Sen. John Fetterman, D.-Pa., said Tuesday on X that Sen. Marco Rubio, R.-Fla., President-elect Donald Trump’s expected pick for secretary of state, is a “strong choice” and that he will “look forward” to voting for his confirmation.

Fetterman’s post is a rare glimmer of Democratic support for Trump’s prospective cabinet.

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NEW YORK — One borough, one parade.

After 60 years, one of Staten Island’s largest and most influential civic organizations is allowing gay and lesbian groups to march in the borough’s official St. Patrick’s Day Parade.

“The Richmond County St. Patrick’s Day Parade Committee wishes to announce that the Staten Island Pride Center ...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — A pregnant Kentucky woman who wants an abortion but is unable to get one is suing the state in an effort to reverse its near-total ban on abortions.

The woman, about seven weeks pregnant, is seeking to overturn a pair of state laws that took effect soon after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022: a six-week ...Read more

DETROIT — Former Detroit Deputy Mayor Todd Bettison was sworn in Tuesday as the interim chief of the Detroit Police Department — a career move he described as a natural progression for himself and the city.

"I had to focus on so many different departments," Bettison said of his role as deputy mayor. "Now, I'm focusing on one department, ...Read more

BOSTON — A state commission charged with studying the emergency shelter system in Massachusetts housing local families and migrants proposed cutting back costs in the face of a $1 billion tab this fiscal year, including by reducing the use of expensive hotels and motels.

A draft final report on the shelter system the group released Tuesday ...Read more

BOSTON — The Massachusetts Air National Guard tech support member responsible for “one of the most significant leaks of classified documents and information in United States history” will spend a decade and a half behind bars.

U.S. District Court Judge Indira Talwani sentenced Jack Teixeira to 180 months, which is 15 years, in federal ...Read more

NEW YORK — The federal government will fund two-thirds of Penn Station’s renovation, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer told the Daily News Tuesday.

The $72 million in federal Transportation Department grant money secured by the Democratic leader will fund accessibility, new entrances and public spaces at the transit hub.

The money is ...Read more

A Kansas man facing a felony and several misdemeanor charges in connection with the Capitol riot is asking the federal court to continue his upcoming trial date until after President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration.

William Pope, of Topeka, said it would be a waste of time and resources to follow through with his prosecution because Trump ...Read more

A Chicago area woman has claimed she was pepper sprayed and pushed down the stairs after going to the home of right-wing activist Nick Fuentes to confront him about the sexist comments he made online after Donald Trump was elected president last week.

Marla Rose claims the unapologetic chauvinist — who last week coined the phrase “Your body...Read more

All U.S. airlines and other and commercial operators have been banned from flying into Haiti for at least 30 days, the Federal Aviation Administration announced Tuesday.

The decision came a day after a Spirit Airlines and JetBlue Airways flights sustained gunfire over Port-au-Prince airspace on Monday. The Spirit flight was a mile east of ...Read more

CHICAGO — Seizing on a tactic strengthened by a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision, defense attorneys in the Michael Madigan corruption trial began their cross-examination of a key witness Tuesday by trying to distinguish between exchanging jobs for official actions and simply currying favor with the formidable ex-House speaker.

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ORLANDO, Fla. – The National Hurricane Center on Tuesday increased again its forecast odds a Caribbean system will develop into the season’s next tropical depression or storm.

As of its 1 p.m. EST tropical outlook, the NHC said a broad area of low pressure in the central Caribbean Sea was producing disorganized showers and thunderstorms.

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Kensington Palace has finally taken action to address an apparent error made by a well-known royal reporter, who incorrectly suggested in September that Kate Middleton never had cancer but was instead diagnosed with “pre-cancerous cells.”

The report by Rhiannon Mills, the senior royal editor for Sky News, resurfaced over the past week and ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump reportedly plans to name North Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem as Homeland Security secretary, in a trio of moves that advance a hard-line approach to immigration, including mass deportation and aggressive action against drug cartels.

Trump had announced Tom Homan, a former immigration official in the first ...Read more

An Illinois lawmaker drunkenly drove her car into another vehicle, and then mocked a responding officer’s penis size while he placed her under arrest, police said.

The incident unfolded on Sunday in Ravenswood, a neighborhood located on Chicago’s northside. Police were called around 8:49 p.m. to the 5000 block of North Ashland Avenue, where...Read more

WASHINGTON — David McCormick, the Republican former hedge fund CEO poised to take Sen. Bob Casey's seat in January, has been invited to the Senate orientation Wednesday.

Just two days after saying McCormick — whose tight race against Casey was called by the Associated Press last week — wouldn't be invited until all the final votes were ...Read more

​NEW YORK — A homeless 21-year-old man was stabbed to death in a Brooklyn playground Tuesday morning, police said.

The scene of the slaying, Clinton Hill’s Steuben Playground, is where a Venezuelan migrant was shot to death earlier this year.

In the latest violence, the victim was stabbed in the stomach during a confrontation with a man ...Read more

CHICAGO — Mayor Brandon Johnson is all but giving up on his proposed $300 million property tax hike before aldermen kill it, and pushing them to find other revenue in its place to avert layoffs.

Johnson’s administration is combing over alternatives to the tax jump ahead of a meeting Wednesday where the City Council is expected to vote it ...Read more