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New York state’s attorney general sued to dissolve the National Rifle Association on Thursday, alleging senior leaders of the non-profit group diverted millions of dollars for personal use and to buy the silence and loyalty of former employees. The lawsuit announced by Attorney General Letitia James alleges NRA leaders paid …

At least two people were arrested after vandalizing a Black Lives Matter mural near Trump Tower in New York City, prompting a heavy police response and a face-off with activists in the mural’s second defacing in a matter of days. A group of some 10 people gathered around the art …

Several New York City police officers were attacked and injured Wednesday as pro-police and anti-police protesters clashed on the Brooklyn Bridge, police said. The confrontation happened hours before Mayor Bill de Blasio signed into law a series of police accountability measures inspired by the killings of George Floyd, Eric Garner, …

While US President Donald Trump obsesses about his reelection hopes in his White House bubble, state and local leaders are frantically reversing state reopenings that he demanded, which turned America into the world’s biggest coronavirus hotspot. As emergency rooms filled and the virus quickened its relentless march across southern and …

The president has gone to great lengths to shield his tax returns and other financial records from public scrutiny. The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that President Trump cannot block the release of his financial records to prosecutors in New York, a major defeat for Mr. Trump, but a decision that …

Can Donald Trump refuse to hand over his financial records to Congress and New York prosecutors simply because he is president of the United States? The Supreme Court will rule Thursday on two related cases to answer this, with potentially widespread political implications. The decision by the nine justices could …

As Florida continues to battle one of the worst surges of coronavirus cases in the US, official numbers released on Tuesday show that the state’s hospitals are struggling to cope with the influx of Covid-19 patients. The data, which comes from the state health authority, show that more than four …

A video of car rams past a BLM barrier in Seattle Two separate incidents on Monday saw cars deliberately driven into crowds of Black Lives Matter protesters – just as it was announced that the victim of a similar attack in Seattle has died. On Long Island in New York …

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Sunday said President Donald Trump and his administration are “basically in denial” about the coronavirus pandemic and aren’t doing enough to combat it. Confirmed cases of the virus in the U.S. are rising, and the death toll has topped 125,000, leading some states, like …

With infection numbers rising in more than 30 states, the US set a daily record for new coronavirus cases. And federal health officials warned that the number of people who’ve been infected is vastly undercounted. Almost 40,000 coronavirus cases were reported Thursday, surpassing a previous one-day high on April 24, …

Nine people were shot at a Saturday night “celebration” in central New York, authorities said. Of the nine victims, one was a 17-year-old boy in critical condition with a gunshot wound to the head and eight others — ranging in age from 18 to 53 — were expected to survive, …

The New York Police Department is investigating whether three of its officers were poisoned after drinking milkshakes on Monday night at a Shake Shack restaurant in Manhattan. The officers complained of “not feeling well” before being hospitalized and later released, the NYPD said in a statement, and Shake Shack said …

The US surpassed 2 million confirmed coronavirus cases Wednesday night as new hotspots emerge and hospitalizations go up in some states. More than 112,000 people have died from Covid-19 nationwide, according to Johns Hopkins University. The spike in numbers highlights how complicated it is to stop the spread of the …

After 78 days of coronavirus stay-at-home orders and a death toll larger than all but six countries, New York City begins to reopen Monday. Now, New York and cities across the country must reckon with a combination of coronavirus, vast unemployment and systemic racism — a toxic trifecta that most …

Thousands of protesters flooded the main streets, squares, and bridges in a nationwide protest over the death of George Floyd, leading some to question whether the second wave of Covid-19 is imminent. Chicago, Washington, DC, and New York all saw large groups gather to march and demonstrate, all of which …

Shocking footage has emerged of police in upstate New York shoving a white-haired man to the ground and appearing to march past him as he lay bleeding on the ground. The video – shot by a journalist from public radio station WBFO in Buffalo and posted online – comes as …

Related video: George Floyd protesters met with violence from police across US Cities large and small across the US have participated in protests, vigils, and demonstrations following the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, among many recent African Americans whose deaths have galvanized a mass movement against police brutality …

Two NYPD officers were shot and a third was stabbed during a violent altercation in Brooklyn late Wednesday night amid rage against police across the US. It’s not clear whether this case is directly related to the protests. The confrontation with a suspect began after the city’s curfew when he …

Police arrest rioters vandalizing and looting Manhattan stores

New York City mayor Bill de Blasio has told reporters that he is proud of his daughter, Chiara de Blasio, for getting arrested at a George Floyd protest over the weekend. Ms de Blasio was arrested on Saturday, at a protest at East 12th Street in Manhattan, for “unlawful assembly,” …