Republicans in Congress have turned their attention toward a $400-million White House construction effort including a State Ballroom....

“We must also reflect on our shared responsibility to safeguard nature, our most precious and irreplaceable asset.”...

Kayla Alvarenga, 23, was sentenced to life without parole Tuesday for ordering her Bay Shore-based gang, "Family Over Everything, Everybody Killed,” to kill Linver Ortiz Ponce, 29. ...