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NYPD cops no longer welcome in upstate county due to lower standards: 'Should be embarrassed'
State law bars NYPD cops from transferring to police jobs elsewhere in the Empire State due to the department's recently reduced admission standards.
Heart-stopping video shows moment cop screams, 'Don't shoot me' after suspect stole her gun — before her partner opens fire
"You're saved in Jesus' name forever," a shirtless McClintock rants over and over as he is shown ripping the handgun out of the screaming officer's hands
A California man bought a house in rural Italy for 1 specific reason: 'I didn’t want to be anywhere near a McDonald’s or Starbucks'
Keith Richardson, a retired educator from California, is living la dolce vita in a rural corner of Italy -- and now he's lovin' it.
Mental patient who thought he was 'King and Queen of Ireland' recaptured after violent escape from New York psych ward
A dangerous mental patient fled from an Orange County hospital on his birthday — only to have a short celebration when police caught him the next day about 20 miles...
Mental patient escapes from New York hospital, cops warn locals 'do not approach him'
A mental patient who is a danger to others is on the run after he made a dash for freedom from an?Orange County hospital Thursday afternoon, officials said.?
These places led the US ultra-luxury market last year, real estate company reveals
Manhattan, Greater Los Angeles and Miami-Dade were among the top-ranked ultra-luxury markets last year.
NY county sick of being 'MTA's ATM' with little service in return — and wants out of transit agency: pols
Orange County has had enough of being used as an ATM for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and now officials want to drop the flailing transit agency.
Busted thieves baffled by 'new laws' in California that make shoplifting a felony, police video shows
Accused California thieves were stunned to find themselves cuffed and shoved into a cop car thanks to "new laws" that make shoplifting a felony, hilarious police video shows.
Prehistoric mastodon jaw found in backyard by NY homeowner who spotted teeth sticking up from soil
An intact prehistoric mastodon jaw was discovered in the backyard of a Hudson Valley house after the homeowner initially saw a pair of teeth poking up by a plant, according...
New York youth football league bans 5 players over parents' alleged misconduct over coaching, bullying: report
The league's 11 remaining board members voted out the parents in November after a series of arguments that resulted in code of conduct violations.
NYC-area residents slammed with more smoke from wildfire when flames breach containment line overnight
The smoke was wafting down from the stubborn Jennings Creek blaze, which so far has consumed more than 5,000 acres of forest straddling the two states.
Why firefighters are struggling to bring the Jennings Creek Fire in NY and NJ under control
Firefighters are still battling a mammoth wildfire that's torched thousands of acres along the heavily-forested border between New York and New Jersey — but the stubborn blaze refuses to go...
Ranger dies in brush fire as dangerous wildfires cause bad air quality in NY tri-state region
Firefighters responded to a 2,000-acre forest fire near the Greenwood Lake Turnpike along state lines in Orange County when a tree fell on the ranger, killing him.
Democrat projected to win in hard-fought NY-18 congressional race in suburban New York
The 19th congressional district covering Orange, Dutchess and Ulster counties was one of the most competitive races in the 2024 election.
Ex-NY judge who killed himself after FBI shootout linked to bribery scandal through damning checks, texts
Retired Orange County Judge Stewart Rosenwasser was caught in a federal bribery scandal thanks to a careless paper trail of checks and money orders and damning text messages, prosecutors said.
How to have a lowbrow ball in ritzy coastal California
From San Diego to Sonoma County, here's our guide to the edgier side of the Golden State's chicest cities.
Alleged arsonist, 26, set NY state trooper's childhood home on fire over traffic tickets
Williams had searched online for personal information about the trooper who gave him traffic tickets, including his address, before the house fire, according to the DA.
FBI returns to NY horse farms connected to Gambino crime family investigations
FBI agents were back at two upstate New York horse farms after searching the same properties last year for bodies in connection to federal investigations into the Gambino crime family.
New York store sells its 8th million-dollar winning lotto ticket: 'This place is on fire'
Smoke 4 Less in Newburgh, New York sold two million-dollar winning lotto tickets this week -- marking the seventh and eighth the shop has sold in just the last year...
'The O.C.' stars Mischa Barton and Ben McKenzie secretly dated: 'I went into that a virgin'
The teen soap drama aired from 2003 until 2007, with Barton's character Marissa Cooper and McKenzie's Ryan Atwood embarking on a multi-season relationship.