2024 on track to be deadliest year in a decade for NYC pedestrians, motorists
NEW YORK — Seventy-eight people in New York have been killed this year in traffic crashes, according to city data, putting 2024 on track to be the deadliest year since the start of the city’s Vision Zero traffic safety...Read more
Blinken bound for Saudi Arabia in latest Middle East visit
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Saudi Arabia Monday for his seventh Middle East trip since Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7, setting off a war in Gaza that has claimed tens of thousands of ...Read more
'We've waited long enough': Minneapolis education support workers authorize strike
MINNEAPOLIS — Members of the union representing Minneapolis teachers voted Friday to authorize a strike, staging a potential walkout for scores of education workers.
Support professionals with the Minneapolis Federation...Read more
Central Park robbery spree has visitors on edge; taking precautions
NEW YORK — A major uptick of muggings in Central Park — including three violent robberies within a 28-hour span — has left parkgoers on edge, wondering if they will be targeted next, visitors to the iconic greenspace...Read more
Frightened Wife Is Tired Of Living A Lie At Home
DEAR ABBY: I have been deceiving my husband for a couple of months and can't figure out how to come clean. I feel like a terrible person. We have been married 17 years, and during the first four or five we were happy. We ...Read more
Ukraine gets Australian funding pledge for air defense, drones
Australia has ramped up military aid for Ukraine, with A$100 million ($65 million) in new funding to go toward short-range air defense systems, drone development and other equipment needed in the nation’s war against ...Read more
Fulton Bank takes over Republic after Pa. declares Philly's largest bank 'unsafe and unsound'
PHILADELPHIA — Fulton Financial Corp. of Lancaster will roughly double its presence in the Philadelphia area by taking over $4 billion in customer deposits, nearly $3 billion in loans, and 30 area branches from the long-...Read more
Paramount Global CEO Bob Bakish expected to leave the company
LOS ANGELES — Paramount Global Chief Executive Bob Bakish is expected to be ousted from the company, according to two sources familiar with the matter.
Bakish’s departure comes as Paramount’s future hangs in the ...Read more
'Tortured, bureaucratic nonsense': Recount in California's 16th District will go into a 3rd week
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Mystery, sniping and challenged ballots — all swirl around the extraordinary recount in the Congressional District 16 race as it drags into its third week.
Who will emerge the victor — if anyone �...Read more
Columbia University is being torn in 2 by anger, hurt amid Gaza protest encampments
NEW YORK — The tent demonstrations over the war in Gaza that have roiled Columbia University for the last two weeks have sparked anger and debate, and exploded into a national phenomenon.
But while the high-profile ...Read more
Bill Maher slams pro-Palestine protesters as ignorant, unemployed narcissists
Bill Maher isn’t mincing words when it comes to pro-Palestine protesters, who have been demonstrating across the country this week amid the months-long war in Gaza following Hamas’ Oct. 7 massacre of Israeli civilians....Read more
Carvalho faults alleged actions of school safety worker who failed to stop fatal fight
LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles school district has removed a campus-safety contractor from Washington Preparatory High School after an adult — who apparently worked for the contractor — refused to intervene before a ...Read more
Tick-borne Powassan virus reported in Massachusetts: 'The virus can invade the central nervous system'
BOSTON — A confirmed case of the tick-borne Powassan virus has been reported in the Bay State, according to officials who are warning residents to take precautions against the disease.
The Sharon Health Department has ...Read more
100 protesters detained as Northeastern Police break up Israel-Hamas war protest
BOSTON — Police broke up a protest calling for a ceasefire in Gaza and divestment from Israel at Northeastern University following similar breakups at other Greater Boston universities including Emerson and Tufts and ...Read more
Southern California woman pleads guilty in $150 million counterfeit postage scheme
LOS ANGELES — A San Gabriel Valley woman who was accused of using counterfeit postage on tens of millions of packages pleaded guilty Friday to defrauding the United States Postal Service out of more than $150 million.
...Read more
Key Bridge collapse: By the numbers, a month later
BALTIMORE — A month after the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed, federal, state and local authorities as well as local community organizations have banded together to focus on recovery efforts.
On March 26, the Key ...Read more
Cal Poly Humboldt closes campus for rest of semester over Gaza protests
EUREKA, Calif. — Cal Poly Humboldt officials are closing the campus for the remainder of the semester with classwork continuing remotely, as pro-Palestinian student activists refuse to end their occupation of two ...Read more
Divest-or-ban law rattles TikTok influencers pushing pro-Biden content
WASHINGTON — When President Joe Biden returned to the White House after delivering his State of the Union address, 23-year-old TikTok influencer Awa Sanneh joined roaring cheers alongside administration staffers gathered...Read more
Columbia won't call on NYPD to clear pro-Gaza protesters' tent city again
NEW YORK — Columbia University administrators on Saturday vowed not to bring the New York City Police Department in to clear out a pro-Gaza tent city on the school’s property, claiming that police intervention would ...Read more
Hamas releases video of 2 hostages as it weighs cease-fire
Hamas released a video Saturday showing two hostages alive as it studied Israel’s latest proposal for a cease-fire, in an apparent bid to increase pressure on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to call off a major ...Read more
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