Westchester County News

Updated at 2 p.m. WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- A flood advisory has been added until 4:15 p.m. Thursday in Westchester County as thunderstorms move through the region, the National Weather Service said.

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A man accused of throwing a 5-week-old kitten from a window in April said Thursday that he is 'getting back on track to becoming a model citizen.' Authorities said there remain warrants out for his arrest.

EASTCHESTER, N.Y. The Junior League of Westchester County is hosting Eastchester and Bronxville women to a legislative breakfast and interactive discussion on modern day human trafficking.

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has signed on to a petition urging the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission to take a closer look at the way nuclear waste is stored at places like the Indian Point plant.

Newsday Westchester's Summer Getaways series will examine a new seasonally friendly Hudson Valley destination every week through Labor Day.

Senate Republicans are proposing five Las Vegas-style casinos including up to three in the Catskills with two video slot machine sites on Long Island.

We continue our series on City Council candidates with a Q&A with track coach and businesswomman Cheryl Keeling, who's running to represent District 11, covering Kingsbridge, Riverdale, Woodlawn, and Norwood in the Bronx.

A environmental monitor designed to measure the noise, vibration and air quality associated with building the new Tappan Zee Bridge was installed today outside Salisbury Point Cooperative, an apartment building in South Nyack.

The Business Council of Westchester is offering a series of presentations for local businesses to help navigate changes that will occur under the federal healthcare program known as the Affordable Care Act.

It was certainly a bittersweet event this week when members of Team Orange, colleagues, friends, family members, and others joined together to celebrate the retirement of our very own Orange County Health Commissioner Dr.

Patrick Colon, 24, of New Rochelle, N.Y., was sentenced May 22, 2013, to five years of supervised release for possessing child pornography.

Officials say the suspects led police on a car chase that ended with some of the suspects in the Saw Mill River.

The Office of Court Administration and local authorities have come to terms on three major capital projects that will result in new Family Court facilities in Nassau and Westchester counties, and the restoration of court space in the Orange County Government Center that was lost to the judiciary after a pair of storms in 2011.

Hundreds gathered Wednesday for a heartbreaking farewell to Andrea Rebello, the Hofstra University student who was shot and killed during a home invasion robbery last week.

It was a story that had train commuters, their friends and relatives pretty scared for several months in early 2012.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said he will create 120 million square feet of tax-free zones at 64 public university campuses outside of New York City to bolster the upstate economy.

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Congresswoman Nita Lowey honored 10 Westchester County students for their admission to the nation's service academies, including the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, the U.S. Naval Academy, the U.S. Air Force Academy and the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy.

A Pomona woman has been ruled not competent to be sentenced after she killed one woman and injured another by running them down with her car in White Plains in 2008.