NEW YORK — The reputed boss of New York's Gambino crime family was gunned down outside his home, dying a virtual unknown compared with his swaggering 1980s-era predecessor, the custom-tailored tabloid regular John Gotti. Francesco "Franky Boy" Cali, 53, was found with multiple gunshot wounds at his red-brick colonial-style house...
Real Estate Mogul Taunts Ex-Wife With 42-Foot Photo of New One
By James Barron NEW YORK — They measure 24 feet wide and 42 feet high, which makes them taller than a telephone pole but 3 feet shorter than the letters in the Hollywood sign. The two photographs, according to the recently divorced and newly remarried man who had them installed...
Opinion: New York Abortion Law Allows Infanticide
As a child in the early 90’s, I would sometimes visit the old Valley Children’s Hospital at Shields and Millbrook avenues, where my father worked. The NICU unit was near my dad’s office, and there was an outside window where you could peer in and see the preemies in their...
Ginsburg Makes First Public Appearance Since Cancer Surgery
WASHINGTON — Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg made her first public appearance since undergoing lung cancer surgery, attending a concert in her honor given by her daughter-in-law and other musicians. Ginsburg, 85, had surgery in New York on Dec. 21. She missed arguments at the court in January, her...
4 Charged in Plot to Attack US Muslim Community Named Islamberg
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Three men and a high school student were charged with plotting to attack a rural upstate New York Muslim community named Islamberg with explosives, authorities said Tuesday. The Rochester-area residents are accused of plotting to attack the small Muslim enclave west of the Catskills, according to court...
Judge Bars Citizenship Question From 2020 Census
NEW YORK — A federal judge in New York has barred the Trump administration from adding a question about citizenship to the 2020 census. U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman said Tuesday that while such a question would be constitutional, U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross had added it arbitrarily and not...
Nationwide Wave of Bomb Threats Includes Fresno. 'Not Credible,' Police Say.
Authorities across the country said they were responding Thursday to bomb threats made to several locations, though some law enforcement officials were quick to say that these messages were not believed to be credible. Similar threats appeared to stretch from coast to coast, prompting investigations on colleges campuses in Washington...
Michael Cohen Pleads Guilty to Lying to Congress
NEW YORK — Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former lawyer, made a surprise appearance before a federal judge in New York on Thursday and pleaded guilty to lying to Congress to cover up that he was negotiating a real estate deal in Moscow on Trump's behalf during the heat of...
Amazon Splits HQ Between New York and Northern Virginia
NEW YORK — Amazon, which has grown too big for its Seattle hometown, said it will split its much-anticipated second headquarters between New York and northern Virginia. Each will get 25,000 jobs. In addition, the online retailer said it will open an operations hub in Nashville, creating 5,000 jobs. Its...
Bomb Found at Philanthropist George Soros' Suburban Home
BEDFORD, N.Y. — A bomb was found in a mailbox at the suburban New York compound of George Soros, the liberal billionaire philanthropist who has been the target of right-wing conspiracy theorists, authorities said Tuesday. Federal investigators were reviewing surveillance video to determine whether the package had been sent through...