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Tenants searching for an apartment in New York City have long been forced to pay thousands of dollars to real estate brokers. That was true even if that person was hired by the landlord. But a new bill passed Wednesday would shift those costs to landlords, bringing New York in line with most of the rest of the country. Renters...

The New York Stewart International Airport was forced to close runways Friday night for about an hour.

A U.S. senator says mysterious drones spotted flying at night over sensitive areas in New Jersey should be “shot down, if necessary.”

The Geminid meteor shower is a favorite among stargazers, with up to 120 bright meteors seen across the sky every hour under ideal viewing conditions. The astronomical show peaks Friday night into early Saturday, but even with clear skies, visibility won’t be ideal thanks to a nearly full moon.

A suburban New York police department routinely violated residents’ civil rights, including making illegal arrests and using unnecessary strip and cavity searches, according to a new U.S. Department of Justice report.

Texas has sued a New York doctor for prescribing abortion pills to a Texas woman via telemedicine. It appears to be the first challenge in the U.S. to a state shield law that’s intended to protect prescribers in Democratic-controlled states from being punished by states with abortion bans.

New Jersey’s governor says he has written a letter to President Joe Biden requesting more federal resources to assist in the investigation into multiple reports of drones flying over his state in recent weeks.

A bird strike at LaGuardia Airport in New York City forced an American Airlines flight to make an emergency landing at JFK.