NEW YORK — For many New Yorkers, the 9/11 attack feels like it happened just yesterday, but nearly 25 years have passed since the terrorist strike, and the FDNY wants to commemorate next year’s anniversary with a little something extra.

Along with the traditional somber reading of the victims’ names at Ground Zero, ceremony organizers on ...Read more

NEW YORK — Mayor Eric Adams is dropping a new twist into the heated debate over the city’s horse carriage industry by ordering that some of the steeds deployed in Central Park undergo medical exams from an outside veterinarian who has spoken at events hosted by an anti-carriage group, the Daily News has learned.

The Adams administration’s...Read more

MOUNT POCONO, Pa. — A smattering of people pushed their luck Tuesday at the Mount Airy Casino Resort, tapping neon slot buttons, flipping dice onto felt craps tables, and wandering the rows of glowing, dinging machines.

A floor below, President Donald Trump was set to speak in a sprawling ballroom, where event staff hung a huge blue banner: ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Sen. Alex Padilla on Tuesday urged the federal government’s independent special counsel to more aggressively investigate whether the Trump administration violated the law by pressing Republican state officials to redraw congressional boundaries to help the GOP.

The Office of Special Counsel told The Sacramento Bee it received ...Read more

Canada’s ambassador to Washington is preparing to leave office, and Prime Minister Mark Carney is considering a former BlackRock Inc. senior executive for the job ahead of crucial trade talks with the U.S. and Mexico.

Kirsten Hillman, who serves as ambassador and Canada’s chief trade negotiator with the U.S., has informed Carney she will ...Read more

Gov. Wes Moore is leaving the door open for the Maryland General Assembly to “consider other business” when it meets on Dec. 16 to elect a new House speaker. In that discussion, Maryland Republicans want to highlight veto overrides and redistricting, a debate that has raised concerns among the GOP about potentially eliminating the state’s ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — The San Diego County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday adopted a resolution vowing to fight efforts by the Trump administration to expand offshore oil and gas drilling more than three miles off the coast of California.

The measure, approved on a 4-1 vote, was introduced by board chair Terra Lawson-Remer and chair pro tem Paloma ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans plan to vote this week on a likely futile plan to counter Democrats’ push to extend expiring Obamacare subsidies as health care costs for more than 20 million people are set to spike on Jan. 1.

Neither the Republican legislation announced Tuesday nor Democrats’ proposed three-year extension are expected to ...Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Hanley Chew on Tuesday denied a motion by the District Attorney’s Office seeking to bar defense attorneys from referencing “genocide” in the felony vandalism trial of five pro-Palestinian demonstrators at Stanford University.

In a related decision earlier Tuesday, Chew also ...Read more

MAYS LANDING, N.J. — The daughter of Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small Sr. took the stand in an Atlantic County courtroom Tuesday morning to testify against him at trial as he stands accused of physically abusing her.

As a Superior Court judge looked on, the teen told jurors her father had beaten and punched her and struck her with a broom.

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NEW YORK — Columbia University has extended the search process for its next president, as it looks to fill one of the toughest jobs in higher education that has seen frequent, high-profile departures amid pressure from the Trump administration and divisive campus protests.

School trustees had originally planned to name a new president as soon...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court's conservatives signaled Tuesday they are likely to rule for Republicans and President Trump by throwing out a Watergate-era limit on campaign funding by political parties.

The court has repeatedly said campaign money is protected as free speech, and the new ruling could allow parties to support their candidate'...Read more

CHICAGO — Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson proposed a new version of his head tax Tuesday, altering the controversial measure to target bigger businesses for more money per employee as he seeks to get backing from enough aldermen to pass his budget before the end of the year.

Johnson is now pushing a $33-per-employee monthly tax on companies ...Read more

In another victory for survivors of sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, a New York federal judge on Tuesday ordered the release of thousands of pages of grand jury and other sealed investigative materials from the criminal case against Epstein’s accomplice, Ghislane Maxwell.

The trove of records are part of the voluminous files collected by the ...Read more

CHICAGO — Imprisoned former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan has become the latest high-profile state Democrat to officially ask President Donald Trump for clemency on a corruption conviction.

Madigan, who was convicted in February on a range of corruption counts, recently filed a clemency petition with Office of the Pardon Attorney ...Read more

At least 50 rounds were fired by multiple masked gunmen during an attack at a crowded banquet hall that left three children and an adult dead in Stockton, California, San Joaquin Sheriff Patrick Withrow said Tuesday during an update to the investigation of the deadly mass shooting.

The shell casings littered across the floor of what had been a ...Read more

A former true crime television producer who pretended to be an aerospace heiress to scam banks out of $30 million has been added to the FBI’s Most Wanted list.

Mary Carole McDonnell, 73, is wanted for the massive fraud scheme in Southern California, according to the FBI’s press release. She’s believed to be hiding in Dubai.

McDonnell ...Read more