The Federal Aviation Administration is rolling back some of its restrictions on commercial flights at 40 major U.S. airports that have been in place since Nov. 7.

New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani is in Puerto Rico this weekend for an annual summit that brings New York’s politicians and lobbyists to sunny San Juan for strategy meetings, workshops and boozy confabs.

Plans to build the Big Apple’s first full-service casino in the heart of the city have run out of luck.

Eight projects are vying for a state license to operate a casino in the lucrative New York City market.

New York fire officials say three people died early Easter Sunday morning in a fire that tore through a crowded Queens home with no evidence of a working smoke detector.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has made the case for Manhattan’s congestion tolling during an Oval Office meeting with President Donald Trump.

Police say a shooting outside a New York City nightclub wounded 10 people.

Some banks and banking trade groups are suing the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau over a finalized rule that limits overdraft fees banks can charge.

Law enforcement officials say they have broken up a shoplifting ring that stole nearly $2 million in merchandise from well-known stores and resold the items in New York City as well as in the Dominican Republic.

A tiny South American deer that will weigh just 15 to 20 pounds when fully grown is making its debut at the Queens Zoo in New York City.

As areas across the U.S. continue to experience extreme heat, employers have taken steps to protect workers from high temperatures.

No need to say "Please, Please, Please" for a Sabrina Carpenter tour. The singer is making a couple stops in Florida this fall.

New York City police say a man set a cup of liquid on fire on the subway and threw it at a fellow rider.

Heat pumps that fit in an apartment window could make a big impact in reducing greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to climate change.

Former U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi will return to Congress to replace scandal-plagued Republican George Santos.

Federally funded community health centers serve 1 in 11 Americans.

A cargo plane headed from New York to Belgium had to return after a horse escaped its stall and got loose in the hold.

A man accused of killing an 86-year-old and injuring three other people in a series of apparently random shootings while riding a scooter in New York City has been arraigned on charges including murder and attempted murder.

New York City police say a Brooklyn man accused of killing an 86-year-old and injuring three other men in a series of shootings while riding a scooter in New York City is charged with murder and attempted murder.

New York City police say a man on a scooter fired a handgun in a string of random shootings that killed an 87-year-old and wounded three others.

Hold onto your mics, Orlando, because “Unholy” singer Kim Petras is bringing her tour to the City Beautiful.

Banks are paying up for savers’ deposits in a much bigger way than they have in a long time.

Walgreens extended its push into more comprehensive health care with its VillageMD unit acquiring another urgent and primary care chain, Summit Health-CityMD, in a deal worth close to $9 billion.

New York Attorney General Letitia James says the state will receive up to $524 million from drugmaker Teva to settle claims that the company contributed to the U.S. opioid epidemic.

Since the death of Queen Elizabeth II, a handful of people in Britain have been detained by police for expressing anti-monarchy views.

The New York Film Festival will celebrate its 60th anniversary with a robust 32-film main slate and a number of hometown tales, including James Gray’s Queens coming-of-age drama “Armageddon Time” and Laura Poitras’ documentary “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed,” about artist Nan Goldin’s battle against the Sackler family.

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.

Airlines are canceling more than 1,500 flights across the U.S. in one of the worst days yet in the summer travel season.

Prosecutors say a man charged in the slaying of Jam Master Jay once filmed a brazen rap video in front of a street mural commemorating the beloved Run-DMC member.

About 9,000 New York City municipal workers were put on unpaid leave for refusing to comply with a COVID-19 vaccine mandate that took effect Monday and thousands of city firefighters have called out sick in an apparent protest over the requirement.

New York City officials warned people to stay inside Wednesday as the remnants of Ida moved through with heavy rain.

A federal appeals court says a pause on evictions designed to curb the spread of the coronavirus can remain in place for now.

It’s great that summer is here, but that means another major season has arrived, too: Hurricane season.

After a year lost to the coronavirus, New York City’s most well-known Fourth of July traditions were back.

