Aman Ali

SCHENECTADY, New York (Reuters) - Seven state workers who won the $319 million Mega Millions lottery said on Thursday they're still deciding whether to split it with five unlucky co-workers who chose not to play this time around.

SCHENECTADY, New York (Reuters) - Seven state workers on Thursday were awarded the $319 million jackpot that they won in last week's Mega Millions lottery.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Four nursing home workers in upstate New York were fired for sexually humiliating two elderly patients with a history of mental problems, a state report revealed this week.

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - A New York advertising agency apologized on Monday to a local firefighter for creating an ad saying he had been at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, when he was not.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York advertising agency apologized on Monday to a local firefighter for creating an ad saying he had been at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, when in fact he was not.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Authorities said on Wednesday they were investigating a taxi driver's claim that he was beaten up and robbed by four drunken firefighters on St. Patrick's Day.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A turtle who made a slow break from his terrarium sparked a Brooklyn apartment fire that injured four police officers and one firefighter, fire officials said on Tuesday.

NEW ROCHELLE, New York (Reuters) - Investigators of the weekend bus crash that killed 15 people on a New York highway said on Monday they want to know what the driver was doing for the 72 hours leading up to the horrific accident.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Police are investigating a bus driver's hit-and-run claim after a horrific bus crash that killed 14 passengers and injured 18 others, officials said on Sunday.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Police are investigating a bus driver's hit-and-run claim after a horrific bus crash that killed 14 passengers and injured 18 others, officials said on Sunday.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A veteran scam artist was sentenced to 20 years to life in prison on Thursday on charges he swindled people by pretending they broke his liquor bottle and demanding they pay for it.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York City high school student was arraigned on felony charges on Thursday for allegedly trying to burn a classmate's eyes with acid during chemistry class, prosecutors said.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A would-be thief's attempt to rob a suburban New York bank was thwarted when the teller refused his demand for money.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A would-be thief's attempt to rob a suburban New York bank was thwarted when the teller refused his demand for money.

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - A U.S. teenager has been charged with a felony, and could face a two-year prison sentence if convicted, for killing her family's pet hamster, authorities said.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York teenager has been charged with a felony, with the possibility of a two-year prison sentence, for killing her family's pet hamster, authorities said on Wednesday.

BUFFALO (Reuters) - The founder of a Muslim TV network who was convicted of beheading his wife was sentenced on Wednesday to 25 years to life in prison, the maximum penalty under the law for the charge against him.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Longtime feuding neighbors who could be described as Brooklyn's version of the Hatfields and the McCoys were under investigation on Wednesday after a deadly gunfight, police said.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A man accused of punching a woman so hard in a dispute over a Manhattan parking spot that she fell into a coma said on Monday he was acting in self defense.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - An accused gangster nicknamed "Vinny Gorgeous" became even more dapper on Tuesday when the judge in his murder trial lent him a tie after jailers had refused him one.