Poll: New Yorkers favor lowering speed limit in residential areas

A new poll shows 68% of New York City voters said they'd likely support reducing the speed limit 20 mph from 25 mph on residential streets near their homes.

Suffolk County police ticket man for driving with fake passenger

Authorities say that the man was driving in the HOV lane on the Long Island Expressway with a mask attached to his front passenger seat.

$11 billion Hudson River rail tunnel gets key federal approval

The project to build a new Hudson River tunnel connecting New York and New Jersey can push ahead with engineering and design work after receiving a key approval from the deferral government.

Photos show Southwest Airlines flight attendant pummeled by passenger

The Southwest Airlines passenger was arrested at San Diego International Airport for battery causing serious bodily injury in connection to the incident.

Italy investigates deadly cable car crash as lone child survivor recovers

The lone survivor of Sunday’s deadly cable car crash, a 5-year-old Israeli boy living in Italy, remained hospitalized in Turin on Monday with multiple broken bones. Italian officials said 14 people were killed.

NJ Transit settles suits in deadly crash at Hoboken commuter station

NJ Transit has reached settlements in lawsuits filed by the family of a woman killed and several people injured in a 2016 crash when a train slammed into a station in Hoboken, New Jersey.

Will the pipeline hack have any impact on fuel in the NY area?

Motorists are finding gas pumps shrouded in plastic bags at tapped-out service stations across more than a dozen U.S. states, but what about in the NY region?

Traffic returns to NYC streets as pandemic recovery continues

With the pace of reopening picking up and thousands of more city workers returning to their offices this week, traffic is back across the tri-state.

Biden pushes $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan during Louisiana visit

President Joe Biden visited the reliably Republican state of Louisiana on Thursday, speaking in the hurricane-battered city of Lake Charles while touting his proposed $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan.

Massive fire at garbage facility disrupts LIRR service

Firefighters continued to put out hotspots of a five-alarm fire at a garbage facility on Long Island that disrupted LIRR service for several hours.

Deadly Mexico City metro collapse

An elevated section of the Mexico City metro collapsed late Monday, killing at least 23 people and injuring about 70.

All aboard! Biden visits Philadelphia to help Amtrak mark 50 years on the rails

As a U.S. senator, Biden was a fixture on Amtrak trains between his home in Wilmington, Delaware, and Washington, D.C., when the Senate was in session. He continued riding Amtrak as vice president. He has sometimes been referred to as “Amtrak Joe.”