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The Trump administration announced a dramatic funding cut on Friday, saying it would cut federal grants and contracts worth $400 million from Columbia University for “inaction in the face of persistent harassment of Jewish students.”

A suspect has been arrested after allegedly punching a seven-months pregnant woman in the face while riding the subway in Queens, police said.

The lines are long for people trying to obtain their real IDs, and they’ll only get longer, with the deadline exactly two months away as of Friday. New York’s Department of Motor Vehicles wants to help you out. The deadline to start using the new form of identification is May 7. And the DMV will open 10 New York City…

Anyone planning to travel to a domestic destination in the United States will need a Real ID starting May 7 if they normally use their driver’s licenses to fly. This means that starting on that date, federal agencies, including DHS and TSA, may only accept state-issued driver licenses and identification cards that include the REAL ID-complian...

NASA astronaut Barry “Butch” Wilmore’s teenage daughter Daryn Wilmore said it’s “mentally exhausting” to have her dad be stuck in space since June 2024.

A person of interest is being questioned in the case of a missing Bronx woman who turned up dead in a suitcase off a highway in Yonkers a day ago, two law enforcement sources said Friday. They say the individual was no stranger to victim Pamela Alcantara, though didn’t elaborate on the relationship. No criminal charges have been filed......

Weather in the tri-state area will be largely quiet as we head into the weekend and beyond. The biggest hiccup in our weather will be gusty winds. We saw wind gusts Friday morning top 60 mph in spots. But gusts all across the region were howling at over 40 mph for several hours. Winds will relax somewhat this weekend, but…

The “Bentley Bandits,” a group of armed robbers in Manhattan, earned their nickname from the first car they targeted. They just don’t always know how to drive the vehicle away, apparently

Can a former governor accused of slashing transit funding — and triggering the “summer of hell” — rebrand himself as a mayor who innovates and invests on transportation issues? His critics are skeptical.  “Andrew Cuomo doesn’t wanna run on his record,” Queens Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani, a candidate for Mayor, said Friday. “He wants to run on mine.”...

More than two dozen students and staff members were impacted in a pepper spray incident at a Queens high school on Friday, according to police and fire officials.

The element of incorporating New York City into the Olympics is just one of the unique details inside Lake Placid’s plan to host events next winter.

A former U.S. solicitor general who was brought in to help a federal judge decide whether to accept a Justice Department request to drop corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams is set to submit written arguments Friday. Judge Dale E. Ho in Manhattan appointed Paul Clement, who was solicitor general under President George W. Bush, ...

Police on Long Island arrested a caretaker accused of beating a disabled woman and leaving the 83-year-old covered in bruises.