A new bus route launching next week will connect Maryland's capital with New York City.

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Two law enforcement officials say New York City police are investigating a well-known civil rights attorney after a woman accused him of rape.

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New York City asked a court to dismiss its appeal in lawsuits over stop-and-frisk police tactics, moving closer to a resolution that Mayor Bill de Blasio promised in January would end such practices.

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This ATM's contents are sweeter than cash.

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Prosecutors want to keep testimony from three key witnesses — an undercover police officer and two informants — out of public view at the trial of a man charged with plotting terror attacks with homemade bombs, a case in which police tactics are likely to become a central issue.

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NEW YORK — New York City’s crackdown on big, sugary sodas is staying on ice. An appeals court ruled Tuesday that New York City’s Board of Health exceeded its legal authority and acted unconstitutionally when it tried to put a ...

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NEW YORK — A Manhattan judge on Thursday backed a $55 million settlement in a court battle over the Empire State Building, effectively clearing the way for a plan to let the public buy shares in the famous New York ...

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NEW YORK — Millions of people from Maine to the Carolinas awoke Tuesday without electricity, and an eerily quiet New York City was all but closed off by car, train and air as superstorm Sandy steamed inland, still delivering punishing ...

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NEW YORK — Federal agents and New York City police say 48 people who were part of a nationwide prescription drug ring have been charged in a Medicaid fraud case. Authorities say the arrests on Tuesday are the result of ...

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NEW YORK — Twitter must give a court almost three months’ worth of an Occupy Wall Street protester’s tweets, a judge said in a ruling released Monday after the company fought prosecutors’ demand for the messages. Manhattan Criminal Court Judge ...

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