The schoolchildren had a type A influenza virus, likely swine flu, the health commissioner, Dr. Thomas R. Frieden, said, but the symptoms were mild.

New York’s governor is beginning a campaign to repair his image and fend off speculation that he might step aside to allow Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo to run.

A Queens family is struggling with the limited opportunities that illegal immigrants face and the burdens and possibilities of a son’s American citizenship.

New York’s governor is beginning a campaign to repair his image and fend off speculation that he might step aside to allow Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo to run.

Officials and environmentalists say that the Superfund program has been chronically underfinanced since a tax that supported it expired in 1995.

Students reported flu-like symptoms after several had reportedly returned from Mexico, where there is a deadly outbreak.

At least a dozen colleges and universities have benefited from surprise, anonymous donations over the past two months as the economic crisis bears down on higher education.

A historic crossing over the Hudson River at Poughkeepsie is being converted into a pedestrian walkway.

Officials said a Delta flight from New York to Tel Aviv was diverted to Logan Airport in Boston because of an unruly passenger who reportedly rushed the cockpit.

Mrs. di Montezemolo was a fashion editor and fixture of Southampton society who helped shape the look of postwar American sportswear in the pages of Vogue.