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Leaders at State Street Global Advisors will need to ask permission to hire white men as it rolls out a diversity hiring initiative.

New Jersey on Thursday took a step toward its ban on single-use plastics as a request-only rule for plastic straws at restaurants went into effect, according to reports.

New York City Mayor-elect Eric Adams pledged Thursday that he would accept his first three paychecks in bitcoin when he formally takes office next year.

The chief executive of a New Jersey-based pharmaceutical company was killed during an attempted robbery after returning home from winning money at a Pennsylvania casino.

New York prosecutors urged a judge Friday to order California lawyer Michael Avenatti to begin serving a 2 1/2-year prison term, more than a year after he was convicted of trying to extort up to $25 million from Nike.

New Jersey Republican gubernatorial candidate Jack Ciattarelli said he'll cut property taxes and introduce new brackets if elected.

'Mansion Global' tours two multi-million-dollar estates out east on Long Island.

Walk into a casino today, and chances are it won’t look that much different than it did in the 1942 movie “Casablanca" when Humphrey Bogart made his way through the gambling tables in the smoke-filled room.

Rhode Island plans to create supervised spaces for users to inject illegal drugs, in a big test of the idea that reducing harm to drug users is more effective than criminalization.

The Philadelphia Federal Reserve is promoting critical race theory materials on its website.

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., refused to sign a letter to condemn the actions of left-wing activists who confronted Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., in a public bathroom because the statement did not criticize her “political views,” a report late Wednesday said.

Gov. Kathy Hochul has told the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to find an alternative to disgraced ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s $2.1 billion “AirTrain” pet project between LaGuardia Airport and eastern Queens.

Two Connecticut men have been accused of allowing federal food aid recipients to redeem their benefits for cash and other ineligible items at a convenience store while charging them a nearly 50% premium for the transactions.

Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont, D, says he might need call up the National Guard to replace state workers he is laying off for being unvaccinated against COVID-19.

A home in Massachusetts seriously damaged by fire has been listed on the market with an asking price of $399,000.

Hospitals and nursing homes around the U.S. are bracing for worsening staff shortages as state deadlines arrive for health care workers to get vaccinated against COVID-19.

On Fox Business' "How America Works", Mike Rowe explains how Cameron Energy brings in 500,000 gallons of new oil every year – and how they speculate on a brand new $100,000 well in which they utilized the notable process of fracking.

Hochul could tap the National Guard to replace health care workers that will miss the state deadline to become fully vaccinated

They were a flash in the "van."

Gov. Kathy Hochul said Saturday she is prepared to call in medically trained National Guard members, retirees and workers outside New York to address potential staffing shortages caused by an approaching vaccine mandate for health care workers.