NEW YORK

A Twitter user named Ziggy went viral with his account of "nearly getting killed" by police in Nassau County, New York, when officers responded to a falsely reported armed robbery.

A 26-year-old man from New York City has been sentenced to a minimum of two years in prison after he forced his girlfriend to walk the streets naked a punishment.

Michael Wolff's 'Fire and Fury' exposé on Donald Trump and Steve Bannon promises to be one of the biggest selling political books of all time - but who is the controversial writer?

Recent cold snap is set to become deteriorate as a freezing meteorological "bomb cyclone" is predicted to affect East Coast.

The bone-chillingly cold temperatures have frozen parts of Niagara Falls and caused a mile-long pile-up on Interstate 90 near Buffalo, New York.

Four people found dead on Boxing Day in a New York basement apartment have now been identified and thought to have been victims of what police are describing as a quadruple homicide,

Javier Morales, 28, was arrested on charges of rape, sex abuse, resisting arrest and obstructing for a case in New York City.

A 16-year-old girl has been gunned down in her Brooklyn apartment by a man she allegedly rejected for a date.

The man filmed his girlfriend walking the streets naked and shared footage of the punishment - which he says is an African custom.

Police have offered $5,000 for information on a couple accused of using a stolen credit card to purchase sky diving trips in New York.

Will donation from the late Golden Golden girls actress has helped to fund a new centre for homeless LGBT children in New York.

A baby girl in New York City overdosed on heroin while sleeping in her father's bed on Saturday (2 December).

The US cities with the fastest 4G internet has been revealed in a new Open Signal report. Hint, New York doesn't crack the top 10.

Caitlyn Frisina was believed to be heading north with Rian Rodriguez, a 27-year-old soccer coach, after they were spotted at a pawn shop in Syracuse.

New York model Desiree Gibbon has been found dead on the side of the road with her throat slashed in Jamaica.

A Virgin Atlantic flight to London was delayed after one of its wings was clipped by an Egypt Air flight on the runway.

Attorney Michael Witmer has been charged trying to bring in drugs for his client hidden in a towel at Monroe County Jail.

UK-based anti-racism group Hope Not Hate has revealed this blogger is the internet's biggest peddler of anti-Muslim rhetoric.

Roland Yockel II, 30, was a teacher at Ginther School in New York and also worked at a summer camp, where he took the underwear from the kids' backpacks.

Pornhub are joining the pop-shop craze and will launch a physical store in New York City to run until Christmas

Balloons at Macy's 91st annual Thanksgiving Day parade in new York included the Pillsbury Dough Boy, Pikachu, Charlie Brown, Power Rangers, Scrat from The Ice Age and Olaf from Frozen.