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CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) -- Disgraced former U.S. Rep. George Santos, who lied about his life story and defrauded donors, was sentenced Friday to over seven years in prison, sobbing as he heard his punishment.
CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) -- Disgraced former U.S. Rep. George Santos, who lied about his life story and defrauded donors, faces sentencing in federal court on Friday.
NEW YORK (AP) -- President Donald Trump's border czar joined New York City's mayor on Tuesday to tout new federal charges against 27 people accused of being Tren de Aragua gang members and associates.
NEW YORK (AP) -- George Santos is defending his recent social media tirade to a federal judge who will be sentencing the disgraced former New York congressman later this week on fraud charges.
NEW YORK (AP) -- George Santos is defending his recent social media tirade to a federal judge who will be sentencing the disgraced former New York congressman later this week on fraud charges.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Opponents of President Donald Trump's administration took to the streets of communities large and small across the U.S. on Saturday, decrying what they see as threats to the nation's democratic ideals.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Opponents of President Donald Trump's administration took to the streets of communities large and small across the U.S. on Saturday, decrying what they see as threats to the nation's democratic ideals.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Disgraced former U.S. Rep. George Santos "remains unrepentant" as he faces years in federal prison for fraud and identity theft, federal prosecutors say, citing a tirade of his social media posts in recent days.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Prosecutors are seeking more than seven years in prison for disgraced former congressman George Santos after he pleaded guilty to federal fraud and identity theft charges.
NEW YORK (AP) -- A New York City rapper who joined President Donald Trump during a campaign rally last year has pleaded guilty to attempted murder and conspiracy charges after prosecutors say he used earnings from his music career to fuel gang violence in Brooklyn.
NEW YORK (AP) -- When President Donald Trump canceled $400 million in funding to Columbia University over its handling of student protests against Israel's war in Gaza, much of the financial pain fell on researchers a train ride away from the school's campus, working on things like curing cancer and studying COVID-19's impact on children.
NEW YORK (AP) -- When President Donald Trump canceled $400 million in funding to Columbia University over its handling of student protests against Israel's war in Gaza, much of the financial pain fell on researchers a train ride away from the school's campus, working on things like curing cancer and studying COVID-19's impact on children.
NEW YORK (AP) -- The Trump administration has pushed back a Friday deadline for New York officials to end its new $9 congestion toll on most drivers entering Manhattan.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Former U.S. Rep. Nita Lowey, a long serving New York Democrat who was the first woman to chair the powerful House Appropriations Committee, has died. She was 87.
CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) -- A former campaign fundraiser for ex- U.S. Rep. George Santos was sentenced Friday to one year and one day in prison for impersonating a high-ranking congressional aide while raising campaign cash for the disgraced New York Republican.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Cartel leaders Rafael Caro Quintero and Vicente Carrillo Fuentes are set to be arraigned in a U.S. federal court in New York City on Friday, following their surprise transfer from Mexico.
NEW YORK (AP) -- President Donald Trump's administration has given New York until next month to comply with its order to halt Manhattan's new congestion pricing system, but state officials on Wednesday vowed to continue the tolling program, which is meant to thin traffic and pump new revenue into the nation's busiest transit system.
NEW YORK (AP) -- A former aide to two New York governors and her husband are facing additional charges in a case accusing her of acting as an agent of the Chinese government.
NEW YORK (AP) -- New York City Mayor Eric Adams was thrown a lifeline when the Trump administration moved to drop federal corruption charges against the embattled leader of America's largest city.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Democrats in suburban New York are suing a Republican county executive over his creation of an armed unit of volunteer residents, saying it amounts to an "illegal, taxpayer-funded civilian militia."
EAST MEADOW, N.Y. (AP) -- A New York county has agreed to redraw its voting map after a lawsuit claimed its political boundaries disenfranchised residents of color.
NEW YORK (AP) -- New York City's Democratic mayor, who faces federal bribery charges, is defending his private meeting with President-elect Donald Trump as the Republican prepares to retake the White House on Monday.
NEW YORK (AP) -- New York City has shuttered a sprawling tent complex that housed hundreds of migrant families on a remote former airport in Brooklyn, as it shrinks the emergency shelter system built up in response to a surge from the southern border that has been steadily receding in recent months.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Disgraced former congressman George Santos, facing a federal prison sentence, has won a few months' freedom to come up with more than half a million dollars in court fines -- including revenue from his new podcast.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Disgraced former congressman George Santos has asked a New York judge to delay his sentencing on federal fraud charges until the summer so he can pay off more than half a million dollars in fines by making more episodes of his recently launched podcast "Pants on Fire."
NEW YORK (AP) -- New York City politicians are calling on Whoopi Goldberg to apologize for suggesting on air that a local bakery had declined to make "The View" co-host a batch of desserts for her birthday because of her political beliefs.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Rudy Giuliani has relinquished dozens of watches and a Mercedes once owned by movie star Lauren Bacall to two former Georgia election workers who won a $148 million defamation judgment, according to his lawyer Friday.
NEW YORK (AP) -- A representative for Rudy Giuliani says the former New York City mayor is relinquishing his cherished watches ahead of a Friday deadline to turn over his assets to two former Georgia election workers who won a $148 million defamation judgment against him.
NEW YORK (AP) -- A former New York City official who helped coordinate the city's response to the pandemic was fired from his private-sector job after a recording showed him talking about attending a sex party and other private gatherings when the city was urging people to practice social distancing.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Law enforcement officials on Long Island worked quickly on Wednesday to publicly knock down social media posts falsely reporting that explosives had been found in a car near former President Donald Trump's planned rally in New York.
CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) -- Former U.S. Rep. George Santos pleaded guilty Monday to committing wire fraud and aggravated identity theft in connection with the federal fraud case that led to his expulsion from Congress.
CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) -- Former U.S. Rep. George Santos arrived Monday afternoon at a New York courthouse, and a person familiar with the matter has said the Republican is expected to plead guilty to multiple counts in his federal fraud case.
Former U.S. Rep. George Santos is due in court Monday afternoon, where a person familiar with the matter has said the New York Republican is expected to plead guilty to multiple counts in his federal fraud case.
CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) -- Former U.S. Rep. George Santos' fraud trial in September will have an anonymous jury, but prospective jurors won't have to fill out a written questionnaire gauging their opinions of him, a federal judge decided Tuesday.
CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) -- Former U.S. Rep. George Santos wants potential jurors in his September fraud trial to be questioned about their opinions of him.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Former U.S. Rep. George Santos is requesting a partially anonymous jury while federal prosecutors are pushing to admit as evidence some of his past campaign lies as the disgraced New York Republican's September fraud trial nears.
NEW YORK (AP) -- The second phase of the civil trial against the National Rifle Association and its top executives began Monday in Manhattan, with New York Attorney General Letitia James seeking an independent monitor to oversee the powerful gun rights group.
NEW YORK (AP) -- The second phase of the civil trial against the National Rifle Association and its top executives is set to begin Monday in Manhattan, with New York Attorney General Letitia James seeking an independent monitor to oversee the powerful gun rights group.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Federal prosecutors are asking a judge to reject former U.S. Rep. George Santos ' bid to have some of the fraud charges against him dropped as his trial approaches.