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Trains for what is being called the nation’s first true high-speed rail line between Las Vegas and the Los Angeles area will be built at a new factory in upstate New York, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced Monday. Siemens Mobility will construct the American Pioneer 220 trains at a 300,000-square-foot (28,000-square-meter) facili...

Several schools in South Jersey will be closed and others will have an increased police presence after a shooting threat was posted on social media Sunday night.

After securing a last-minute buyer, LL Flooring is reversing course on shutting down all of its stores. The hardwood flooring retailer formerly known as Lumber Liquidators signed an agreement with private equity firm F9 Investments for a sale of its business on Friday afternoon. Under terms of the deal, expected to close by the end of September, F9...

Four people were killed in a plane crash in Vermont over the weekend, state police said Monday morning.

New York City’s Village Halloween Parade is back for the 51st year with a new spin inspired by cultural politics and the movement behind the “childless cat ladies.” The annual spectacle garners over 100,000 costumed participants and an estimated two million observers, according to the official parade website. Jeanne Fleming, a dir...

A memorial for a fallen New Jersey trooper suffered “significant” damage after a man allegedly driving under the influence plowed into the roadside remembrance. New Jersey State Police said the 38-year-old driver crashed into a memorial constructed for Trooper Thomas Hanratty on Aug. 31, around 2 p.m. on Interstate 78 in Summit. When of...

A large Palestinian flag was unfurled on the Brooklyn tower of the Williamsburg Bridge on Monday morning.

Being a “9/11 family” reverberates through generations, and commemorating and understanding the Sept. 11 attacks one day will be up to a world with no first-hand memory of them.

A water main break led to a dramatic scene in Brooklyn overnight, with vehicles trapped on a flooded street and one nearly swallowed by a sinkhole. Fire officials responded to a call about the main break on Bay 37th Street and Cropsey Avenue in Bath Beach around 3:45 a.m. Monday. They shut off the water and declared the incident closed…...

Well, that’s never a good start to a workweek. The MTA was reporting delays and reroutes on more than a dozen subway lines Monday, citing switch trouble, brake activation and medical needs among the reasons. As of 9 a.m., the MTA website showed only the 1, A, G and 7 trains running regularly. Blue and orange line trains were sharing…...

Rutgers has hired a law firm to conduct an investigation into athlete allegations of bullying, favoritism and revenge by the coach of the gymnastics program.

Two young sisters died Saturday afternoon following a drowning near their apartment building on Long Island, according to police officials. The girls, ages 2 and 4, were reported missing to police around 3 p.m. Officials said family called 911 after the girls had disappeared from their Holtsville complex off Victorian Court. A search of the nearby ...

Disgraced and jailed former movie mogul Harvey Weinstein underwent emergency heart surgery on Monday in New York City, according to a legal representative.

Brock Purdy and the San Francisco 49ers will host Aaron Rodgers and the New York Jets as Rodgers prepares to return to NFL regular season action after tearing his Achilles. The 49ers and Jets will meet on Monday, Sept. 9. What time is the 49ers vs. Jets Week 1 game? Kickoff time from Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara is set for 8:15 p.m.......