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The U.S. Coast Guard confirmed that a probe in underway after a boat allegedly was caught on video sailing perilously close to a Staten Island Ferry packed with rush-hour commuters.

A Meiers Corners family can't seem to catch a break, after two grand larceny incidents involving work vehicles parked near their home has made it hard to do business

A fourth business leader resigned Tuesday from President Donald Trump's White House jobs council in the latest sign that corporate America's romance with Trump is faltering following his equivocal original response to violence by white supremacists in Charlottesville, Virginia.

The trial of the Oakwood motorist accused of vehicular manslaughter for allegedly being high on pot when she fatally struck a bicyclist in Richmond last year may start next month.

NASA has issue guidelines for buying optics for Monday's solar eclipse.

Frank Morse, 49, needed extensive surgery after he was hit by a hit-and-run driver last weekend, his family said.

The first five regular numbers are drawn out of a drum with 69 balls; one Powerball is drawn from a drum with 26 balls.

The Advance has received numerous reports of low-flying planes in the skies above Staten Island on Tuesday.

Police are responding to a report of a robbery at a bank on Forest Avenue in Port Richmond Center, according to emergency radio communications.

The Powerball jackpot has surged to $430 million for the drawing Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2017.