The union representing 45,000 striking U.S. dockworkers at East and Gulf coast ports reached a deal Thursday to suspend a three-day strike until Jan. 15 to provide time to negotiate a new contract.
Locally, the Israel-Hamas war has triggered a number of mass protests across New York City. In addition, many college campuses were wracked this year by divisive pro-Palestinian protests.
If drawn out, the strike would force businesses to pay shippers for delays and cause some goods to arrive late for peak holiday shopping season.
Authorities are investigating after a brazen thief was caught on video walking into a home on Long Island and stealing a newly delivered iPhone.
Two people have been arrested in connection to a dismembered body found stuffed in a shopping cart in Yonkers, police said.
The governors of New Jersey and Connecticut are sparring over who has the nation's best pizza after Connecticut's highway signs claimed the title "Home of the Pizza Capital of the United States."
The two bird flu cases in California bring the total to 16 cases in the U.S. in 2024, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
