Alyce McFadden

1 week ago | spokesman.com | Alyce McFadden |John Leland

A small twin-engine plane crashed in a muddy field Saturday near the town of Copake, New York, killing all six people on board — two surgeons, two of their children and the children’s partners, according to a family member of the victims. The plane, a Mitsubishi MU-2B bound for Columbia County Airport near Hudson, New York, was carrying the three couples en route to a 25th birthday celebration and Passover Seder, according to a statement from a family member.

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Alyce McFadden

The plane, a Mitsubishi MU-2B carrying two passengers, went down Saturday in the town of Copake close to the Massachusetts border, according to the authorities. A plane crashed in a field on Saturday near the town of Copake, N.Y., leaving at least one dead, according to the Columbia County Sheriff's Office.

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Chelsia Rose Marcius |Alyce McFadden

The officers forced open the door, which was locked, and saw Mr. Chen holding the meat cleaver, covered in blood, Commissioner Tisch said. There was blood on the walls and the floor, she said. The officers ordered Mr. Chen several times to drop the weapon, but he refused and moved toward the officers, she said. Two officers, who fired seven total rounds, shot him, Commissioner Tisch said. The cleaver was recovered along with a bloody knife found in another room, she said.

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Chelsia Rose Marcius |Alyce McFadden

Those actions, the commissioner said, "absolutely saved the lives of the young girls.""This could have ended very differently," she added. It was unclear how Mr. Chen was related to the children and why he attacked them. The police had never received a report of domestic violence at the home, John Chell, the chief of department, said. But Commissioner Tisch said that, according to family members, Mr. Chen had a history of mental illness.

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Alyce McFadden

Two groups representing Columbia University faculty members on Tuesday sued the Trump administration over $400 million in federal funding cuts and demands that the school make dramatic changes to student discipline and admissions policies. The plaintiffs, the American Association of University Professors and the American Federation of Teachers, asked a Manhattan federal court to restore the funding and argued that the cuts were unconstitutional.