For nearly an hour, the sides went back and forth, with the lawyers for the social media companies arguing that they are shielded from liability by multiple precedents, including a federal law and ...

The captain of an unauthorized tour boat is headed to prison after his vessel capsized in the Hudson River, killing a woman and a 7-year-old child.

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The 17-member crew of the freighter, stuck a mile off the Buffalo shore, was never in serious danger, but its predicament drew news media attention and a crowd of curious onlookers.

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