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.

Once again, Massachusetts has more public high schools ranked in the top 25 percent of the US News & World Report Best High Schools list than any other state in the country.

From a review of more than 24,000 public high schools nationally, the Northeast Ohio school faring the best was Solon High School, which scored No. 174 in the country and No. 4 in the state.

All city beaches in New York will be closed Wednesday and Thursday with no lifeguards on duty as Hurricane Erin sends dangerous waves and rip currents into the area.

Hurricane Erin is hovering over the Atlantic Ocean as a Category 2 storm, alarming parts of the East Coast as weather conditions worsen for communities in several states.

"At this stage we don't expect the storm to impact land other than the ocean swell, which will likely create hazardous surf conditions including rip currents - of particular risk along the Atlantic Co...