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New York Knicks' Carmelo Anthony, right, tries to sink the go-ahead basket over Atlanta Hawks' Kent Bazemore during the final seconds of the NBA basketball game, Monday, Jan. 16, 2017 in New York. Anthony missed the shot and the Hawks defeated the Knicks 108-107. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Even as Knicks tumble again, Carmelo wants to be in New York

By BRIAN MAHONEY - Associated Press

In this Jan. 15, 2016, photo, the U.S. Capitol frames the backdrop over the stage during a rehearsal of President-elect Donald Trump's swearing-in ceremony in Washington. Some two dozen House Democrats plan to boycott Trump’s inauguration on Friday, casting the Republican businessman as a threat to democracy. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Nearly 50 House Democrats vow to boycott Trump inauguration

By ANDREW TAYLOR - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 20, 2012, file photo, U.S. Sen. John Glenn talks with astronauts on the International Space Station via satellite before a discussion titled &quot;Learning from the Past to Innovate for the Future&quot; in Columbus, Ohio. Adam Sackowitz, a graduate student at St. John's University, is fighting for a series of tangible honors for Glenn, including a statue, a portrait and a place for the late astronaut's birthplace in Cambridge, Ohio, on the National Historic Register. Glenn, who became the first American to orbit Earth in 1962, died Dec. 8, 2016, at age 95. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete, File)

Graduate student aims at lofty goals for honoring John Glenn

By JULIE CARR SMYTH - Associated Press

President-elect Donald Trump’s modest boyhood home in his old Queens, New York neighborhood has gone up for auction. (Paramount Realty USA)

Now up for auction: Trump boyhood home a potential historic landmark

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

U.S. 6th ranked Amanda Sobhy listens during an interview at the 20th anniversary of the JP Morgan Tournament of Champions professional squash competition, Thursday Jan. 12, 2017, in New York at Grand Central terminal in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Squash pro, Harvard grad Amanda Sobhy rises in rankings

By MELISSA MURPHY - Associated Press

Toll cheats could face registration, license suspensions

By LARRY HIGGS - Associated Press

James R. Johnson hands out programs before the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday commemorative service at Ebenezer Baptist Church, Monday, Jan. 16, 2017, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Branden Camp)

King Day highlights transition from Obama to Trump

By BILL BARROW - Associated Press

New York Islanders left wing Nikolay Kulemin (86) scores against Boston Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask (40) in the second period of an NHL hockey game, Monday, Jan. 16, 2017, in Boston. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

Greiss makes 32 saves; Islanders blank Bruins 4-0

By KEN POWTAK - Associated Press

In this June 16, 2015, file photo, Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke, File)

Jerrold Nadler: Trump election ‘illegitimate,’ won’t attend inauguration

By David Sherfinski and Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Tax filing season in New York begins Monday, Jan. 23

Associated Press

‘Reality TV’ campaigning is part of new political world

By VERENA DOBNIK - Associated Press

Toronto Raptors guard Norman Powell (24) shoots over New York Knicks guard Brandon Jennings (3), right, as Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony (7) looks on during first-half NBA basketball game action in Toronto, Sunday, Jan. 15, 2017. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP)

DeMar DeRozan scores 23 points, Raptors rout Knicks 116-101

By DANIEL GIRARD - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 5, 2016, file photo, Anthony Scaramucci arrives at Trump Tower in New York. A prominent New York financier is set to be named a top White House adviser to President-elect Donald Trump. Scaramucci will be tasked with outreach to the U.S. business and political community. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Financier and fundraiser expected to become Trump adviser

By JONATHAN LEMIRE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 29, 2010 file photo released by Starpix, "The Exorcist" author William Peter Blatty, left, joins Linda Blair, who starred in the 1973 film and William Friedkin, the film's director, at a screening of the remastered film at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Blatty died, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017, at a hospital in Bethesda, Md, of multiple myeloma, a form of blood cancer, according to his wife Julie. He was 89. (Dave Allocca/Starpix via AP, File)

‘Exorcist’ author William Peter Blatty dead at 89

By Hillel Italie - Associated Press

Audit: Better oversight needed in monitoring universal pre-K

Associated Press

New Orleans Pelicans forward Terrence Jones, left, and New Orleans Pelicans forward Dante Cunningham (33) double team Brooklyn Nets forward Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (24) as they sandwich him beneath the Nets basket in the second half of an NBA basketball game, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017, in New York. The Pelicans defeated the Nets 104-95. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

Pelicans, minus Davis, hand Nets 8th straight loss, 104-95

By JEFFREY BERNSTEIN - Associated Press

Editorials from around New York

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 17, 2010 file photo a little brown bat is photographed in La Crosse Wis. Researchers for the first time found that little brown bats appear to be showing resistance to white-nose syndrome, which has killed millions of bats across North America. (Peter Thomson /La Crosse Tribune via AP, File)

Study: Some bats showing resistance to deadly fungus

By MICHAEL CASEY - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 9, 2017 file photo, President-elect Donald Trump talks with reporters at Trump Tower in New York. As a businessman, Trump has kept the courts busy. That is not likely to end when he enters the Oval Office, creating an unusual and potentially looming problem for a sitting president. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Lawsuits over Trump business threaten to tie up presidency

By CHAD DAY and BERNARD CONDON - Associated Press