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The highly infectious viral disease can lead to permanent paralysis of the arms and legs and even death in some cases. Health officials are urging people to get vaccinated if they haven't been.

Although the horse is now on the mend, the Wednesday incident reignited calls for the city to ban horse-drawn carriages in New York City.

New York City was not initially a destination when the Texas governor began busing...

Last month, the New York Health Department reported the nation's first case of polio in almost a decade, in Rockland County, north of New York City.

Health officials say it is possible that hundreds of people in New York state have gotten polio and don’t know it.

Polio has been detected in New York City, suggesting local circulation of the virus, health officials said on Friday. New York State Health Commissioner Dr. Mary Bassett called the findings alarming. Bassett said local and federal health officials are aggressively assessing how far polio has spread in the city and in New York state. Polio can result in permanent paralysis of the arms and legs and death in some cases. Health officials are calling on people who are not vaccinated to get their shots immediately.

A tweet from New York City's parks agency had everyone curious about the meaning and origin of "splooting." The good news? Squirrels that "sploot" are doing just fine.

New York City was not initially a destination when the Texas governor began busing asylum-seekers east. That changed after NYC Mayor Eric Adams launched his war of words against Abbott, who’s now sending hundreds to the Big Apple.

Former President Donald Trump could himself unilaterally release the search warrant and receipt of goods taken by the FBI. But it might not help him.

Xochitl Gonzalez talks about “old Brooklyn,” crime in New York City, and the gentrification of pizza.

For years, the GOP has portrayed itself as the "law and order" party. But it's singing a very different tune following the FBI raid at Trump's home.

A sign outside of a hospital advertises COVID-19 testing on November 19, 2021 in New York City. People who are not up to date on their vaccines no longer need to quarantine if they have been exposed to Covid-19, according to the new CDC guidance. But people with weakened immune systems and those who were hospitalized should also consult a physician before ending isolation. The U.S. is currently reporting more than more than 107,000 new cases a day on average, according to the CDC. About 6,000 people with Covid are admitted to the hospital a day on average, according to the CDC data.

The settlement covers about 13,000 employees who worked at the chain's New York City outlets between 2017 and this year.

The Texas governor has bused thousands of migrants to New York City and Washington, D.C., since April.

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The New York City mayor accused Texas Gov. Greg Abbott of fabricating a crisis after a second busload of migrants arrived in New York City on Sunday.

If inflation has been the biggest threat to U.S. economic growth, then July's data should provide signs that there's at least some relief in the pipeline.

The settlement — the largest of its kind — means cash payments for 13,000 current and former workers tied to alleged scheduling and sick leave violations.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Tuesday said he is considering sending a busload of New Yorkers to Texas in order to help campaign against Texas Gov. Greg Abbott.

The court's decision reopened a lawsuit that invalidates a protected area in Brazil's Amazon.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk sold 7.92 million shares of Tesla worth around $6.88 billion, according to a series of financial filings published Tuesday night.

The world’s financial centers are in danger of becoming passe, as workers opt for a better life post-pandemic.

The Texas governor has been busing thousands of migrants to East Coast cities since April and has added New York City as the latest destination.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) is shipping immigrants to blue cities — but the surge in new arrivals those places precedes his efforts.

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New York City Mayor Eric Adams is blasting Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, saying he has used thousands of innocent people as "political pawns."

Abbott announced on Friday that Texas would officially begin sending migrants to Democrat-led New York City.

Palantir reported second-quarter results before the bell Monday that showed a greater loss per share than anticipated but beat analyst's revenue expectations.

It is just a small portion of asylum seekers that have been transported from border towns since April, when Abbott began putting migrants on buses to Democrat-run cities.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams lashed out at Texas Gov. Greg Abbott after a second bus full of illegal migrants arrived in the Big Apple, calling the Republican's move "horrific."

In an expansion of the governor’s plan to bus migrants from the Texas border to East Coast cities, 64 asylum-seekers arrived in New York City over the weekend.

A French artist placed the bright red Vladimir Putin sculpture to protest Russia's war in Ukraine. Kids covered it in sand and aimed water guns at it.

Greg Abbott made the announcement Friday in the state’s latest confrontation with an East Coast city that is steeped in politics.

"Involuntary part-time workers," those in part-time positions for economic reasons, increased by a seasonally-adjusted 303,000 in July.

Thunderstorms on the East Coast are causing travel headaches for tens of thousands of airline passengers.

The health department said it is still investigating the virus' origin, after finding eight of the positive wastewater samples are genetically linked.

