20 min ago | USA Today
Civil rights groups sue NYPD over Muslim spying
The New York Police Department's widespread spying programs directed at Muslims have undermined free worship by innocent people and should be declared unconstitutional, civil rights advocates say.
4 hrs ago | JK on the run
Dead battery relief: New York gets solar phone charging stations
New Yorkers soon will start seeing strange kiosks popping up in parks and other public places.
8 hrs ago | EDGE
Accused Mark Carson Killer to Appear in Court Today
CBS News, New York reports that Elliot Morales, suspect in the May 18th shooting death of 32 year old Mark Carson in Greenwich Village is scheduled to be arraigned in a Manhattan court room today.
9 hrs ago | Andover Advertiser
Ex-police boss guilty over points
A former police authority chairman has been convicted of persuading a friend to take three penalty points for him so he avoided a driving ban and furthered his career.
10 hrs ago | EDGE
Transgender Candidate Could Become a First in NYC
Mel Wymore is a typical city council candidate in many ways, campaigning as a community board appointee, ex-PTA chair and founder of a roster of local organizations.
11 hrs ago | The Guardian
Vice's suicide fashion pictures could be deadly | Helen Lewis
To children in distress, these shockingly tasteless images look like a menu. Outrage is a tactic - let's hope this one backfires 'The Samaritans have guidelines covering both journalistic and creative depictions of suicide, and they are very clear: avoid glamorising suicide and avoid giving details of the methods.'
14 hrs ago | Thetelegraphand Argus
Trial of man accused of killing Keighley boy could be delayed
The start of a trial of the man accused of murdering a four-year-old Keighley boy might have to be delayed for three months, Bradford Crown Court heard.
NYC aims to require composting of food scraps
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30 firefighters tackle blaze at North Yorkshire scrapyard
FIREfighters battled for more than two hours to control a fierce blaze in a scrapyard behind a North Yorkshire garage.
Keighley councillor in bid to renovate Braithwaite flats
Councillor Keith Dredge surveys some of the empty flats in Braithwaite he is pushing to be renovated to help provide new homes in the area Keith Dredge asked Bradford Council officers to work with the owner of the properties in Whinfield Close following complaints from local residents.
Mounted police on real ale trail
It coincided with the start of alcohol sale restrictions along the Transpennine rail route of pubs along the line between West Yorkshire and Manchester with some landlords introducing bans on selling lager, doubles, shots and other binge-drinking tipples.
Mountain rescue team's new base
Holme Valley Mountain Rescue Team has taken on the former Marsden Fire Station building after buying it from West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service.
East Leeds: Peace dove blooms for Barnbow war factory blast dead
Keris Wilson and Hermime Pryce who were the winners of a competition to design a flower bed around the Barnbow Lasses memorial.
Professor Eric Thomas, vice-chancellor of the University of Bristol, has been knighted
Sir Eric, who is one of the longest serving UK vice-chancellors and is president of Universities UK, said: "Universities have a significantly transformational impact on society and on the economy and I feel privileged to work in such a vibrant and important sector.
Child abduction accused due in court
A 35-year-old man who went missing from Doncaster with a 14-year-old girl is due in court later accused of child abduction.
Man armed with knives arrested after Leeds Sainsbury's supermarket siege
Dozens of officers, including many armed with guns, were deployed to Harehills Lane, Harehills, on Sunday afternoon after witnesses reported seeing a "crazed" man wielding weapons.
Charitable student gets set for Kenya
A university student from Mickley, near Ripon, is about to embark on a three-month trip of a lifetime to help schools in Kenya.
Keighley scuba divers find engine of crashed World War Two plane
A group of Keighley scuba divers have reunited a grandfather with part of a crashed Second World War plane which claimed the lives of his three colleagues.
Artist Andres Jaroslavsky sets up new painting class
YORK artist, tutor and gallery owner Andres Jaroslavsky is starting a six-week painting course on Saturday afternoon at his Corner Gallery in Scarcroft Road.
Mourners remember Greene County man killed in Afghanistan
Joseph Morabito, 54, was among three New Yorkers gunned down on June 8 by an Afghan soldier they were training.