NEW YORK, Feb. 3 (UPI) -- A New York appellate court has granted the same recognition to out-of-state marriages of gay couples as heterosexual couples married outside of New York.

NEW YORK, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- A jury in a New York case found a gang member guilty under state terrorism laws as part of charges stemming from a 2002 shooting incident.

BROOKLYN, Nev., April 20 (UPI) -- A lawsuit filed Wednesday in Brooklyn says the Department of Homeland Security violated the rights of U.S. citizens returning from an Islamic conference.

NEW YORK, Sept. 20 (UPI) -- New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said the 1,800 people arrested during the Republican National Convention "might as well just plead guilty and go on."

NEW YORK, May 21 (UPI) -- Civil liberties groups say New York's Transit Authority has gone too far by seeking to ban photography and filming inside the city's subway system.

NEW YORK, April 7 (UPI) -- The ACLU has filed a lawsuit against New York State, challenging the constitutionality of the state's law prohibiting same-sex marriage.