New York's top health official warned the polio case in an unvaccinated adult and the detection of the virus sewage could indicate there's a larger outbreak.

Greg Abbott announced Friday that Texas is now busing migrants from the Mexican border to New York City, the state’s latest confrontation with an East Coast city over the influx at the border. Abbott’s office said the first bus to New York City would arrive Friday morning at the Port Authority Bus Terminal. It comes months after Texas began offering migrants bus rides to Washington, D.C., where the mayor, Muriel Bowser, has said the city is now being overwhelmed. The New York City mayor, Eric Adams, has also expressed alarm, leading Abbott to invite Bowser and Adams to tour the border Monday. “In addition to Washington, D.C., New York City is the ideal destination for these migrants, who can receive the abundance of city services and housing that Mayor Eric Adams has boasted about within the sanctuary city,” Abbott said in a news release.

The retailer had made an aggressive push into exclusive brands and touted them as a linchpin of its turnaround strategy.

Abbott made the announcement Friday in the state’s latest confrontation with an East Coast city that is steeped in politics.

A majority of people infected with polio have no symptoms, but can still shed the virus and give it to others for days or weeks.

Daria Sokol told Insider that her first impressions of New York were comparable to "a horror movie." But she now loves the city and the US.

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The Biden Administration has declared monkeypox a national public health emergency. There are now more than 6,600 cases confirmed in the U.S.

"This sculpture aims at denouncing the absurdity of war and at highlighting children's courage when faced with violent, catastrophic situations triggered by others," artist James Colomina said.

New York state health officials have issued a more urgent call for unvaccinated children and adults to get inoculated against polio, citing new evidence of possible “community spread” of the virus.

The findings come after an unvaccinated adult in Rockland County contracted polio, suffered paralysis and had to be hospitalized last month.

Wall Street is grappling with a sharp decline in deals as IPOs slowed to a crawl, the pace of acquisitions fell and stocks had their worst half since 1970.

Each year, thousands of bikes are thrown into waterways. Author Jody Rosen explains the history, and possible motivations for this strange phenomenon.

The CEO said the brokerage firm may look to make its own acquisition in a down market.

Supply chain and logistics challenges mean demand for Lucid's EVs far outpaces its output.

The driver in a hit-and-run crash that killed the father of rapper Nicki Minaj last year has been sentenced to a year in jail, in keeping with a promise the judge made when the man pleaded guilty in May.

A Filipino American mixed martial artist reportedly stopped an attacker after witnessing him hit another man in an unprovoked attack in New York City. Ro Malabanan, a black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, was heading to work when saw a homeless man, later identified as 28-year-old Samuel Frazier, sucker-punch a construction worker in SoHo on July 27, according to reports. Witnesses informed Malabanan that Frazier had also attacked other men before the construction worker, prompting the mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter to chase after the man.

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres speaks during the 2022 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons at the United Nations in New York City on August 1, 2022. WASHINGTON — United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged governments on Wednesday to tax excessive oil and gas profits as the world grapples with an energy crisis triggered in part, by Rusisa's war in Ukraine. "It is immoral for oil and gas companies to be making record profits from this energy crisis on the backs of the poorest people and communities," Guterres said in a speech before the international forum. "This grotesque greed is punishing the poorest and most vulnerable people while destroying our only home," Guterres said, calling for governments to also address the mounting climate crisis. "We are already seeing the warning signs of a wave of economic, social and political upheaval that would leave no country untouched," he added.

Other companies, including Walgreens, Walmart and Amazon, are opening or investing in doctor offices.

A woman walks past a Taco Bell Cantina on July 30, 2020 in New York City. Yum Brands on Wednesday reported mixed quarterly results, but said Taco Bell had stronger sales. Shares of the company rose nearly 2% in premarket trading. Excluding items, the restaurant company earned $1.05 per share. Net sales rose 2% to $1.64 billion.

The health-care company said it now expects adjusted earnings per share for the full year to come in between $8.40 and $8.60.

The polio virus has been detected in wastewater samples from the suburban county near New York City where an unvaccinated adult recently contracted the disease.

Jake Paul’s boxing match at Madison Square Garden next week has been canceled after his promotional team said opponent Hasim Rahman Jr. did not intend to honor the contracted weight limit.

Officials in New York City have declared a public health emergency due to the monkeypox outbreak.

Shark sightings have become more common along Long Island’s shores this summer.

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Passenger rail service is returning to Vermont's largest city after an absence of almost 70 years as part of a renewal in interest in passenger rail service nationwide.

