NYC blasted with arctic air, anticipating heaviest snowfall in 3 years
An arctic air mass settled over New York City and much of the country Sunday evening, bringing a deep freeze and the chance of more snow than the city has seen in three years. Between 3 and 5 inches of...
View ArticleBiden posthumously pardons Black nationalist leader Marcus Garvey
President Biden on Sunday pardoned Marcus Garvey, one of the nation’s first Black civil rights leaders, more than 80 years after Garvey’s death. Garvey was convicted of mail fraud in the 1920s, a...
View ArticleSurfer rescued in icy waters off Gilgo Beach dies at hospital: cops
A man surfing in frigid waters off the south coast of Long Island on Sunday was pulled from the water by a passerby but later pronounced dead at a local hospital, authorities said. Jack Shapiro, 54,...
View ArticleTeen who murdered 3 girls at Taylor Swift dance class pleads guilty
The British teenager who stabbed three little girls to death at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class pleaded guilty to all charges Monday. Axel Rudakubana, 18, was in court for what was scheduled to be...
View ArticleBezos, Zuckerberg among tech billionaires with prime spots at Trump inauguration
Numerous tech billionaires were given premium seating spots at Donald Trump’s second inauguration on Monday, including Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg. In many cases, the tech...
View ArticleJeff Torborg, ex-Mets manager, Yankees coach dies at 83
Jeff Torborg, the former Mets manager and Yankees coach who caught three no-hitters and won a World Series as a player, died Sunday. He was 83. Torborg had battled Parkinson’s disease since 2010,...
View ArticleInternet users interpret Elon Musk salute at inauguration party as Nazi gesture
Elon Musk’s salute at a Monday inauguration party for President Trump was interpreted by many observers online as a “Heil Hitler” gesture. Musk, 53, spoke to a crowd of Trump supporters at Capital One...
View ArticleA$AP Rocky rejects plea deal as assault trial begins
A$AP Rocky rejected a plea deal Tuesday as his long-delayed trial on assault charges began in Los Angeles. The 36-year-old rapper, who faces up to 24 years in prison if convicted, was offered a 180-day...
View ArticleGarth Hudson, last surviving member of The Band, dies at 87
Garth Hudson, the multitalented musical genius who elevated The Band while remaining its most reserved member, died Tuesday. He was 87. Hudson, who was the last surviving member of the group, died in...
View Article18,000 Costco workers vote to authorize strike on Feb. 1
About 18,000 Costco workers will go on strike beginning Feb. 1 if their union doesn’t reach a deal with the warehouse retailer, the union announced Sunday. The Teamsters represent Costco workers in 56...
View ArticleWoman found dead in the snow next to North Jersey retention pond
A woman was found dead next to a retention pond in Monmouth County, N.J., authorities said Tuesday. The unidentified woman was discovered around 1 p.m. Monday in Neptune Township after a bystander...
View ArticleTrump pardons Silk Road drug website founder Ross Ulbricht
President Trump pardoned Ross Ulbricht, the founder of notorious 2010s drug trafficking website Silk Road, on Tuesday. Ulbricht, 40, was serving a life sentence in federal prison following his 2015...
View Article1 dead, 1 wounded in Nashville high school shooting, suspect dead by suicide
One student was killed and another wounded in a shooting at Antioch High School in Nashville on Wednesday morning. The shooter, identified by police as 17-year-old Solomon Henderson, died by suicide at...
View ArticleBird flu ravages Long Island’s last major duck farm; 100,000 birds to be killed
Nearly 100,000 ducks will be killed at Long Island’s last major commercial duck farm after bird flu was detected at the Suffolk County facility. Crescent Duck Farm in Aquebogue has played host to...
View ArticleEx-Sen. Bob Menendez’s bid for new trial rejected again by judge
Former N.J. Sen. Bob Menendez’s latest argument for a new trial was rejected Wednesday by a federal judge. Menendez, 71, was convicted in July 2024 on charges of bribery and acting as a foreign agent...
View ArticleLong Island health care exec hit with 6 child porn charges
A Long Island health care executive contacted 11 teenage girls for sexually explicit material and obtained thousands of videos of child pornography, federal investigators said Wednesday. Jacob Walden,...
View Article12-year-old Connecticut boy shot for hitting car with snowball
A 12-year-old boy was shot and wounded in Hartford, Conn., for hitting a car with a snowball Wednesday night, police said. The unidentified pre-teen was horsing around and throwing snowballs in...
View ArticlePotential jurors at A$AP Rocky trial asked about Rihanna, Fenty
Would-be jurors at A$AP Rocky’s trial on assault charges have been asked numerous questions about the rapper and his superstar girlfriend, Rihanna, according to a report published Thursday. Rocky,...
View ArticleSchumer demands reinstatement of fed school shooting safety board axed by Trump
New York Sen. Chuck Schumer called on Sunday for a federal safety board meant to prevent and prepare for school shootings to be reinstated — after it was disbanded last week by President Trump. The...
View Article‘Low confidence’ CIA report suggests COVID virus came from Chinese lab leak
A CIA report found that the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic likely came from a lab in Wuhan, China, though the agency expressed “low confidence” in its own conclusion. Various American...
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