A Brooklyn elementary school aide and former New York City police officer charged in the killing of 28-year-old runner Katie Suarez has been suspended, as a New York state lawmaker demanded answers Sunday about the city’s Department of Education hiring practices. Sayed Mohassib, 27, is accused of murder in the Oct. 30 stabbing of Suarez, who was training for the New York City Marathon. Chan questioned how Mohassib was hired to work around...

A Brooklyn elementary school aide and former New York City police officer charged in the killing of 28-year-old runner Katie Suarez has been suspended, as a New York state lawmaker demanded answers Sunday about the city’s Department of Education hiring practices. Sayed Mohassib, 27, is accused of murder in the Oct. 30 stabbing of Suarez, who was training for the New York City Marathon. Chan questioned how Mohassib was hired to work around...

Data centers had a powerful role in New York midterm elections despite the state not having many large facilities.

Democrat Cait Conley talks about her comfortable win over GOP Rep. Mike Lawler and her first priorities in Congress in a USA TODAY Network interview.

Police arrested a 33-year-old man Sunday who is accused of attempting to rape an 83-year-old woman in Inwood as she entered her apartment, authorities said. The woman fought him off and was treated at the scene for minor injuries. Yahiness Holden was arrested following an investigation into the Oct. 26 attack, according to the New York City Police Dept. He faces charges of attempted rape, assault, burglary, stalking and attempted sexual abuse....

There was a blue tsunami in the midterms. Peer inside it and you see a few powerful forces: Artificial intelligence. MAHA. Trade. Israel. In our new issue, reporters went deep on how these became four of the biggest policy disputes that defined 2026. These issues divided voters between and within political parties, spurred the expenditure of hundreds of millions of dollars and scrambled campaigns all over the country from Iowa to Michigan to New York. Grab your pumpkin latte infused with collagen and topped off with raw milk — yes, that’s a real drink mentioned in our MAHA story — and read on.

But Democrat Blake Gendebien has conceded the race, admitting that he sees no path forward to victory. Republican Anthony Constantino, citing a pundit who called the race, has claimed victory. The blue wave sweeping through the United States on Election Night left North Country farmer Blake Gendebien behind.

Although Constantino’s race did not seem competitive initially, Democrats saw an opportunity to flip it as the national environment shifted against Republicans.

Democratic Rep.-elect Cait Conley joins Meet the Press NOW fresh off of her win against Rep. Mike Lawler in New York’s 17th congressional district as President Trump announced he will make Stephen Miller the new White House chief of staff.

The Republican gubernatorial candidate got hammered by Kathy Hochul in Tuesday’s election and is proving himself to be a graceless loser.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani was kept at arm’s length by Democrat Cait Conley and embraced by Gov. Kathy Hochul. Both won. The election showed Democrats can take sharply different approaches to the party’s resurgent left and still prevail.