Charlotte Sena: Suspect charged with girl's kidnapping after ransom note found

Gov. Kathy Hochul said investigators were able to identify a fingerprint from a ransom note allegedly left by Craig Nelson Ross Jr., who's now being held without bail.

9-year-old vanishes after bike ride during family camping trip

A massive search is underway for a 9-year-old girl believed to have been abducted from Moreau Lake State Park in New York.

Hollywood writers union leaders end strike as board members approve contract with studios

The strike by Hollywood screenwriters is over. Leaders of the writers union declared their nearly five-month-old strike over Tuesday after board members approved a contract agreement with studios.

Hollywood writers strike saga nears conclusion: Tentative deal reached, pending approval

Union leaders and Hollywood studios reached a tentative agreement Sunday to end a historic screenwriters strike after nearly five months, though no deal is yet in the works for striking actors.

New York bus crash leaves 2 dead, 43 injured on I-84 in Wawayanda

The crash involved students and chaperons from Farmingdale High School on Long Island. The bus was en route to band camp in Greeley, Pennsylvania.

Sinkhole swallows car with driver and passenger inside after New York flooding

"I heard a loud collision and a woman screaming for help," recalled a neighbor in the a Rochester suburb. When he looked at the street, all he saw was a woman's head poking out of the hole.

New York drone captures multiple sharks hunting near Long Island shore

The footage comes after a woman was bitten at Rockaway Beach in Queens, prompting the New York City Parks Department to close the beach to swimming and surfing.

Convicted con artist Anna Sorokin releases single while under house arrest

"Fake heiress" Anna Sorokin, the convicted con artist and fraudster who fooled New York's social elite, released a country song on Friday.

Berkeley teen marks another feat, becoming one of the youngest to finish 28.5 mile swim around Manhattan

"Berkeley teen finishes grueling 28.5 mile swim around Manhattan. Maya Merhige, 15, completed the course in less than 9 hours, becoming one of the youngest to finish one of most challenging open water courses in the world. And she did it to raise money for cancer."

Gilgo Beach murders: Suspect charged with killing 3 victims

Police say phone records and DNA from a discarded pizza crust led them to charge a Long Island architect with the murders of three of the 11 victims from a long-unsolved string of killings known as the Gilgo Beach murders.

NYC scooter shooter: Elderly man killed, 3 others hurt 'randomly'

An 86-year-old man was killed and three others were hurt Saturday in a series of "random" shootings by someone on a scooter who drove from Brooklyn to Queens, police said.

Former New York Mayor de Blasio and wife announce separation, but not divorce

Former New York Mayor Bill de Blasio and his wife, Chirlane McCray, are separating but not divorcing after 29 years of a marriage that helped lift de Blasio into the mayor’s job.