NEW YORK — NEW YORK — Mohamed Bahi, a staffer in Mayor Eric Adams’ office who resigned Monday, has been hit with criminal charges alleging he destroyed evidence and tampered with witnesses in the ongoing federal corruption investigation that resulted in the mayor’s indictment last month.

Bahi was arrested early Tuesday and was presented...Read more

Thirteen states and the District of Columbia and filed a coordinated blitz of lawsuits Tuesday against TikTok, alleging the popular social media app is exploiting young users, violating state consumer protection laws and misleading the public.

A coalition of 14 attorneys general, led by California Attorney General Rob Bonta and New York ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — A Philadelphia judge — and former Democratic state representative — was barred from the bench on Monday for refusing to stop posting political statements on Facebook.

Pennsylvania’s Court of Judicial Discipline found in May that Common Pleas Court Judge Mark B. Cohen had violated the Code of Judicial Conduct by posting ...Read more

WASHINGTON — After the Justice Department unsealed charges last month in an Iran-linked hacking operation against Donald Trump’s campaign, Attorney General Merrick B. Garland offered a window into one department motivation: calling out the threat publicly.

Federal authorities populated the 37-page indictment with granular details on the ...Read more

Will Hurricane Milton knock the lights out in Central Florida so ferociously that much of the region stews in the dark for a week — or longer — as with Hurricane Charley 20 years ago?

That’s the scenario residents should prepare for, according to the nation’s hurricane center and weather service, and it’s one that Duke Energy, Florida...Read more

COLUMBIA, S.C. — It’s been more than a week since Hurricane Helene swept over the Carolinas, but the effects are still being felt by some of the region’s most-vulnerable residents in the area's hospitals.

The Baxter International facility in Marion, North Carolina — a major manufacturer of IV fluids and other medical supplies — was ...Read more

The mayor of Tampa issued a stark, ominous warning on Monday evening: If residents in an evacuation zone don’t follow orders as Hurricane Milton barrels toward them, certain death is imminent.

“The No. 1 message, as it has been for several days now, is that you need to prepare,” Mayor Jane Castor told a shocked CNN’s Kaitlan Collins. �...Read more

NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. — As Hurricane Milton continued its slow path toward Florida’s Gulf Coast on Tuesday, Gov. Ron DeSantis urged residents in evacuation zones to head to safer places as soon as possible.

He didn’t have to convince Jossie and Carmelo Erazo.

The Port Richey couple arrived at Pasco County’s River Ridge Middle/High ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The federal deficit clocked in at $1.8 trillion for fiscal 2024, according to the final estimate released Tuesday by the Congressional Budget Office.

While generally in line with prior forecasts, the slightly revised deficit estimate was $81 billion, or 4 percent, smaller than the last CBO projection made in June. Revenue was ...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A federal judge has struck down a Missouri law requiring child sex offenders to post “no candy” signs on Halloween, finding the requirement violates the First Amendment.

U.S. District Court Judge John A. Ross ruled on Oct. 2 that the state law amounts to compelled speech that violates the rights of individuals on the ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — Hurricane Milton began its turn toward Florida on Tuesday rebounding back to Category 5 strength with a forecast landfall near Tampa Bay with up to 15-foot storm surge, and a projected path that will cut through Central Florida, according to the National Hurricane Center.

“Stronger vertical shear is expected to set in about ...Read more

MIAMI — Evacuees streamed away from the Gulf Coast, clogging roads and draining gas stations. Major airports in Tampa and Orlando prepared to shut down. Schools announced pending closures across much of the state. Millions of Florida residents were under hurricane warnings or watches.

On Tuesday, much of Florida was hunkering down for the ...Read more

ATLANTA — The fight between Georgia's State Election Board and Fulton County took dramatic twists Tuesday, with the county suing the state and the board voting to subpoena the county’s election records from the 2020 presidential election.

The dispute centers on the county’s refusal to accept election monitors favored by the board’s ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Kamala Harris likes to boast that under the Biden administration, hundreds of thousands of manufacturing jobs have been created.

But while the Democratic presidential nominee is correct, there are asterisks.

In California, for example, the number of manufacturing jobs is down this year and is expected to grow slowly in the near ...Read more

Former President Donald Trump has held at least seven private conversations with Russian strongman Vladimir Putin since leaving office, according to a forthcoming book by journalist Bob Woodward.

Trump also gave Putin scarce COVID-19 testing kits for his personal use while he was president, the venerable Washington Post scribe reveals in his ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A man known as the "Pillowcase Rapist" for his brutal attacks on women in the 1980s and '90s was ordered released into the Antelope Valley despite the protests of hundreds of nearby residents who say their area has become a dumping ground for sex offenders.

Christopher Hubbart was committed to a state hospital for much of the ...Read more

A hunter climbed a tree to escape a mother grizzly bear and her two large cubs while in Montana’s backcountry last weekend, wildlife officials said.

But the move didn’t stop the protective mother from charging, and he shot her from up in the tree, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks said in an Oct. 7 news release.

The shot injured the bear, ...Read more

Hurricane Milton is on track to deal a devastating blow to Florida’s vibrant Tampa Bay region, potentially delivering the first direct hit from such a storm in a century just as residents and businesses were beginning to pick up the pieces from Helene.

The area, which includes the cities of Tampa, St. Petersburg and Clearwater, is home to ...Read more

MIAMI — Evacuees streamed away from the Gulf Coast, clogging roads and draining gas stations. Major airports in Tampa and Orlando prepared to shut down. Schools announced pending closures across much of the state, including in South Florida. Millions of residents across the state were under hurricane warnings or watches,

On Tuesday, much of ...Read more