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The FBI seal photographed in 2018. On Tuesday, federal prosecutors arrested and charged a 20-year-old woman in Georgia with conspiring to provide material support to ISIS, which carries a maximum prison sentence of 20 years.

Georgia Woman Arrested And Accused Of Aiding ISIS Cyber Group That Made 'Kill Lists'

6:59pm March 12, 2019

by Sasha Ingber

Kim Anh Vo, 20, was charged Tuesday with conspiring to provide material support for the terrorist organization. Prosecutors say she recruited online members, including a minor.

Sixty packages of cocaine were seized from a shipping container at the Port of New York/Newark.

National

Ton And A Half Of Cocaine Seized At Port Of New York/Newark

5:08pm March 12, 2019

by Dalia Mortada

Authorities say 60 packages of the drug worth about $77 million on the street were found in a shipping container.

Emergency vehicles in the Queens borough of New York on Feb. 20. The shrill drone of the sirens lies at the center of a bill by two city lawmakers to transition to new siren sounds.

New York City Lawmakers Call For Less Piercing Emergency Vehicle Sirens

2:47pm February 26, 2019

by Sasha Ingber

Council Member Helen Rosenthal introduced a bill this month after receiving complaints about the impact of wailing ambulances.

Firefighters work at Ground Zero, the site of the World Trade Center attacks, on Sept. 11, 2001.

National

9/11 Victim Compensation Fund Cuts Payouts By As Much As 70 Percent

7:25pm February 16, 2019

by Shannon Van Sant

The fund is reducing awards as it faces a surge in claims before the fund's 2020 expiration date.

James Jackson, right, confers with his lawyer during a hearing in criminal court Wednesday in New York. Jackson pleaded guilty to killing a black man with a sword, which prosecutors described as terrorism and a hate crime.

National

White Supremacist Pleads Guilty To Fatally Stabbing Black Man With Sword

9:02pm January 23, 2019

by Vanessa Romo

James Jackson admitted he was driven by a plan to murder scores of black men to spark a nationwide race war. It's the state's first conviction of first-degree murder as an act of terrorism.

Handguns are displayed at a trade show in Las Vegas. The Supreme Court is granting a case on gun rights for the first time since 2010.

Politics & Government

Supreme Court Takes 1st Gun Case In Nearly A Decade, Possibly With Big Consequences

4:20pm January 22, 2019

Depending on how narrowly or broadly the court rules, it has a majority now to affect gun rights and restrictions in a dramatic way.

The Queensbridge Houses, the largest public housing complex in the country, near the spot where Amazon plans to put a new headquarters.

With Amazon's Arrival, A New York Community Pushes To Be Included

11:34am January 22, 2019

by Jasmine Garsd

Many residents of the Queensbridge public housing complex feel they have not benefited much from the area's booming development. With Amazon, activists are trying to change that story.

Queue Listen Now

Nicholas Nicolet and his son Rocco cross-country ski on Sunday in Montpelier, Vt. A major winter storm hit the Midwest and New England this weekend.

National

Winter Storm Grounds Flights, Delays Trains And Knocks Out Power

12:43pm January 20, 2019

by Shannon Van Sant

The storm barreled through New England after hitting the Midwest, creating havoc along some transportation routes.

A deicing agent is applied to a SkyWest airplane before its takeoff on Jan. 18, 2019, at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago.

National

Powerful Winter Storm Sweeps East After Blanketing The Midwest

2:15pm January 19, 2019

by Shannon Van Sant

The storm is bringing snow, ice, freezing rain and arctic air to much of the East Coast.

Letitia James (center) is sworn in as New York's 67th Attorney General in a ceremony Monday night at the state capitol in Albany. James is the state's first black attorney general, as well as the first woman to hold the state-wide elected office.

N.Y. Swears In New Attorney General After A Tumultuous Year For The Office

5:26am January 01, 2019

by Ashley Westerman

Letitia James says "it is the highest honor" to begin her time as the state's top legal officer. She is the state's first black attorney general and the first woman to be elected to that post.