 bound for the U.S. from Hong Kong were finally able to leave a Newark Liberty International Airport terminal late Monday afternoon after a flier was taken into custody and hospitalized after allegedly demanding that the plane be diverted to Canada.

Erin Brady of South Glastonbury, Conn., won the beauty pageant at the Planet Hollywood hotel-casino after strutting in a white sparkly gown and answering a question about the U.S. Supreme Court's decision upholding widespread DNA tests.

Showers are thunderstorms are possible over central New York through mid afternoon Monday.

New York lawmakers are pushing Amtrak to add baggage cars to its passenger trains that would be capable of carrying bicycles.

The latest Siena College research poll says that Governor Andrew Cuomo is less popular now than he has ever been since taking office two and a half years ago.

By the time 10-year-old Sarah Murnaghan finally got a lung transplant last week, she'd been waiting for months, and her parents had sued to give her a better shot at surgery.

The job of a good movie soundtrack is to move along the film's story, add coloring and texture to its cast of characters, and inspire moments of greatness that sit with the audience beyond the darkened walls of the movie house.

State officials say they are allocating $3.4 million to help low-income New Yorkers buy locally grown food at 470 farmers' markets across the state.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is denying insinuations that he stole New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft's Super Bowl ring that's on display in the Kremlin, but says he's ready to buy him another ring as a gift.

In this June 25, 2005, file photo, Russian President Vladimir Putin holds a diamond-encrusted 2005 Super Bowl ring belonging to New England Patriots NFL football team owner Robert Kraft during a meeting of American business executives at the 18th century Konstantin Palace outside St. Petersburg, Russia.

One of the things about the environmental Left that drives me most nuts is its resistance to reason and empirical fact.

A New York man who says he caught four boys vandalizing his father-in-law's home has been charged with child endangerment after corralling them in a closet until police arrived.

Criticized by the federal government for poor care and oversight of disabled New Yorkers, the state is installing a new prosecutor and inspector general to crack down on institutional abuse while a legal services group has assumed statewide protection of their rights.

It's hard to go unnoticed in New York City, with everyone checking out the latest fashions and hairstyles.

This week, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Urban Institute released data from a study, regarding housing and racial discrimination.

A portrait of former Gov. Mario Cuomo was unveiled at the state Capitol Saturday, on his 81st birthday and the day before Father's Day.

A domestic worker says a wealthy Chilean couple forced her to work in their New York City apartment for three months.

President Barack Obama pressed ahead Saturday with a pledge to sanction Syria and support its rebels by speaking with European leaders by conference call about Damascus' chemical warfare.

For anyone watching CNN, it's been hard to miss the sunny reminders popping up on the bottom of the screen that Monday is the debut of the "New Day" morning show.

Pamela Chen, the daughter of immigrant parents, was sworn in Friday as the first Chinese-American federal judge for the Eastern District of New York and only the second in the nation.