This week's blunder by the New York City Board of Elections is only the latest in a long history of mistakes by the government agency.

The Democratic primary race for New York City mayor is nearing the finish line with a surge in shootings pushing public safety to the top of some voters' concerns.

Brian Walter says he took all precautions to protect his parents from the coronavirus.

The pandemic is making an increasing number of unauthorized immigrants fall through the cracks, some advocates and nonprofits say.

One year ago, no treatments had proved safe and effective for COVID-19, but that's not the case today.

Polk County Jail inmates will soon have the chance to get vaccinated against COVID-19, according to a news release.

(AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)DeLAND, Fla. – Family Health Source is now offering COVID-19 vaccines, making it the latest Central Florida site to do so. The Moderna vaccine will be offered for free, regardless of whether the recipient has insurance, at 1205 S. Woodland Boulevard, Suite 5 in DeLand. AdAnyone 40 and older is eligible along with child care workers, health care workers, long-term care facility staff and residents, first responders and those who have been deemed medically vulnerable. Family Health Source said it will continue to provide vaccinations as long as supply is available and demand exists. Those who plan to get inoculated at Family Health Source should bring an ID, insurance information, the last four digits of their Social Security number and emergency contact information.

FILE - This Thursday, March 18, 2021 file photo shows syringes filled with the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at a pop up site in the Queens borough of New York. According to results released on Monday, March 29, 2021, The U.S governments first look at the real-world use of COVID-19 vaccines found their effectiveness was nearly as robust as it was in controlled studies. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)NEW YORK – The U.S. government’s first look at the real-world use of COVID-19 vaccines found their effectiveness was nearly as robust as it was in controlled studies. “We have a vaccine that’s working very well.”The study is the government’s first assessment of how the shots have been working beyond the drugmakers' initial experiments. She added that over 93 million Americans have received at least one vaccine dose and over 51 million people have been fully vaccinated.

By day's end, Cuomo acquiesced to demands that Attorney General Letitia James control the inquiry. Calls for an investigation mounted after a second former employee of Cuomo's administration went public Saturday with harassment claims. AdHer accusation came days after another former aide, Lindsey Boylan, a former economic development adviser, elaborated on harassment allegations she first made in December. New York’s two U.S. senators, Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, both said an independent investigation was essential. AdJames fueled some of that criticism by issuing a report saying the Cuomo administration had undercounted deaths.

Cuomo subjected her to an unwanted kiss during years of sexual harassment have spurred calls for an investigation and questions about who might meaningfully conduct one. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, Pool, File)NEW YORK – A second former aide said she was sexually harassed by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who responded with a statement Saturday saying he never made advances toward her and never intended to be inappropriate. “I understood that the governor wanted to sleep with me, and felt horribly uncomfortable and scared,” Bennett told the Times. Bennett told the newspaper she decided not to push for any further action by the administration.

Researchers have flagged another mutated version of the coronavirus spreading in New York but experts say its too soon to know if the variant will be problematic. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, Pool)NEW YORK – Another mutated version of the coronavirus has popped up in New York City, and experts reacted to the the news with a mixture of caution and concern. Two research groups — at Caltech and Columbia University in New York — released papers this week describing their findings about the new variant. Both groups noted that the new variant has a mutation that could potentially weaken the effectiveness of vaccines — a mutation seen in other worrisome variants. New variants have been showing up throughout the pandemic, but three are considered the most worrisome — they've been designated “variants of concern."

NEW YORK – Residents of a Queens neighborhood are dealing with a squirrely threat. Denizens of the New York City borough's Rego Park neighborhood say an aggressive squirrel has jumped on them and bitten them in the past several weeks, WCBS-TV reported Wednesday. “We’re wrestling in the snow and there’s blood everywhere and my fingers getting chewed and it won’t let go,” Frederick said. Two other neighbors told WCBS the squirrel had jumped on them, seemingly unprovoked. The reason for the squirrel — or squirrels’ — aggressive behavior is not clear.

