NEW YORK -- The son of the New York police commissioner, a well-known city television personality, was absent Thursday from the morning show he co-hosts as he faced unspecified allegations of wrongdoing. A lawyer for Greg Kelly, son of Police...... Full story
ROCKVILLE CENTRE -- Police in New York have arrested a man wanted on two counts of second-degree murder in Florida. Nassau County Police tell Newsday that members of the county's Fugitive Squad and the U.S. Marshals Regional Fugitive Task...... Full story
BRENTWOOD -- A homeless New York teenager who's a national Intel science competition semifinalist won't be homeless for much longer. Samantha Garvey and her family were offered a rent subsidized home by officials in the Long Island county...... Full story
POUGHKEEPSIE -- Not every county sheriff gets to be sworn in by the voice of Darth Vader. Actor James Earl Jones performed that duty Thursday for his longtime friend and neighbor Adrian "Butch" Anderson, the sheriff in Dutchess County,...... Full story
WAPPINGER-- About 20 people are back in their homes and businesses in the Mid-Hudson Valley after being evacuated when a natural gas line ruptured while a utility crew was working on it. State police say the DOT crew was installing a culvert drain...... Full story
WASHINGTON -- State police say an eastern New York man is in critical condition after he was struck in the head by a falling tree branch while clearing dead trees. Troopers say 41-year-old Todd Croshier of Pleasant Valley was in the woods in the...... Full story
ST. JAMES -- Santa's gotten the pink slip. Officials on eastern Long Island say there is no money in the budget to pay a man $660 for playing Santa at general store run by Suffolk County. A spokesman for the county executive tells Newsday...... Full story
ROCKVILLE CENTRE -- Police say a chalice used for sacramental wine has been stolen from St. Agnes Cathedral on Long Island. The gold plated and sterling silver chalis was last seen on Sept. 22 in a closet at the cathedral in Rockville Centre....... Full story
BOSTON -- A commuter train struck and killed a woman in Boston's Hyde Park, causing delays during the evening rush. Lydia Rivera, a spokeswoman for the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, tells The Boston Globe that the woman was hit...... Full story
NEW YORK (AP) -- A poll of New York City residents finds that almost 4 in 10 plan to go about their regular lives on the anniversary of the attack. Data from a NY1-Marist Poll released Tuesday found that 37 percent of those polled said they would...... Full story
ALBANY -- Some 150 bicyclists from two dozen states and Canada will be wheeling their way along the Hudson River for the seventh annual Great Hudson Valley pedal. The 200-mile bike tour starts Friday in Hyde Park in Dutchess County and ends...... Full story
HUNTINGTON -- Nineteen beaches have been closed to bathing in New York's Nassau County due to bacteria-laden runoff from Sunday's rainstorm. Health officials also issued advisories against swimming at 66 Suffolk County beaches, mainly in harbor...... Full story
NEW YORK (AP) -- New York City set a record for rainfall on Sunday. By 5 p.m., 7.6 inches had fallen at John F. Kennedy International Airport in Queens -- the most ever recorded there in a single day. The National Weather Service said the driving...... Full story
RED HOOK -- Authorities say one of the four people killed in a Hudson River boating accident last month was drunk at the helm of the vessel, with a blood alcohol level nearly three times the legal limit for safe boating. The Dutchess County...... Full story
NEW YORK (AP) -- There's another chance for people who missed their opportunity to visit the National Sept. 11 Memorial at the World Trade Center during its opening week. The New York Times reports the memorial released more tickets Thursday for...... Full story