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Mayor Adams' administration, in reversal, moves to kill controversial Bronx housing plan for ex-inmates
NEW YORK — In a dramatic reversal, Mayor Eric Adams’ administration moved Thursday to kill a controversial plan to ... Read More
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NYPD, feds set to protect hundreds of dignitaries at UN General Assembly starting next week
NEW YORK — Scores of cops will be on hand to protect the more than 200 dignitaries expected to attend this year’s United Nations General Assembly next week, Mayor Eric Adams and Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said ...Read more
Miami-Dade cop cleared for 2019 UPS truck shootout under Stand Your Ground law, judge rules
MIAMI — A Broward County judge on Thursday dismissed the case against a Miami-Dade police officer — charged in the deaths of two innocent bystanders, including a UPS driver, during a 2019 shootout at a busy ...Read more
Florida spares some bears, drops 'harvest' quota for upcoming hunt
Amid a surge of applications for Florida’s first bear hunt in a decade, the state is reducing the number of black bears that can be taken in the controversial December event.
State wildlife authorities this week cut the...Read more
Suspect in 1994 Boulder murder to be prosecuted again after first conviction tossed in wake of Colorado Bureau of Investigation scandal
DENVER — The Colorado man who saw his murder conviction overturned in April in part because of faulty DNA evidence connected to a statewide scandal will be prosecuted again in connection with the 1994 Boulder killing, ...Read more
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker urges boycott, protest against outlets tied to Jimmy Kimmel suspension
Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker has called for boycotts and protests against broadcast outlets that are tied to Wednesday’s decision by the Walt Disney Co. and its ABC network to indefinitely suspend comedian Jimmy Kimmel’...Read more
Protester says they were attacked at Pulse by man shouting slurs, removing flags
ORLANDO, Fla. — A protester says they were attacked outside the Pulse memorial Saturday after trying to stop a man from removing rainbow and transgender flags and throwing them into traffic.
Cait Aparicio was at Pulse ...Read more
Gangs tighten grip outside Haiti's capital as questions over new suppression force grow
In the past few days, armed gunmen in Haiti have killed dozens of farmers in a rural fishing village north of Port-au-Prince, attacked an armored police vehicle, killing the driver and injuring two cops in the hills above ...Read more
Trump tells PM Starmer Charlie Kirk could've become president
President Donald Trump said Thursday that Charlie Kirk could’ve become president one day.
Speaking at a joint press conference with United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Trump heaped praise on the slain ...Read more
Hurricane center eyes new Atlantic system while Tropical Storm Gabrielle spins
The National Hurricane Center on Thursday continued to track Tropical Storm Gabrielle while also eyeing a tropical wave moving off the coast of Africa that could become the season’s next named storm.
As of the NHC’s ...Read more
Edison details how much it plans to pay Eaton fire victims
LOS ANGELES — Southern California Edison hasn’t accepted responsibility for igniting the Eaton fire, but it is now offering each victim who lost their home hundreds of thousands of dollars, according to a draft of its ...Read more
Sailor Angelina Resendiz was killed in Norfolk Navy barracks, prosecutors say
NORFOLK, Va. — Navy prosecutors allege that a fellow sailor killed Angelina Resendiz in his barracks at Naval Station Norfolk, then dumped her body in a wooded area in the city.
In a hearing Thursday morning, ...Read more
Charlie Kirk assassination reignites political violence cycle, endangers democracy
Since 2013, political violence in America has surged, making public service and activism increasingly dangerous. From assassination attempts to the killing of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk, attacks once unthinkable are ...Read more
Trump asks Supreme Court to uphold his firing of Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump appealed to the Supreme Court on Thursday seeking to fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook from the independent board that can raise or lower interest rates.
The appeal "involves ...Read more
Teenager Celeste Rivas went missing a year ago. She was found dead in singer D4vd's Tesla
LOS ANGELES — The mystery deepened this week surrounding the case of a girl whose decomposing body was found in an abandoned Telsa registered to singer D4vd.
The discovery made national headlines earlier this month. But...Read more
D4vd pines for 'Celeste' in song that shares name of dead teen in his Tesla
One of D4vd’s reported leaked songs is titled “Celeste,” and pays tribute to a love interest with the same name as the 15-year-old whose body was found decomposing in the singer’s Tesla last week.
TMZ reports that...Read more
GOP threatens clamp down on social media after Charlie Kirk suspect allegedly confessed on Discord
Just before Tyler Robinson turned himself in for the murder of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, authorities say he appeared to leave a trail of incriminating messages on the online gaming platform Discord.
At first, ...Read more
Ukraine hits 2 Russian oil refineries as strikes intensify
Two Russian oil refineries were attacked on Thursday as Ukraine stepped up strikes on its enemy’s energy infrastructure.
Gazprom’s Neftekhim Salavat petrochemical facility in the Bashkortostan region was set on fire ...Read more
Trump, Xi call scheduled for 9am Washington time on Friday
President Donald Trump’s call with Chinese President Xi Jinping is slated to take place on Friday at 9 a.m. Washington time, according to a U.S. official.
The call will be the first direct engagement between the leaders...Read more
Pennsylvania cop killer identified as Matthew James Ruth
The man who fatally shot three police officers in southern Pennsylvania was identified Thursday as Matthew James Ruth.
Ruth, 24, was killed in the shootout, in which he wounded two additional officers, authorities said. ...Read more
Trump administration moves to make US citizenship harder with revised civics test
The Trump administration moved again Wednesday to make it harder to gain U.S. citizenship, announcing a slate of changes to the core civics test that immigrants must pass to be naturalized.
The changes would expand the ...Read more
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