Manhattan transformer fire knocks out power to thousands in Midtown, Upper West Side
Power was slowly being restored to thousands of customers in New York City Saturday evening after an outage that knocked out traffic lights, stalled elevators and limited subway service.
Alyssa Milano tweets images comparing Mike Pence to Holocaust architect Heinrich Himmler
Actress Alyssa Milano continued to attack the Trump administration Saturday when she suggested that Vice President Mike Pence's Friday visit to a migrant detention center in Texas was similar to Nazi leader Heinrich Himmler visiting a Soviet POW camp.
House Progressive Caucus leader: Pelosi comments about AOC, others weren't helpful
Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., the co-chair of the House Progressive Caucus, suggested Friday that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., hurt the progressive cause when she downplayed the influence of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and other freshman lawmakers.
Widespread power outages reported in New York City
A large-scale power outage in parts of New York was reported Saturday evening, coincidently on the 42nd anniversary of t a blackout that affected most of the city for two days during a hot summer.
Volunteers rush to transport shelter animals threatened by Barry out of storm's path
A multistate rescue effort helped secure and transport more than 120 cats and dogs to safety on Friday, removing them from shelters in Louisiana in anticipation of Tropical Storm Barry.
Patriots owner Robert Kraft pledges $100G to families of bikers killed in NH crash
New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft pledged Saturday to donate $100,000 to the families of seven motorcyclists killed in a New Hampshire crash last month.