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

BOSTON — A top ICE official is blasting back at Gov. Maura Healey’s declaration that Massachusetts is “not a sanctuary state.”

As the Herald reported Monday, the governor admitted that the cost of housing migrants is “overwhelming,” but that does not equate to being an anti-enforcement “sanctuary” — a point she’s stressing ...Read more

ATHENS — The crowd buzzes as an anticipated star of the show appears.

Santa Claus waves to cheers as he makes his way up and down the aisles, shaking hands with adults and hugging kids as “Joy To The World” is played by dozens of musicians at the Athens Symphony.

Jolly Ole Saint Nick eventually takes off his coat and plops down on a ...Read more

NEW YORK — Luigi Mangione pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder and terror offenses in Manhattan Supreme Court Monday stemming from the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

Wearing a burgundy sweater, white collared shirt, and khaki pants, a handcuffed Mangione, 26, entered his first formal plea to charges linked to the...Read more

President Joe Biden commuted the sentences of 37 inmates on federal death row Monday, and they will now serve life in prison without the possibility of parole rather than face execution, according to the White House.

Charleston church shooter Dylann Roof, 30, was one of three federal death row inmates who was not given a reprieve by Biden, and ...Read more

OAKLAND, Calif. — A man who served 10 years in prison for human trafficking was seen in early 2023 throwing a “kicking and screaming” woman into the trunk of his Mercedes in a neighborhood known for prostitution.

But 42-year-old Jason Nious didn’t face criminal charges in that incident, nor two months later when prosecutors say he was ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Crews will start surveying the Patapsco River and the land near the fallen Francis Scott Key Bridge in January to collect data for designing a new bridge, Maryland officials confirmed Monday.

The pre-construction work starting in January will include activities such as topographic surveys, underwater surveys and soil sampling, ...Read more

An MS-13 gang member wanted for murder in El Salvador has been arrested in New Jersey and is set for deportation, authorities announced Monday.

Johnathan Stanley Garcia-Vasquez was captured Friday outside his home in West New York, Immigrations and Customs Enforcement said Monday in a press release.

“The United States is not a safe haven for...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Christmas could come early this year for anyone playing Tuesday's Mega Millions jackpot worth an estimated $970 million.

The odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 302 million, according to lottery organizers, and the last jackpot was won in Texas on Sept. 10 for $810 million.

Tuesday's drawing is at 8 p.m. Pacific time.

If ...Read more

BOSTON — A State police trooper has been suspended without pay for allegedly trying to steal golf balls, among other items, the MSP confirmed to the Herald.

Zachariah Kent’s pay is now frozen after he already pulled down $118,777 this year and $123,000 in 2023, according to state payroll records. The trooper was relieved of duty Oct. 1, the...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A military-style armored track vehicle to protect officers in the line of fire hasn’t been used by the Sacramento Police Department nearly two years after it was purchased.

The Police Department purchased the vehicle, called the Rook, using $430,000 from a federal grant. The Sacramento City Council approved the purchase...Read more

NEW YORK — The suspect arrested for setting fire to a homeless woman, killing her inside an F train stopped at a Coney Island subway station, was charged Monday for her gruesome murder.

Sebastian Zapeta, a 33-year-old Guatemalan migrant who lives in Brooklyn, was charged with murder in the first and second degree and arson, officials said. He...Read more