Southern right whales can live to be more than 130 years old — which is decades longer than previously thought, according to new research.

The marine animals, a type of baleen whale found in the southern hemisphere, have the gift of “extreme longevity,” according to a study published on Dec. 20 in the journal Science Advances and an ...Read more

A New England man who was on death row after he “senselessly killed” and was indicted for sending bomb threats to the home of former President George H. W. Bush is on President Biden’s federal death row commutation list.

While 53-year-old Maine man Charles Hall is on the commutation list, Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was left ...Read more

Some infectious diseases saw a huge surge in 2024, with the spread attributed in part to climate change, declining vaccination rates and the advent of new pathogen variants.

The findings, part of a preliminary analysis by London-based disease forecasting firm Airfinity Ltd., seek to renew the focus on the rise of preventable and climate-...Read more

Aurora investigators said 11 suspected Tren de Aragua gang members and associates will face multiple felony charges in Colorado court after a couple living in the Edge of Lowry apartments was kidnapped and tortured last week.

Eight suspects are in custody and in the process of being charged while three are still on the run, Aurora police Chief ...Read more

A hunter took trophy photos with a mountain lion he shot in Missouri, but was then cited for killing the protected cat, officials said.

While hunting in Iron County on Nov. 16, the man saw a mountain lion pass under a tree stand he was on, according to court documents.

“He got excited at what it was, stood up, and then decided to shoot (the ...Read more

Alaska's U.S. senators voted in favor of a bill that is set to increase Social Security benefits for thousands of the state's residents.

The measure, known as the Social Security Fairness Act, passed the Senate in a 76-20 vote early Saturday and heads now to the desk of President Joe Biden, who is expected to sign it.

The bill is set to ...Read more

President Joe Biden's commutations Monday of federal prisoners sitting on death row included a Michigan man convicted of killing a woman he was accused of sexual assaulting and suspected in the deaths of at least three others.

Prosecutors said Marvin Charles Gabrion II killed Rachel Timmerman to prevent her from testifying against him .

Having...Read more

Thirty years ago, a New Orleans officer offered protection to an accused drug dealer in exchange for a deadly favor: killing a woman who filed a police brutality complaint against him, court documents say.

At Len Davis’ request, the man shot Kim Marie Groves in the head, killing her in a New Orleans neighborhood the evening of Oct. 13, 1994, ...Read more

President-elect Donald Trump has appointed Charlotte native Bo Hines, a former college football player and Republican congressional candidate from North Carolina, to a national leadership role on cryptocurrency.

On Sunday, Trump announced a slate of technology appointments, including that of Bo Hines, who will work alongside “White House A.I....Read more

WASHINGTON — As billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk praised Donald Trump at an October rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, and awarded a $1 million check at a town hall in McKees Rocks later that month, he also helped former hedge fund CEO Dave McCormick oust long-term incumbent U.S. Sen. Bob Casey.

That's according to U.S. Sen. John Fetterman, D-...Read more

President-elect Donald Trump has nominated a billionaire with Las Vegas ties as the next United States ambassador to Italy, according to a Saturday announcement.

Tilman Fertitta, 67, is the chairman, chief executive officer and owner of Landry’s Inc., the Houston-based hospitality and entertainment company which operates three Golden Nugget ...Read more

Tis the season to wash your hands and watch what you eat.

Norovirus, a vomit- and diarrhea-inducing stomach bug, is sickening Floridians through tainted surfaces and contaminated shellfish.

The Sunshine State is one of 12 in the U.S. with a high number of confirmed outbreaks of the virus. Anyone suffering from a bout of the nasty, extremely ...Read more

WASHINGTON — If President-elect Donald Trump’s assertion that the United States should have control of Greenland sounds familiar, that’s because he’s said it before — during his first term as president.

Back in 2019, Trump’s call caused a brief diplomatic tiff with Denmark, under whose sovereignty the vast island falls. Then as now...Read more

Police arrested a man who allegedly lit a sleeping homeless woman on fire in a Brooklyn subway car Sunday morning, then watched calmly as she burned to death, NYPD officials said.

Chilling video obtained by the Daily News shows the woman standing near the door of a stopped subway car at the Coney-Island-Stillwell Ave. station, her clothes ...Read more

Congestion pricing moved back to the express lane on Monday after a Manhattan federal judge declined a request for a preliminary injunction to stop the controversial tolling plan, which is slated to go into effect early next month.

Judge Lewis Liman didn’t rule on a motion to dismiss a legal challenge to the plan altogether.

Instead, he ...Read more

The father of an Atlanta federal prison guard who was killed 30 years ago said life in prison without parole is not an adequate punishment for the man who bludgeoned his son to death.

That man, Anthony George Battle, is one of 37 federal inmates whose death sentences were commuted Monday by President Joe Biden.

“I don’t think it’s ...Read more

Two men are going to prison after being convicted of molesting their two adoptive sons, Georgia officials said.

In July 2022, Walton County deputies were contacted about child sexual abuse material uploaded to a Google account, according to a Dec. 23 news release by the Alcovy Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office.

Deputies met with ...Read more

A Chicago podiatrist who fatally shot a patient who was cooperating in a federal fraud probe of his Medicare billings was among 37 people who had their federal death sentences commuted by President Joe Biden.

In January of 2002, Ronald Mikos, 76, called Joyce Brannon days before she was scheduled testify before a federal grand jury and tried to...Read more