NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up a challenge to gun laws in New York that ban firearms from certain “sensitive” locations and require that handgun owners be of “good moral character.” The high court did not give an explanation on why it chose ...
ALBANY — Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a slate of new gun safety regulations into law on Thursday, taking a victory lap over the precipitous drop in reported gun crimes across New York. In a ceremony scheduled late Thursday, as lawmakers continued to negotiate the final state spending plan ...
NEW YORK — U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said Tuesday that she has directed prosecutors to seek the death penalty against Luigi Mangione in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, following through on the president’s campaign promise to vigorously pursue capital ...
BUFFALO — Attorneys for a white gunman who killed 10 Black people at a Buffalo, New York, supermarket want to move his death penalty-eligible trial to New York City, writing in a court filing that it would be difficult to seat a diverse and impartial jury in the upstate city. About 85% of ...
NEW YORK — Gadgets sold without batteries. Toys sold in slimmed-down boxes or no packaging at all. More household goods that shoppers need to assemble themselves. These are some of the ways consumer product companies are retooling their wares to reduce costs and avoid raising prices as ...
President Donald J. Trump’s sudden reversal on his decision to nominate Rep. Elise M. Stefanik to be the next U.S. ambassador to the United Nations on Thursday sent shockwaves across the political world that were felt in Washington, D.C., and Stefanik’s rural upstate ...