Olivia Bensimon

The protesters sat in the middle of Third Avenue in Midtown Manhattan and blocked traffic for about an hour.

Columbia University researchers said that sensors detected a 2 percent increase in toxic particles in the air. M.T.A. officials disputed the report.

The man, Dan Sohail, admitted on Wednesday in Brooklyn federal court to pounding his car repeatedly into the building at the Chabad-Lubavitch Orthodox complex.

NEW YORK – A commander of an Iranian-backed militia has been charged with plotting to attack Jewish sites in the US, including a synagogue in New

Prosecutors say accusers who chose to drink or get high have a “very high burden” of proving they were physically helpless and unable to consent. There is a push to change the law.

A militia leader pleaded not guilty on Monday to what prosecutors say is his role in attacks that are part of Iran’s response to the war with Israel and the United States.

Harold and Elena Joyce had a mostly quiet life in their Williamsburg loft. Then a new neighbor showed up.

After a Justice Department official said her office was opening an investigation, Representative Dan Goldman said the department should focus on “other people in the Jewish community who are really scared.”

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One child and two adults had minor injuries after a school bus carrying Maryland School for the Blind students crashed into a building in Parkville on Tuesday afternoon, officials said.