New York attorney general resigns amid abuse allegations

New York’s Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, a high-profile figure in the #MeToo movement against sexual harassment, on Tuesday abruptly resigned hours after he was accused by four women of......

New York State files lawsuit against Trump Foundation

Photograph: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters New York State on Thursday filed a lawsuit against the Donald J Trump Foundation and its board of directors, including President Donald Trump and his family......

Thousands decry Trump's immigrant ban at US airports

Hundreds of thousands of people gathered at airports across the US to protest the ban announced by President Donald Trump on immigrants from seven Muslim-majority countries, extending solidarity to......

Neal Kwatra to head New York governor's re-election campaign

On November 2, 2010, in his acceptance speech on being elected Governor of New York, Andrew Cuomo declared, ‘We got such fantastic help from our brothers and sisters in the labour......

Volkswagen chief faces grilling by board over diesel scandal

Volkswagen is under huge pressure to act, with its shares down more than a third in value since the crisis broke, and the bad news still coming. Image: Volkswagen chief executive Martin Winterkorn......

Volkswagen says 11 million cars hit by scandal, probes multiply

Volkswagen AG  said a scandal over falsified US. vehicle emission tests could affect 11 million of its cars around the globe as investigations of its diesel models multiplied, heaping fresh......