The average viewer numbers for the Super Bowl increased to 125.6 million after Nielsen released its final viewer figures on Thursday for the Feb. 8 game.
The Daytona 500 and the NBA All-Star Game drew bigger TV audiences over last year, even with the Winter Olympics on.
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New York State moved an interim step closer Thursday to an 11th-hour scrambling of its congressional map in the do-or-die midterm election in which Brooklyn Rep. Hakeem Jeffries strives to become ...
Formula 1 chief executive Stefano Domenicali has dismissed Max Verstappen's suggestion that new F1 regulations could influence the Dutch driver's future in the sport.
Long Islanders saw the U.S. women's hockey team win Olympic gold on Thursday during a watch party at Clark Gillies Arena in ...
Memorial services honoring the life of the late Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. will be expanded beyond Chicago with events in ...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has lauded his nation's improving economy and regional standing as he opened the country's most important political event.
PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia-based mosaic artist Isaiah Zagar, known for creating mirrored dreamscapes on buildings across the city, has died, according to a nonprofit art center he created. Zagar died ...
Memphis Grizzlies guard Kentavious Caldwell-Pope will miss the rest of the season after undergoing surgery on his right pinky ...
New York State, responding to a Trump administration directive, is pausing a program that allows non-citizens to obtain commercial driver's licenses. Newsday transportation reporter Alfonso Castillo ...
LAS VEGAS — Foundation work on the Athletics' stadium is complete, according to the project director, and officials for the ...
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Ava Heiden scored 21 points and tallied a double-double to lead No. 13 Iowa 83-74 over Purdue on Thursday.