NEW YORK — Despite multiple arrests and a history of mental health problems, Ramon Rivera, accused of killing three strangers in a wild Manhattan stabbing spree, was never sentenced to more than a year in jail.

He was most recently release from Rikers Island on Oct. 17 after serving two-thirds of a 364-day burglary sentence.

Mayor Eric Adams...Read more

WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell of Michigan won reelection Tuesday to her post as leader of House Democrats' messaging arm.

Dingell faced a challenge from freshman U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, but ultimately won by a wide margin to retain her position as chair of the Democratic Policy and Communications Committee. Dingell ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Attorneys working for Danny Masterson contacted jurors from the actor's rape trial despite a judge's order meant to limit publicly available information about their identities, drawing alarm from the jurors and Masterson's victims, court records show.

In an order made public in September, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge ...Read more

NEW YORK — Manhattan prosecutors on Tuesday told the judge presiding over President-elect Donald Trump’s criminal hush money case they concede he may need to consider pushing back sentencing until Trump is out of office — but they plan to fight Trump’s renewed efforts to get the verdict tossed.

In a court filing, prosecutors asked state...Read more

WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump said Tuesday that he’ll nominate billionaire Howard Lutnick, chairman and CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald LP and co-chair of the transition team, to be his commerce secretary as well as top trade adviser.

The move is widely seen as a consolation prize for Lutnick, who is overseeing Trump’s transition ...Read more

LANSING, Mich. — Allies of Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer used millions of dollars from secret donors and a web of nonprofit organizations to promote her policy agenda and celebrate Democrats who joined in championing it, according to a tax filing obtained by The Detroit News.

Since 2020, supporters of Whitmer, a Democrat, have raised about $...Read more

Did he or didn’t he?

Political watchers who no doubt saw the viral picture of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. aboard president-elect Donald Trump’s plane Sunday had one big question.

Did the environmental lawyer/fitness fanatic indulge in McDonald’s?

The snap in question was taken aboard Trump Force One and posted to Donald Trump Jr.’s ...Read more

NEW YORK — Despite multiple arrests and a history of mental health problems, Ramon Rivera, accused of killing three strangers in a wild Manhattan stabbing spree, was never sentenced to more than a year in jail.

He was most recently release from Rikers Island on Oct. 17 after serving two-thirds of a 364-day burglary sentence.

Mayor Eric Adams...Read more

ATHENS, Ga. — Just as Laken Riley began her ill-fated jog on the morning of Feb. 22, she texted her mother.

“Good morning. About to go for a run if you’re free to talk.”

She tried to call her mom at 9:03 a.m.

She never got a chance to try again.

Prosecutors say that’s because she unexpectedly encountered Jose Ibarra on the running ...Read more

NEW YORK — Despite multiple arrests and a history of mental health problems, Ramon Rivera, accused of killing three strangers in a wild Manhattan stabbing spree, was never sentenced to more than a year in jail.

He was most recently release from Rikers Island on Oct. 17 after serving two-thirds of a 364-day burglary sentence.

Mayor Eric Adams...Read more

Sabrina Carpenter may have been the catalyst for getting a Brooklyn priest demoted.

The Quakertown native and pop princess was loosely tied to New York Mayor Eric Adams' indictment thanks to that priest, Monsignor Jamie Gigantiello, letting her film her "Feather" music video inside a Brooklyn church.

Now, following an investigation, ...Read more

Is Netflix a universal language?

The entertainment giant is counting on it as the company seeks to extend its lead in the global streaming business. On Monday, Netflix showcased its latest slate of international original programs, which are a key part of its strategy to attract and retain subscribers around the world.

The list includes the ...Read more

BOISE, Idaho — Physicians are expected to take the stand in Idaho’s capital on Tuesday to argue that the state’s near-total prohibition of abortion care is jeopardizing women’s health, forcing them to carry fetuses with deadly anomalies, and preventing doctors from intervening in potentially fatal medical emergencies.

Their testimony is...Read more

Ukrainian forces carried out their first strike on a border region in Russia using Western-supplied missiles as President Vladimir Putin approved an updated nuclear doctrine expanding the conditions for using atomic weapons.

Ukraine deployed ATACMS missiles to strike a military facility in the western Bryansk region, Russia’s Defense ...Read more

Rep. Hakeem Jeffries was reelected as House Democratic leader on Tuesday after his fellow lawmakers mostly held their own amid President-elect Donald Trump’s big win for Republicans.

The Brooklyn lawmaker will try to position his party to retake the chamber in the midterms and end unified Republican government after House Democrats prevented ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Top House Democratic leaders who assumed their roles two years ago will continue in their positions in the new Congress after most ran unopposed in leadership elections held Tuesday.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York, Minority Whip Katherine M. Clark of Massachusetts and Caucus Chairman Pete Aguilar of California,...Read more

BALTIMORE — Gov. Wes Moore’s administration has hired one of the world’s largest consulting and technology firms to help prepare for the cascading effects President-elect Donald Trump’s new administration could have on the state.

The short-term contract with Accenture — which did not go through the state’s typical procurement ...Read more