Health regulators say nearly 800,000 doses of monkeypox vaccine will soon be available for U.S. distribution.

The bacon, egg and cheese sandwich is a staple in many a New Yorker's diet.

The Jackie Robinson Museum has opened in Manhattan with a gala ceremony attended by the 100-year-old widow of the barrier-breaking ballplayer and two of his children.

In one of the most significant attacks by law enforcement on insider trading in a decade, nine people have been charged in four separate and unrelated insider trading schemes They include a former U.S. congressman from Indiana, technology company executives, an investment banker, and a man training to be an FBI agent.

A co-defendant of the so-called Central Park Five has had his conviction on a related charge overturned.

A judge in New York has ordered Rudy Giuliani to appear next month before a special grand jury in Atlanta that’s looking into whether former President Donald Trump and others illegally tried to interfere in the 2020 election in Georgia.

New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is among the most famous politicians in America, perhaps the most famous member of the U.S. House of Representatives, and it shows even in the most run-of-the-mill parts of the job.

The New York City medical examiner’s office says Ivana Trump died in an accident from blunt impact injuries to her torso.

A man who was exonerated last year in the 1965 assassination of Malcolm X has filed a $40 million lawsuit against New York City for the two decades he spent in prison for a notorious crime he did not commit.

U.S. officials say thousands more doses of the monkeypox vaccine could soon begin shipping from Denmark.

Hundreds of couples whose weddings were derailed or scaled back due to the COVID-19 pandemic got a do-over thanks to a New York City landmark.

The actor who played mobster Paulie Walnuts on “The Sopranos” and other tough-guy roles in movies has died.

Before looking ahead to next year and America’s 247th birthday in 2023, here are some photos of fireworks displays in New York City, Washington, D.C., Las Vegas and Los Angeles on Monday night.

A 35-year-old New York man is facing trespassing and stalking charges after authorities said he entered two New York City residences linked to the famed singer-songwriter Taylor Swift.

The U.S. Justice Department has launched a sweeping inquiry into the New York Police Department unit that investigates sex crimes following years of complaints about the way it treats crime victims.

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New York’s recreational marijuana market is beginning to sprout, literally.

A rare Republican who supports abortion rights found success in Colorado in the first primary elections held since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.

A heckler who clapped former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani on the back at a campaign event has been arrested on an assault charge.

Pride parades kicked off in some of America’s biggest cities Sunday amid new fears about the potential erosion of freedoms won through decades of activism.

When the U.S. Supreme Court struck down New York’s tight restrictions on who can carry a handgun, condemnation erupted from liberal leaders and activists.

LGBTQ Pride commemorations that sometimes felt like victory parties for civil rights gains are now grappling with an environment of ramped-up legislative and rhetorical battles over sexual orientation and gender identity.

The American Medical Association has called Thursday's Supreme Court ruling a “harmful and deeply disturbing decision.

James Rado, co-creator of the groundbreaking hippie musical “Hair,” which celebrated protest, pot and free love and paved the way for the sound of rock on Broadway, has died.

A United Nations summit on biodiversity will be held in Canada instead of China, the second major international event to be moved from China because of its strict anti-coronavirus policies.

Three people have been critically injured after a taxi cab turning onto a narrow section of Broadway hit a bicyclist, swerved onto a Manhattan sidewalk and into a group of pedestrians.

A new law barring sales of bullet-resistant vests to most civilians in New York doesn't cover the type of armor worn by the gunman who killed 10 people at a Buffalo supermarket.

Rhetoric against LGBTQ people is now targeting drag storytimes with interruptions and other protests around the country during Pride Month.

It’s the end of the line for many of the old subway cars that remain in New York City rail yards.

Rudy Giuliani was one of Donald Trump’s primary lawyers during Trump's failed efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.

Have you ever had dreams of starring in a Broadway show and singing your heart out to hundreds of people in a packed New York theater?

A federal labor board has denied Amazon's request to bar the public from a hearing on the company’s bid to overturn a historic union win at one of its Staten Island, New York, warehouses.

A judge says a sex-assault civil lawsuit against actor Kevin Spacey can proceed in New York City.

At a time when rising gasoline and food prices are already straining Americans’ budgets, many apartment tenants are grappling with soaring rents.

New York’s legislature passed legislation Thursday banning anyone under age 21 from buying or possessing a semi-automatic rifle.

Experts say installing technology to scan large numbers of people quickly for weapons in the New York City subway would be challenging.

Jon Batiste will kick off a series geared toward the Grammy Museum's public and educational programs in New York City next month.