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Lawmakers push to speed up NYC casino licenses timetable: 'We're leaving $2B on the table'
Two state lawmakers say it's time to roll the dice on awarding casino licenses in the New York City area and are backing a bill that would speed up the...
Historic NYC youth group calls on lawmakers to step in as it faces eviction from Park Ave. Armory after 120 years
A historic New York youth group is calling on lawmakers to step in and save them from being evicted from the Upper East Side building they've called home for more...
Abortion won't be Biden's saving grace against Trump in Florida and Arizona: poll
Abortion is expected to be on the ballot in Arizona and Florida in November, but the issue is not shaping up to be the boost President Biden needs to win...
Sex worker had more than 200 clients while knowing she was HIV-positive: 'Risky business'
Linda Leccesse, 30, solicited most of her clients on Market Street in Marietta -- a small city in southeast Ohio on the border of West Virginia -- but the possibly...
Sen. Fetterman hits back at AOC's suggestion he's a bully after House clash: 'That's absurd'
AOC shot back at Fetterman, writing on social media, "I stand up to bullies, instead of becoming one."
Botanists are scouring the US-Mexico border to document a forgotten ecosystem split by a giant wall
Roughly 1,000 volunteers armed with the iNaturalist app on their smartphones are documenting as many species as possible along the US-Mexico border in May.
CNN commentator Alice Stewart's shocking death sparks tributes from both sides of the aisle
“Alice was like a sister to me,” fellow CNN commentator Maria Cardona, a Democratic strategist, said of her Republican colleague.
Families flee Boy Scouts of America as organization moves toward 'progressive vision'
"Anytime organizations lose their rootedness, and especially if we chase these progressive visions, we end up waking up in a world that's really hard to recognize," Matt Markins said.
Straphanger slashed on Manhattan subway station — with attacker still at large
A 36-year-old woman is in stable condition after being slashed by a blade-wielding madman in a Lower East Side subway station early Sunday morning, the NYPD said.
Border Patrol agents reveal how easily terrorists and killers get into US despite being screened
"It's a catch-and-release operation, so they bring in busloads of people, they fingerprint them and [run them through a system], and initially, a lot of times, nothing comes back on...
Marco Rubio, rumored Trump VP contender, won't say if he'll accept 2024 election results
"If it's unfair, we are going to do the same thing Democrats do," Rubio said. "We're going to use lawyers to go to court and point out the fact that states are...
Seriously injured Bravest sue NYC for $80M over firehouse 'closure' policy
Four Bravest nearly lost their lives in a 2023 blaze because of a city policy that closes firehouses for annual physicals -- and the rule continues to pose a threat...
Rep. Stefanik rallies for 'total victory' over Hamas during trip to Israel, blasts Biden
New York Rep. Elise Stefanik championed Israel's push for "total victory" against Hamas terrorists and called out antisemitism on campuses in the US as well as President Biden for standing...
Transgender high school runner booed after winning girls' state title
Aayden Gallagher, of McDaniel High School, was booed while being crowned as the Oregon Girls' 6A 200-meter state champion.
Ohio judge could rule near-ban on all abortions as early as Monday
The 2019 law under consideration by Hamilton County Common Pleas Judge Christian Jenkins bans most abortions once cardiac activity can be detected, which can be as early as six weeks...
Bill Maher bored by claims Trump would rule as a dictator: 'Wake me when he blows up the world'
Comedian Bill Maher said during a recent interview the repeated warnings that presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump is going to be a dictator bored him.
Hot weather poses new risks as thousands remain without power after deadly Houston storm
As the Houston area works to clean up and restore power to hundreds of thousands after deadly storms left at least seven people dead, it will do so amid a...
Several students at historically black Morehouse College turn their backs on Biden during commencement address
Multiple students at Morehouse College turned their backs on President Biden during his commencement address in Atlanta Sunday amid friction with younger voters over the Israel-Hamas war.
Rep. Crockett blasts 'racist' Marjorie Taylor Greene, calls on speaker to 'rein her in'
Texas Rep. Jasmine Crockett blasted fellow Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene as "racist" and implored House Speaker Mike Johnson to"rein her in" Sunday.
Daring grandma makes historic 29.6 mile, 17-hour swim in shark-infested waters
Amy Appelhans Gubser, 55, became the sixth person ever to make the 30-mile swim through the treacherous stretch of sea from San Francisco Bay's Golden Gate Bridge to the tiny...