Andrew Cuomo

Donald Trump promised to keep Preet Bharara, the US attorney in New York known for going after shady Democrats and Republicans alike. This weekend, the president changed his mind.

The only question is what kind of impact former State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's fall will have on the way things get done in New York.

Richard Matt, the one with the freakishly enormous dick, may have died while drunk on "grape liquor." His accomplice, David Sweat, was taken into custody after being shot on Sunday.

Activists from rural Pennsylvania to Washington, DC are monitoring drilling activity, organising communities and getting themselves arrested.

New Yorkers will begin 2015 with their governor under a cloud of investigation, the most powerful member of the state legislature being probed for his extra cash and a congressman resigning for tax evasion.

Why are we always in the grips of some panic?

News that a doctor tested positive for the deadly disease spread like wildfire on social media, but nothing's going viral in the city.

A noble cause hijacked by a shady politician obsessed with his image.

The electoral college is a centuries-old goof that refuses to die.