New York

Working in the radio industry, you try to be VERY aware when the microphones are on. Everyone knows someone who has said something stupid, not realizing that the mic was hot. Some get fired; some weather the storm. This school official in Putnam County, N.Y., is now on the hot seat because of comments he made at a recent meeting about an overweight parent.

A national news story out of New York commented on how law enforcement personnel are increasingly using text messaging when dealing with perpetrators, particularly in hostage situations.

A Hudson Line Metro North train that departed from Poughkeepsie, NY derailed in the Bronx at about 7:30 this morning before reaching its destination at Grand Central Terminal in Manhattan. Multiple media sources report that 4 people have died and 63 others suffered injuries. NY Governor Andrew Cuomo addressed the press this morning and confirmed the deaths.

Montana Attorney General Tim Fox announced today, March 12, that Montana had joined with 19 other states in urging the U.S. Supreme Court to review the constitutionality of a New York gun control statute.

A man drove from Long Island, New York, into Lower Manhattan earlier today in a van he thought was filled with explosives. He parked the van close to the Federal Reserve building, just a few blocks from the World Trade Center, and planned to detonate it using a cell phone from a nearby hotel. The explosives, however, were fake.

A man who shot and killed a former co-worker near the Empire State Building on Friday morning has now been identified as 53-year-old Jeffrey Johnson.

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