Hair the color of a clown's wig has helped police just north of New York City capture a burglary suspect. Police said a resident of Peekskill was startled awake Tuesday by a burglar who escaped with camera and computer equipment. The victim's description of ...

In Peekskill, N.Y., Dr. Leonard Kreisler was a general practitioner who answered the office phone himself and visited patients in their homes — the Norman Rockwell sketch of the humble, small-town doctor. Kreisler busted out of that caricature when, seeking a lifestyle change, he happened upon a job at the Nevada Test Site, as medical director for the primary contractor ...

A man who police say left his elderly, infirm parents in a sweltering car while he drove a bus route for three hours was charged with reckless endangerment Tuesday. His father died, but his mother made it out of the vehicle. Theodore Pressman left his parents in ...