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.

Kevin Porter Jr. of the Houston Rockets, accused of causing girlfriend's vertebra fracture in NYC assault

Houston Rockets guard Kevin Porter Jr.'s alleged attack on his girlfriend in a New York City hotel room left the woman with a fractured neck vertebra and a deep cut above her right eye, prosecutors revealed at his arraignment Tuesday.

West Point time capsule ends up just being filled with gray dust, disappointing historians

An audience at the U.S. Military Academy hoped to see military relics or historical documents pulled from the box. Instead, they let out a groan after experts pried open the top and pointed a camera inside to show just a layer of sediment on the bottom.

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.

Twitch streamer Kai Cenat to face charges after Union Square chaos

The NYPD says Twitch streamer Kai Cenat will likely face at least two counts of inciting a riot and unlawful assembly after an attempted video game giveaway turned into a riot.

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.

'No end in sight' for Gilgo Beach murders investigation

Over in Amityville, police taped off two facilities where investigators searched storage lockers linked to Heuermann.

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.

Sheldon Harnick, 'Fiddler on the Roof' lyricist, dies at 99

Tony- and Grammy Award-winning lyricist Sheldon Harnick was known for his wry, subtle humor and deft wordplay. Many Broadway artists paid their respects on social media.