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Trump wins Dearborn, Dearborn Heights amid fury over Gaza, Lebanon wars
DETROIT -- Republican Donald Trump won the presidential vote in the cities of Dearborn and Dearborn Heights in Tuesday's election after the former president courted the votes of Arab American and Muslim communities in Metro Detroit.
Trump won Dearborn, the nation’s largest Arab-majority city, by about 6 percentage points over Vice President ...Read more
Rafael forecast to become Cat 3 strength before Cuban landfall; tropical storm warning remains for Florida Keys
ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center said Hurricane Rafael will grow into a major Category 3 storm Wednesday before it strikes Cuba and moves into the Gulf of Mexico, while the Florida Keys remain under a tropical storm warning.
As of 10 a.m. Rafael, which formed at 7:20 p.m. Tuesday, had grown into a strong Category 2 hurricane with...Read more
Man caught with machine gun trying to enter Bronx subway tunnel
NEW YORK — A man stopped by police as he tried to walk into a Bronx subway tunnel was caught with a machine gun, police said Wednesday.
NYPD cops on patrol spotted the suspect walking past a “no trespassing” sign toward the entrance to a northbound tunnel inside the Kingsbridge Road subway stop for the B and D lines about 4:30 p.m. ...Read more
A picture of Barron Trump, 18, voting for the first time goes viral
Barron Trump showed up on Election Day Tuesday to help inch his father Donald Trump closer to the White House.
The NYU freshman’s mother Melania Trump shared a picture of the six-foot-seven 18 year old from the back, filling in the bubbles hunched over a polling booth.
“Voted for the first time,” the incoming first lady wrote in a post ...Read more
Jury to see undercover videos as star witness in Madigan corruption trial back on stand
CHICAGO — Jurors in the corruption trial of former House Speaker Michael Madigan are expected to see undercover videos Wednesday made by a former ComEd executive detailing an alleged scheme by the utility to funnel hundreds of thousands of dollars through do-nothing contacts to some of the powerful speaker’s longtime associates.
The videos,...Read more
After several turmoil-filled months, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and CTU's education agenda takes a hit
CHICAGO — Chicago voters have rejected Mayor Brandon Johnson’s education agenda as only four of 10 candidates endorsed by the powerful teacher’s union will hold seats on the city’s new hybrid Board of Education.
Though the races began as sleepy provincial contests, they quickly became a referendum on Johnson and his closely allied ...Read more
Atlanta VA doctor found guilty of sexually abusing patient
ATLANTA -- A federal jury has found an Atlanta VA Medical Center doctor guilty of groping a female patient during exams between 2019 and 2020, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
Dr. Rajesh Motibhai Patel, 69, of Lilburn, Georgia, was convicted Tuesday of violating a patient’s constitutional right to bodily integrity while acting ...Read more
US stocks soar as Trump's victory is met with early investor enthusiasm
U.S. stocks soared Wednesday in the wake of Donald Trump's sweeping election victory as investors priced in potential gains for a wide range of industries and a near-term boost to economic growth.
In early trading, the Dow Jones industrial average surged more than 1300 points, or about 3%, with expectations that a second Trump presidential term...Read more
Man taunted homeless people at encampment in Seattle before killing 1, charges say
SEATTLE — A 19-year-old Tacoma man was arrested and charged last week with murder, accused of fatally shooting an unarmed homeless man at a small encampment off Seattle's Rainier Avenue South in July after taunting and harassing the camp's sleeping residents, King County prosecutors say.
Kahmari Hale was arrested Oct. 29 at his Tacoma ...Read more
LA gynecologist accused of unwanted 'religious counseling' surrenders license
LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles gynecologist has surrendered his medical license after a state agency accused him of "unprofessional conduct," including asking a patient about her religious beliefs after she disclosed having had an abortion.
Dr. Lucien O. Cox, 75, chose to retire and surrender his license as the accusation from the Medical Board ...Read more
Trump's victory casts a shadow over the Federal Reserve
Donald Trump’s victory in Tuesday’s presidential contest injects deep uncertainties into the U.S. economic outlook that could alter the Federal Reserve’s policy calculus in the months ahead, while renewing questions about how fiercely he might pressure the central bank during his second term in the White House.
In his campaign, Trump ...Read more
Musk is about to find out what $130 million for Trump gets him
No billionaire did more to help Donald Trump win the U.S. presidential election than Elon Musk. The Tesla Inc. and SpaceX boss will now find out whether it pays off or he ends up getting burned.
Musk, whose growing political apparatus has already proved its mettle, will gain more than just an ally in the White House. Trump has floated giving ...Read more
Quiet dismay, open glee: US adversaries, allies around world react to historic Trump win
A thunderstruck world took in Donald Trump’s victory in the U.S presidential election, with ordinary people and political titans voicing jubilation, dismay or bafflement on Wednesday as allies and adversaries struggled to recalibrate their vision of a vastly altered American landscape.
On Ukraine’s frosty battlefields, in bustling urban ...Read more
Hurricane Rafael could approach Cat 3 strength before Cuban landfall; tropical storm warning remains for Florida Keys
ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center said Hurricane Rafael formed Tuesday evening on its way toward Cuba and the Gulf of Mexico while tropical storm warnings were issued for the Florida Keys.
The upgrade to the season’s 11th hurricane came at a special 7:20 p.m. update, when it was located about 20 miles southeast of Little Cayman....Read more
Editorial: Many seeds sowed Trump's return to the White House
Were the seeds planted during the disastrous Afghanistan pullout in August 2021, after President Joe Biden proclaimed that the Taliban couldn’t overrun Kabul, yet 13 Americans were killed and another 45 injured as the United States fled the nation in humiliation?
Were the seeds planted that same year, after Biden insisted that no “serious ...Read more
San Diego man sentenced to two years for sexually abusing teenager aboard flight
LOS ANGELES — San Diego resident Ryan Coffey was on a cross-country flight in January 2023 when he offered alcohol to a 14-year-old sitting next to him, according to court records.
He didn't know the girl, who was 17 years his junior, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
That didn't prevent Coffey, however, from sexually molesting ...Read more
How Trump overcame a shooting and an unexpected rival to win a historic second term
LOS ANGELES — From the moment he rode a golden escalator downward and into the queasy gut of American political life, Donald Trump did it his way — unbridled by precedent, often powered by “alternative facts” and dedicated to the proposition that only he could “make America great again.”
The real estate mogul and onetime reality TV ...Read more
Trump to reshape US economy with tariffs, crackdown on migrants
Donald Trump is returning to the White House, and the U.S. economy is in for a wild ride.
The former and soon-to-be next president has promised an escalation of tariffs on all U.S. imports and the biggest mass deportation of migrants in history. He also wants a say in Federal Reserve policy. Many economists reckon the platform adds up to higher...Read more
Zelenskyy says Trump's 'strength' can bring end to Russia's war
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Donald Trump’s “peace through strength approach” to global relations could help end Russia’s war on his country.
“This is exactly the principle that can practically bring just peace in Ukraine closer,” Zelenskyy said Wednesday on social media platform X, congratulating Trump on an “...Read more
Donald Trump elected as the United States' 47th president
Donald Trump, the twice-impeached, criminally convicted former president who survived two assassination attempts during the 2024 campaign, has been voted back into the White House.
Trump’s victory over Vice President Kamala Harris marks an extraordinary political comeback after he lost to President Joe Biden in 2020, attempted to overturn the...Read more
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