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In perilous times, NYC welcomes daring new recruits to NYPD
Just days after ISIS-inspired counter protesters threw explosive devices outside Manhattan’s Gracie Mansion, the NYPD graduated more than 900 new cops, each ready to face the challenges and dangers ahead, Mayor Mamdani said Monday.
“As New Yorkers ran from the danger, NYPD officers ran towards it,” Mamdani told the new recruits.
”No ...Read more
Two Bucks County men who said they were inspired by ISIS charged with having bombs at violent Gracie Mansion protest, police say
Two Bucks County men arrested for attempting to detonate homemade bombs at a protest outside Gracie Mansion in Manhattan over the weekend said they were inspired by ISIS, court documents show.
Emir Balat, 18, and Ibrahim Kayumi, 19, were charged with use of a weapon of mass destruction, attempting to support a foreign terrorist organization, ...Read more
Alexander brothers convicted of sex trafficking in NYC, face up to life in prison
A federal jury on Monday found the Alexander brothers guilty of orchestrating a sex-trafficking conspiracy involving the drugging and raping of dozens of women over decades, from New York City to their hometown of Miami.
The 12-person jury, which deliberated for three days in New York federal court, convicted twins Alon and Oren Alexander, 38, ...Read more
Kentucky's Senate candidates divided on how to handle artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence is likely the most transformative technology of this generation.
It’s already reshaping industries and raising questions about energy, the environment and the future of the workplace.
What role will it play in Kentucky politics?
The Herald-Leader asked several candidates for U.S. Senate in Kentucky their thoughts on ...Read more
90 in March? Las Vegas prepares for extended heat wave
If you thought it was warm at the beginning of this month, wait until this weekend.
A major heat wave is expected to infiltrate Southern Nevada by the end of this week, with record daily high temperatures expected to be set, including the first 90-degree day of the year.
The National Weather Service, on a post on X, said daytime highs will ...Read more
Soldier killed in Kuwait drone strike was online student at Missouri university
One of the six U.S. soldiers killed in a Kuwait drone attack on Sunday was enrolled as a current student at a Missouri university.
Webster University, in St. Louis, announced on Facebook earlier this week that Capt. Cody Khork was an online student pursuing a master’s degree in Business and Organization Security management.
The school said ...Read more
LA City Council candidate stays in race after report that he stabbed a boy at age 12
LOS ANGELES — Jordan Rivers, who is running to represent a harbor-area district on the Los Angeles City Council, said he will continue his campaign after a report surfaced that he stabbed a neighbor when he was 12.
Rivers, 22, is the sole challenger to incumbent Tim McOsker in the June 2 primary election.
In a lawsuit, Nicholas Parszik and ...Read more
Baltimore Council targets private immigration detention centers with new legislation
BALTIMORE — Baltimore City Council members introduced a bill Thursday aimed at banning private detention facilities in the city, following a surprise inspection of a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office and holding facility.
The measure, pushed by Council President Zeke Cohen, would use the city’s zoning code to prohibit ...Read more
Governor appoints Washington state's newest Supreme Court justice amid turnover
SEATTLE — A high-profile Seattle litigator with a history of working in immigration court was appointed to the Washington Supreme Court by Gov. Bob Ferguson on Monday.
Theodore J. Angelis, known as Theo, a longtime attorney at the giant Seattle firm K&L Gates, will step into the seat being vacated by Justice Barbara Madsen, the first woman ...Read more
Arizona lawmaker turns over 2020 election data to Trump's FBI
The president of the Arizona State Senate said he had provided records to the Federal Bureau of Investigation related to a review by Republican lawmakers into the 2020 presidential election.
“Late last week I received and complied with a federal grand jury subpoena for records relating to the Arizona State Senate’s 2020 audit of Maricopa ...Read more
Trump calls Iran war 'short term,' says it could 'be ended soon'
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Monday tried to assuage concerns his war with Iran could become another prolonged military campaign, calling it a “little excursion” that could be wrapped up “soon.” He also urged House Republicans to add several white-hot social issues to a voting overhaul measure as a trap for vulnerable ...Read more
Trump signals possible end to war, floats removing oil sanctions
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said he plans to waive oil-related sanctions, have the U.S. Navy escort tankers through the Strait of Hormuz and predicted the war with Iran would resolve “very soon” as he confronted mounting economic and political pressures after days of dramatic fluctuations in oil markets.
The president said he didn...Read more
US Postal Service honors lowrider community in new forever stamp collection
LOS ANGELES — The United States Postal Service will issue commemorative postage stamps celebrating lowriders.
The new set, out Saturday, celebrates a counterculture movement rooted in the 1940s working-class Mexican American/Chicano communities of the American Southwest.
Featured in the collection are five models: a blue 1958 Chevrolet ...Read more
Key US senator investigates FDA over rare-disease drug denials
WASHINGTON — A key U.S. Republican senator said he’s launched an investigation into the Food and Drug Administration’s recent denials of treatments for rare diseases, adding political pressure on an agency that’s already in turmoil.
Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson said he’s seeking the FDA’s written denials to drugmakers, known as ...Read more
Murder charge dropped; man pleads to lesser charge in KC Chiefs rally shooting
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Dominic M. Miller pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful use of a weapon in Jackson County Circuit Court Monday for his role in the 2024 Chiefs Super Bowl rally shooting that killed a Kansas City-area mother and injured dozens.
The 20-year-old Kansas City man was accused of firing the fatal shot that killed 43-year-old ...Read more
ISIS-inspired suspects who threw explosive devices near Gracie Mansion wanted to cause more damage than Boston Marathon, NYPD says
NEW YORK — The Gracie Mansion counterprotesters accused of throwing homemade bombs came to New York with a powerful powder explosive nicknamed “Mother of Satan,” a notebook filled with handwritten notes — and a plan to go “bigger” than the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, federal prosecutors said Monday.
Ibraham Kayumi, 19, and Emir ...Read more
Living with fear, uncertainty: Mahmoud Khalil on the personal toll a year after his ICE arrest
NEW YORK — One year after the arrest of Columbia University graduate Mahmoud Khalil, the Palestinian activist acknowledged he was in denial — almost naive — about what was happening to him at the time.
Khalil, 31, a green-card holder with Algerian citizenship, was returning from an Iftar with his pregnant wife, an American citizen, to ...Read more
Trump says war will resolve 'very soon,' lifting oil sanctions
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said he plans to waive oil-related sanctions, have the U.S. Navy escort tankers through the Strait of Hormuz and predicted the war with Iran would resolve “very soon” as he confronted mounting economic and political pressures after days of dramatic fluctuations in oil markets.
The president said that he...Read more
Alexander brothers convicted of sex trafficking in NYC, face up to life in prison
A federal jury on Monday found the Alexander brothers guilty of orchestrating a sex-trafficking conspiracy involving the drugging and raping of dozens of women over decades, from New York City to their hometown of Miami.
The 12-person jury, which deliberated for three days in New York federal court, convicted twins Alon and Oren Alexander, 38, ...Read more
Minnesota weighs legalizing psilocybin mushrooms for therapeutic use
MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota could soon legalize the therapeutic use of psilocybin mushrooms on a small scale, as lawmakers point to emerging research that suggests the psychedelic drug could help treat intractable mental illnesses.
A bipartisan group of state lawmakers is pushing to create a pilot program allowing for therapeutic use of the drug ...Read more
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