An N train moves through the Long Island City neighborhood Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2020, in the Queens borough of New York. – The railroad industry has installed an automatic braking system on nearly 58,000 miles of track where it is required ahead of a yearend deadline, federal regulators said Tuesday. Federal Railroad Administration chief Ronald Batory said railroads worked together over the past 12 years to develop and install the long-awaited technology known as positive train control, or PTC. That agency had recommended positive train control for years before Congress mandated it after that crash. Then Congress extended the original 2015 deadline twice and gave railroads until the end of this year to complete the system.

The city had recorded 447 killings as of Tuesday, a 41% increase over last year and the largest number since 2011. Still, 2020 marked the third consecutive year of rising homicides after New York City recorded a modern-era low of 292 killings in 2017. “We're definitely coming out of that dark period,” Police Commissioner Dermot Shea said at police headquarters Tuesday. Still, New York remains far safer than in the early 1990s, when there were more than 2,000 killings per year. The nation’s largest city, with about 8.3 million residents, New York City has a homicide rate of about 5.2 per 100,000.

A woman waits for a Long Island Rail Road train in the Queens borough of New York as snow falls at the start of an oncoming snow storm, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)NEW YORK – Snow continued to fall Thursday during a key period in the coronavirus pandemic, days after the start of the U.S. vaccination campaign and in the thick of a virus surge that has throngs of people seeking tests daily. Snow fell from northern Virginia to parts of New England on Wednesday. But we are on it and following it,” he told Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends.”The need for vaccines prompted New Jersey Gov. The National Weather Service reported that parts of Centre County were hit with as much as 13 inches (33 centimeters) of snow by Wednesday night.

With some Americans now paying the price for what they did over Thanksgiving, health officials are warning people begging them, even not to make the same mistake during the Christmas and New Year's season. Zana Cooper, a 60-year-old cancer survivor in Murrieta, California, tested positive for COVID-19 after attending a Thanksgiving dinner with her son’s girlfriend’s family. Cooper learned the following Sunday that he tested positive. Her family started developing symptoms, and seven members tested positive, said Dr. Thomas Farley, Philadelphia's health commissioner. Harry and Ashley Neidig, of Shepherdstown, West Virginia, tested positive for COVID-19 last week.

Cordova-Rojas was assisted by a couple with a car who agreed to drive the swan and Cordova-Rojas to a nearby subway station. She ended up rescuing a swan with lead poisoning, taking it to a wildlife clinic by foot, car and subway with the help of both friends and strangers. Then a couple with a car agreed to drive the swan and Cordova-Rojas to a nearby subway station. (The couple persuaded yet another friend with a car to help get Cardova-Rojas, her bike and the swan to a subway station.) It could take three weeks or up to two months before Bae returns to the refuge, Cordova-Rojas said.

(AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)NEW YORK – Monday’s return to New York City schools wasn't the one anyone planned for. Mayor Bill de Blasio greeted pre-K students at a school in Queens and praised the “air of energy and spirit” among teachers and pupils. High school students return Oct. 1. The majority of the more than 1 million public school students will be in the classroom one to three days a week and learning remotely the rest of the time. Still, New York City has seen a slight tick up in hospitalizations and infections this month.

A pedestrian passes a mural of rap pioneer Jam Master Jay of Run-DMC by artist Art1Airbrush, Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020, in the Queens borough of New York. Charges against two individuals in the hip hop artist's almost 18-year-old murder case were announced the previous day. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Pedestrians wearing protective masks wait in line for food donations during the COVID-19 pandemic, Tuesday, June 23, 2020, in the Corona neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)NEW YORK Damiana Reyes is back at work at a busy Manhattan hair salon, making highlights, blowouts and extensions. The pandemic has changed Reyes' life and those of many in Corona, a Latino neighborhood in Queens that was among the hardest hit places in the world. The calls we have gotten over the last month, requesting food, come from Corona," he said. But it's no coincidence that the virus picked Corona and other neighborhoods like it in the city to reap victims.