This week Amtrak began to reduce its service on its Empire service line due to reconstruction of the East River Tunnels in ...

Amtrak said the suspension because of downed overhead wires blocking the tracks would last until around 3 p.m. ET and trains ...

A severe drought watch with no rain in sight has gripped the Northeastern U.S., creating “unprecedented” conditions for fire, ...

The FDNY said it has responded to 229 brush fires since Oct. 29, calling it the most in city history over a two-week stretch.

Although the new route is temporary, American train travel is making a comeback. More than 28.6 million passengers rode ...

The Sun-Times sent a reporter and photographer on the first run of the Floridian from Chicago to Miami — on one condition. We ...

New York City has had over 230 brush fires since Oct. 29, after its driest month since record-keeping began in 1869.

Amtrak shut service on its rail line between Connecticut and New York ... through Nov. 30. “Places like New York City, Newark ...

Full Amtrak service between New York Penn Station and New Rochelle was restored Wednesday evening, following a transformer fire Tuesday that halted trains on their tracks. Work crews were making ...

That includes work on the system of wires that kept getting ensnared in NJ Transit equipment on sweltering days.

Big Tupper was a popular ski resort from the 1960s through the 1990s. After it closed down in 1999, a few developers were interested in plans to develop the property, but no ...

Suffolk firefighters were battling a brush fire Thursday afternoon in Coram as conditions stayed ripe for wildfires.