Spartan Echo

  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Key measures of New York’s tough new gun law have kicked in, meaning owners of firearms now reclassified as assault weapons are required to register the guns. There are also new limits on the number of bullets allowed in magazines. The new provisions took effect Monday. New York’s affiliate of [...]

  NEW YORK (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner, who resigned over a sexting scandal in 2011, says he’s weighing a run for New York City mayor this year. The Democrat told The New York Times Magazine in a story posted online Wednesday, Apr.10, that “it’s now or maybe never for me” but acknowledged that [...]

  NEW YORK (AP) — Hundreds of fast food workers and supporters protested outside New York City restaurants Thursday, April 4 to demand higher wages for their low-paying jobs, including about 60 at a midtown Wendy’s who chanted: “Hey, hey! Ho, ho! Minimum wage has got to go!” Linda Archer said she has worked at a [...]

  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Gun enthusiasts fearful of new weapon controls and alarmed by rumors of government hoarding are buying bullets practically by the bushel, making it hard for stores nationwide to keep shelves stocked and even putting a pinch on some local law enforcement departments. At a 24-hour Walmart in suburban Albany, the [...]

  NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — More than two dozen people have been arrested on charges of drug trafficking in Hampton Roads. The charges stem from a drug task force investigation called “Dragon’s Lair.” One federal indictment unsealed Wednesday, March 13, charges 13 people with conspiracy to distribute cocaine, crack cocaine and heroin. Thirteen others are charged [...]

  NEW YORK (AP) — A class-action suit challenging the New York Police Department’s stop and frisk policy got under way Monday, Mar. 18, with a lawyer saying that officers have been wrongly stopping tens of thousands of young men based solely on their race. Darius Charney of the Center for Constitutional Rights said the policy [...]

  NEW YORK (AP) — A senior al-Qaida leader and son-in-law of Osama bin Laden, captured in Jordan a week ago, pleaded not guilty Friday in a heavily secured New York courtroom to plotting against Americans before and immediately after the Sept. 11 attacks in his role as the terror network’s top spokesman. Bearded and [...]

  NEW YORK (AP) — Gilberto Valle’s mind is full of sick thoughts — and he wants a jury to know it. The New York City police officer accused of kidnapping conspiracy admits to thinking about abducting, cooking and devouring young women. His own lawyer has shown prospective jurors a kinky staged photo of a [...]

  NEW YORK (AP) — Put on your suit and tie: Justin Timberlake and Jay-Z are hitting the road together. The performers announced Friday that they’ll embark on a 12-city stadium tour that will kick off July 17 in Toronto. “Legends of the Summer” will wrap up Aug. 16 in Miami. Stops on the tour [...]