Six school buses caught fire and burned in a suburban New York parking lot and the district superintendent says the fire may have been "distressing" for the children who saw it.
An object that appeared to be an explosive device was found in a mailbox at the home of George Soros, the billionaire liberal philanthropist who is a frequent target of unfounded right-wing conspiracy theories and anti-Semitic smears.
Five doctors, a pharmacist and three medical assistants were among 10 defendants charged with taking in more than $5 million by illegally prescribing millions of oxycodone pills to patients, including apparent drug addicts, who had no legitimate medical need for them, according to a criminal complaint unsealed in Manhattan federal court on Thursday.
A former financial services executive has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for the 2016 death of his estranged wife, a prominent doctor, in their suburban New York home.