Three employees worked very hard to conceal their favourite spot to slack off, the MTA inspector general's report says.

In a joint statement, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler, and Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan accused the Trump administration of playing politics and said withholding federal funds would be illegal.

In New York, the double beams of light that evoke the fallen twin towers were nearly canceled in the name of virus safety, until an uproar sparked a change of heart.

"We have to interview both sides," said New York City Police Commissioner Dermot Shea about the disturbing incident.

Longshore workers at the Port of Montreal are headed back to work today, after a truce declared in a labour dispute allowed activities to resume after a 12-day strike.

At least nine people, including a 5-year-old autistic girl, were killed as Tropical Storm Isaias battered the U.S. East Coast with rain and fierce winds after making landfall as a hurricane in North Carolina.

Trump’s lawyers last month said the grand jury subpoena for the tax returns was issued in bad faith and amounted to harassment of the president.

Tyrese Haspil, 21, was arraigned just after midnight on a charge of second-degree murder in the death of Fahim Saleh.

Amy Cooper was ordered to appear in court on Oct. 15, 2020.

The new budget includes a cut of nearly $484 million from the New York Police Department's $6 billion operating budget, and shifts $354 million of police funding to other city agencies.