A Brooklyn man is headed to prison for conspiring with others in a strongarm extortion scheme in New Jersey that involved hundreds of thousands of dollars.
A "rare, but extremely serious viral disease" has been detected in multiple counties in the Hudson Valley. Nearly one in three people die from the disease.
Two men from New Jersey have been charged in connection to seven gunpoint robberies of gas stations this past September and, if convicted, they could be sent to prison for life.
People in an Alabama city who use public restrooms intended for a gender other than what is listed on their birth certificate will be punished under an ordinance officials passed this week.
A Republican Alabama lawmaker said Tuesday that he is filing an impeachment resolution against GOP Gov. Robert Bentley in the wake of a scandal involving one of the governor's top aides, who has since resigned.