A 32-year-old detainee died on Rikers Island Sunday, marking the 14th death in New York City jails this year.

Aramis Furse died after a city correction officer noticed he “appeared unwell” in his cell in the jail’s Otis Bantum Correctional Center facility about 2 a.m., a Correction Department official said in a statement.

The officer ...Read more

New York City Public Schools Chancellor Melissa Aviles-Ramos made the case Friday for Zohran Mamdani to keep her at the helm of the nation’s largest school district, just days after the mayor-elect signaled she was still under consideration for the post.

“If given an opportunity, I would love to stay on,” Aviles-Ramos told the Daily News ...Read more

U.S., Israeli and Qatari officials are meeting Sunday in an effort to rebuild relations after Israel’s airstrike in September on Qatar, a U.S. ally, Axios reported.

Steve Witkoff, President Donald Trump’s envoy to the Middle East, is meeting David Barnea, the head of Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency, and a senior Qatari official, ...Read more

A detainee died on Rikers Island Sunday, marking the 14th death in New York City jails this year.

The man, whose name was not immediately released, died after a city correction officer noticed he “appeared unwell” in his cell in the jail’s Otis Bantum Correctional Center facility about 2 a.m., a Correction Department official said in a ...Read more

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth doubled down on deadly U.S. airstrikes against alleged drug-running boats off the Venezuelan coast, saying he would have made the same call as the admiral who ordered survivors to be killed.

The nearly two dozen strikes on boats in the Caribbean and Pacific have come under bipartisan scrutiny, but recent reports ...Read more

Israel expects to move to the next phase of the Gaza ceasefire plan soon, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday, adding that he would discuss “opportunities for peace” with President Donald Trump when he meets him later this month.

“We very shortly expect to move to the second phase, which is more difficult, or equally ...Read more

Benin thwarted a coup attempt by military officers who claimed to have ousted the president, just months before national elections in which Patrice Talon is due to hand over power.

Interior Minister Alassane Seidou called the events an attempt to destabilize the state, saying the armed forces had regained control. Earlier Sunday, soldiers ...Read more

A U.S. Supreme Court argument Monday is likely to provide clues about the fate of Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, whom President Donald Trump has tried to fire in his push for more control over the central bank.

The clash over Trump’s attempted ouster of Democrat Rebecca Kelly Slaughter from the Federal Trade Commission will be a prelude ...Read more

DETROIT — Anxiety over the national immigration crackdown is finding its way into some Michigan classrooms as districts navigate how to handle parents who have been detained or students with their own citizenship status issues.

In Clarkston last month, the school district locked down its buildings for an hour as Immigration and Customs ...Read more

Medication-delivering drones and telehealth at local libraries are among the ideas state leaders revealed in November for spending their share of a $50 billion federal rural health program.

The Trump administration, which has promised “radical transparency,” said in an FAQ that it plans to publish the “project summary” for states that ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — A lawsuit settlement and stepped-up city enforcement may be making Mission Bay safer by reducing the number of illegally rented boats and other devices, but critics are still calling for further action.

Popular rental app Getmyboat.com, which city officials have blamed for allowing rentals that come with no training or safety ...Read more

CHICAGO — A fatal crash that may have occurred while the driver was livestreaming on TikTok, and a severe sentence in a fatal drunken driving crash, highlight continued dangers from impaired and distracted driving as the holidays approach.

In the TikTok case, police are investigating whether a woman was taking a video of herself on the app ...Read more

A typical late afternoon for 4-year-old Adam is much like a typical late afternoon for any child his age: snacks, “Cocomelon” on YouTube, blocks, jumping off the stairs, resisting a bath.

But unlike most toddlers, Adam lives with a host family thousands of miles away from his hometown in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip. His parents were ...Read more

A former New Jersey fire chief and retired police officer has been arrested in Florida on charges of criminal sexual contact and official misconduct, nearly nine months after multiple firefighters accused him of subjecting them to abuse under the pretense of training.

Robert Sinnott Jr., formerly of Toms River and now a resident of Cape Coral, ...Read more

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese reminded social media companies that they will be held responsible when a ban on children having accounts takes effect on Wednesday.

Under the crackdown, the first of its kind among the world’s democracies, platforms including TikTok and Instagram will be required by law to block under-16s from ...Read more

Elon Musk denied news reports that his rocket and satellite maker SpaceX is seeking a $800 billion valuation through a share sale.

“There has been a lot of press claiming SpaceX is raising money at $800B, which is not accurate,” Musk said in a post Saturday on his social media platform X. “SpaceX has been cash flow positive for many ...Read more

CHICAGO — Federal immigration agents deployed tear gas and pepper spray Saturday on a crowd that gathered to protest a prolonged arrest in a northwest Chicago suburb, angering neighbors who said it was “uncalled for” and “tremendously disappointing.”

The standoff began around 10 a.m. Saturday when about 15 agents showed up to arrest ...Read more

A former Venezuelan governor has died while being held in one of the intelligence police’s prisons in Caracas for more than a year.

Alfredo Díaz, 56, was found dead in his jail cell at the Helicoide prison on Saturday morning, according to Caracas-based human rights organization Foro Penal, which said via text message that he may have ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Like lots of dads, Ro proudly displays a picture of his smiling daughter, JuJu, on the lock screen of his cellphone. But the photo is also a difficult reminder that he doesn’t know when he’ll see his 5-year-old again in person.

Ro’s daughter and his wife, Meenge, are among the thousands of refugee families caught up in ...Read more

DENVER — A Denver Sheriff Department deputy resigned in lieu of termination in September after two inmates in the jail alleged he sexually harassed and assaulted incarcerated women.

Cristian Gondor, 57, who was hired as a deputy in January 2024, resigned Sept. 19, Denver Sheriff Department spokeswoman Daria Serna confirmed. The two women in ...Read more