The Jets had cut tides with cornerback Lito Sheppard, but they sweetened the pot by acquiring Antonio Cromartie from the San Diego Chargers last week during the NFL Free Agency. Cromartie can provide...

From The Associated Press NEW YORK – A construction crane owner got a bargain-basement repair job on a giant rig, which fell apart and killed two workers when the fix failed, prosecutors said Monday...

From The Associated Press NEW YORK – About 15,000 African slaves and their descendants were once unceremoniously buried under what is today Manhattan — and forgotten. On Saturday, a new visitor...

From The Associated Press NEW YORK – Distressed over the deaths of civilians in his native Afghanistan, a man who once operated a coffee cart near the World Trade Center site hatched a plan to join...

From the Associated Press by Mary Esch ALBANY, N.Y. – An animal-rights group released a video Tuesday showing an upstate New York farm worker lopping off a calf's tail and burning off its budding...

From The Associated Press BOSTON – A New York-bound plane has returned safely to Boston's Logan International Airport after a pilot smelled smoke in the cockpit minutes after takeoff. Airport spokesman...

From The Associated Press WASHINGTON – Self-proclaimed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other Guantanamo Bay detainees will be brought to trial in a civilian federal courthouse...

From the Associated Press SELDEN, N.Y. – Dozens of concerned pet owners have contacted authorities following the gruesome discovery of more than 20 animal carcasses in the backyard of a Long Island...

From The Associated Press AURORA, Colo. – The arrest of a Colorado airport shuttle driver on charges related to a terrorism investigation reveals a murky plot that involved him receiving explosives...

KB: How long have you guys been playing music together? DE: Since 2004. Originally we started off playing jazz music. I have Connecticut roots, I went to Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut...

From The Associated Press NEW YORK – A wire-haired dachshund that held the record as the world's oldest dog and celebrated its last birthday with a party at a dog hotel and spa has died at age 21...