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News from around the nation. Nearly 15,000 nurses go on strike at major New York City hospitals; Indiana lawmakers push protections during surgery; Kentucky's pension system has improved but funding gaps persist; VA advocates say, 'renovictions' displace residents, harm affordability. Transcript. The Public News...

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A New York City Council staff member has been detained by federal immigration officials on Long Island, officials said Monday. The detainment occurred around 3 p.m., according to sources. According to City Council Speaker Julie Menin, the staffer was detained after going to a routine court appearance in Bethpage....

There's plenty of sunshine is on the way to the Tri-State Area, but the First Alert Weather team is also tracking a round of snow later this week.

Dry conditions with seasonable temperatures will continue across Staten Island through Tuesday night, according to the National Weather Service. No weather alerts or warnings are currently in effect for Richmond County. The National Weather Service forecasts Staten Island will experience west to southwest winds today...

Macy’s is shutting 14 stores in 12 states, including New York. Liquidation sales start mid-January as the retailer focuses on stronger locations and digital growth.

Albany lawmakers said they have new momentum to pass long-proposed legislation that would restrict state and local police from helping with immigration enforcement as demonstrations take place in New York and nationwide after a federal immigration agent fatally shot a woman in Minneapolis. Advocates for the New York...

Mayor Mamdani's Department of Transportation is seeing red. DOT on Friday announced plans to finally expand the number of locations in the city with red light cameras from 150 to 600 — more than a year after Gov. Hochul signed state legislation enabling the agency to so. Gothamist, amNY and PIX11 all covered the...

A report was issued from the National Weather Service on Sunday at 5:34 p.m. for snow showers and rain until 6:15 p.m. for Suffolk and Nassau counties. "At 5:32 p.m., a band of heavy snow was over Oyster Bay moving southeast at 30 MPH," explains the weather service. Locations impacted...

At last week’s 2025 year-end crime briefing, Commissioner Jessica Tisch cited multiple successes tied to the NYPD’s relentless focus on crime hotspots and the gang members within them; the rundown was impressive and encouraging — except for one major category: juvenile crime. So what gives? Maybe it’s the state’s...