'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.

Gate of the Exonerated unveiled in Central Park

One of Central Park's entrances has a new name in honor of the men formerly known as the Central Park Five and now known as The Exonerated Five.

Pioneering Black feminist Dorothy Pitman Hughes dies at 84

Hughes died Dec. 1 in Tampa, Florida, at the home of her daughter and son-in-law, said Maurice Sconiers of the Sconiers Funeral Home in Columbus, Georgia. The home said it did not know the cause of death.

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, four children hospitalized after Brooklyn hit-and-run

Authorities say a school bus was dropping the children off when they were struck by a Mercedes that was speeding off from police.

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.

Buffalo gunman pleads guilty in racist supermarket massacre

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. Most of the victims were Black.

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.

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.

'Crippling' lake-effect snowstorm expected to bury Buffalo, New York, in up to 4 feet of snow

A long-duration lake-effect snowstorm is expected to bury parts of western and northern New York, including the cities of Buffalo and Watertown, in up to 4 feet of snow into this weekend.

'Paralyzing' lake-effect snowstorm expected to bury Buffalo, New York, under up to 3 feet of snow

A long-duration lake-effect snowstorm is expected to bury parts of western and northern New York, including the cities of Buffalo and Watertown, under up to 3 feet of snow into this weekend.