Police officer shot in suburban New York during car stop

The line drew loud applause at the president's political rally in Huntsville, Alabama, but the words cut deep into America's most popular sp President Donald Trump's criticism of players who kneel during the national anthem sparked angry protests around the National Football Leagu YONKERS, N.Y. - A police officer has been shot in the jaw during a gunbattle with two suspects in suburban New York. Police say it happened just after 8 p.m. Monday in Yonkers when officers stopped a vehicle following a report by a resident of suspicious people in the area.

Putin Mocks Westchester Native Comey’s Trump Testimony, Offers Him Asylum

Russian President Vladmir Putin jokingly offered the former FBI director and Yonkers native asylum if he gets in trouble leaking recorded conversations he had with President Donald Trump. Putin made the comments during an appearance on Russian TV in which he took calls from Russians for four hours.

Trump Told Russians Firing Westchester Native Comey Would ‘Ease Pressure’

President Donald Trump, who owns an estate in Bedford, said firing Yonkers native James Comey eased "great pressure" from the ongoing probe of collusion with Russia, according to a bombshell report published Friday afternoon by the New York Times. Trump told Russian officials during their controversial May 10 meeting that Comey was "crazy, a real nut job," according to the New York Times .

Politicians React After Trump Fires Westchester Native, FBI Director Comey

Following President Donald Trump's firing of FBI Director James Comey , a Yonkers native, politicians from Westchester expressed concern about the timing and motive of the move by the Bedford estate owner. "President Trump's decision to fire the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation raises questions, and the Administration's explanation for this dismissal lacks any clarity," Congresswoman Nita Lowey said.

Trump Fires Yonkers Native, FBI Director James Comey

FBI Director James Comey, a native of Yonkers, has been fired as FBI director by President Donald Trump in a surprising announcement made late Tuesday afternoon. The firing, which the White House says came on the recommendation of Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, comes just days after Comey testified to Congress regarding his handling of the email investigation of Chappaqua's Hillary Clinton.

When it comes to supporting the US president, FSU Jews say Israel trumps all

... people should know conservatives are not evil. Just because we support Trump doesn't make us evil." A resident of Yonkers, NY, Rappaport immigrated to the US in 1979 from Leningrad. He is one of about 750,000 Jews from the former Soviet Union living ...

Will Crumbling School Buildings Get a Piece of the Infrastructure Pie?

A photo of Charles E. Gorton High School in Yonkers, New York, in July 2012, when the school district was seeking $1.7 billion from investors to overhaul its schools. aul L. Dunbar Elementary school, a historic, four-story building of orange brick located in North Philadelphia, looks solid and imposing from the outside.