Topping the list for New York was Queens High School for the Sciences at York College, which was No. 25 in the national rankings. The school boasts a graduation rate of 100%, and 99% of students there have passed at least one Advanced Placement exam. Queens High School also took the top spot last year.

The top high school in Connecticut is a non-traditional school, according to the latest rankings from U.S. News and World Report. The rankings include public, charter and specialty schools in all 50 states.

Schools were assessed on factors such as student achievement on state-required assessments, graduation rates and college readiness.

A 2015 outbreak of Legionnaires' disease, traced to a cooling tower at a hotel, forced New York City to address a problem that had long been suspected but never adequately addressed: the role of buildings in spreading Legionella bacteria through the air.

An outbreak of Legionnaires' disease in New York was "completely preventable," civil rights attorney Ben Crump says.

Police say two other men who also opened fire in the bar remained at large, but officials didn't disclose further details about them.