'Major disaster': Death toll rises in western New York after historic blizzard

First responders had to abandon ambulances due to white out conditions in Erie County, where at least seven people died during the Christmas blizzard.

Blizzard in Buffalo: Here's what 'zero-mile visibility' looks like

"We don't even want to be parked in it, you definitely don't want to be driving in it," the National Weather Service warned -- with video to prove their point.

Serious questions raised about GOP congressman-elect George Santos

Republican George Santos flipped a Long Island-based U.S. House seat in November. But now a report has raised serious allegations about whether Santos misrepresented his education and employment history.

A puppy named Bear swims across Hudson River from NY to NJ

Talk about an adventure for one pet! A dog escaped from his owner while out for a walk in Manhattan and swam across the Hudson River to New Jersey, where he was rescued a few days later.

New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez under investigation by House Ethics Committee

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., is under a House ethics investigation, according to a statement issued by the House Committee on Ethics on Wednesday. 

Mother charged with murder after 2 children stabbed to death in the Bronx

The children, an 11-month-old boy and a 3-year-old boy, were found in a family shelter in Mount Hope with multiple stab wounds to the neck and torso.

Buffalo mass shooting:  Payton Gendron pleads guilty

The white gunman who attacked shoppers and workers at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, killing 10 people and wounding three others has pleaded guilty to murder and hate-motivated terrorism charges.

NYPD officers, good Samaritan save man who fell onto subway tracks from oncoming train

Body camera footage shows two NYPD officers and a good Samaritan helping rescue a man who had fallen onto the subway tracks at the 116th Street station in East Harlem.

Photos: See this year’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade balloons

Bluey made her parade debut, with a balloon in her likeness towering as tall as a four-story building and stretching as wide as seven taxi cabs.

Tariq 'the corn kid' donates 50,000 cans of corn to NYC food bank

The adorable 7-year-old quickly became known as “the corn kid” when he appeared on an online show and told the world why he loves corn so much.

Live cat found inside checked bag at JFK Airport

A TSA officer at JFK Airport in New York City was shocked to find an orange cat inside a checked bag.

NYPD stops 'threat to the Jewish community,' 2 arrested at Penn Station

Authorities say two people were arrested in Penn Station after investigators uncovered a threat to the Jewish community on Saturday.

Cocaine worth $450K seized from wheelchair wheels, feds say

The woman, a Dominican citizen named Emelinda Paulino De Rivas, was arrested on smuggling charges and turned over to Homeland Security Investigations.

Airline passenger restrained, arrested after assaulting cockpit

Officials say the suspect was referred to the FBI for charges after an incident on a flight arriving at New York's John F. Kennedy Airport.

Jeffrey Epstein documents to be unsealed, judge orders

A judge ruled that public interest outweighed the apparent privacy rights of the eight individuals named in the documents.