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As one of his final acts in office, Mayor Eric Adams late on Christmas Eve vetoed a City Council bill that would temporarily allow victims of gender-based violence to sue their perpetrators even if the statute of ...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Kansas City Fire Department captain has filed a lawsuit alleging he was retaliated against after raising concerns about racist hiring and promotion practices, including claims that department ...Read more

WASHINGTON — A sanctioned oil tanker pursued by U.S. forces turned away from Venezuela and retreated out into the Atlantic Ocean, according to people familiar with the matter, as the Trump administration continues a ...Read more

In a scene reminiscent of the 1990 Christmas classic “Home Alone,” a quick-thinking Long Island boy foiled a robbery by leaping out of his bedroom window and calling police as he hid in the backyard of his Medford home...Read more

Federal prosecutors in New York and the FBI have “uncovered” over 1 million additional documents related to investigations into Jeffrey Epstein, the Department of Justice announced Wednesday, five days after last ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The most powerful Christmas storm in years slammed into Southern California on Wednesday, closing roads, flooding streets and drenching last-minute holiday shoppers.

The region’s wet Christmas is ...Read more

A cybersecurity breach of Columbus, Georgia-based insurance giant Aflac Inc. potentially exposed the personal information of approximately 22.65 million people, the company said in a statement last week.

The affected ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Twenty-four hours after two gas explosions ripped through a Bucks County nursing home, the dead and injured had been identified, survivors were accounted for, and the cleanup was underway. But unanswered ...Read more

Jeffrey Epstein’s team of high-powered lawyers famously negotiated a lenient 2007 deal on his behalf with federal prosecutors in the Southern District of Florida that allowed the financier to avoid a lengthy prison ...Read more

Dominion Energy is suing the Trump administration following its decision Monday to suspend the federal lease for the wind-power project off the coast of Virginia Beach just months before it was slated to start producing ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — A man stalked federal agents in his pickup truck for miles in West St. Paul and aimed a gun at them in an effort to chase them off, according to a criminal complaint filed on Dec. 24.

Thomas Edwin Edwards,...Read more

CHICAGO — Chicago faith leaders were once again denied entry to pray inside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in suburban Broadview. This time, on Christmas Eve.

A handful of faith leaders and other ...Read more

BOISE, Idaho — One Treasure Valley doctor is putting off his retirement and doing something “profound” with his last year in the emergency room.

Stuart Clive, who was a longtime St. Luke’s Medical Center emergency...Read more

A TikToker accused of mowing down a pedestrian in suburban Chicago while livestreaming on the platform has been arrested in Illinois.

Social media star Tea Tyme, whose real name is Tynesha McCarty-Wroten, was taken into ...Read more

A relatively quiet session on Wall Street before Christmas saw stocks hitting all-time highs, with more signs the jobs market is not quickly deteriorating supporting bets on a soft economic landing.

Investors hoping for a...Read more

The Justice Department’s long-awaited rollout of the Jeffrey Epstein files has been a chaotic spectacle that, so far, has largely turned the spotlight back to his previously known associates, including President Donald ...Read more

ATLANTA — Three escaped inmates wrapped a rope around their Lyft driver’s neck, tied her wrists and dragged her into the car’s back seat during a 10-hour getaway trip from metro Atlanta to South Florida, federal ...Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Thousands of people awoke without power Wednesday morning after a powerful storm slammed into the Bay Area, toppling trees and further complicating holiday travel across the region.

The North Bay, ...Read more

One common argument we hear against having a natural Christmas tree is the misconception that the trees are cut down from the forest then hauled away to market. The belief is that fewer trees are left to help capture ...Read more

NEW YORK — As murders and shootings in New York City continue to drop to record lows, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch on Wednesday announced a new milestone: 1,000 fewer people shot this year than in 2021.

“Incredible...Read more