A manhunt was underway on Friday for a man who ransacked the New Jersey federal prosecutor’s office building after being denied a meeting with acting U.S. Attorney Alina Habba, according to reports.

The suspect showed up outside the Newark office on Wednesday evening, but he was barred entry by security because he had a bat with him, sources ...Read more

NEW YORK — An NYPD cop was shot and wounded in the face early Monday by a gunman who had just murdered a Brooklyn neighbor, police said

Officers responding to a 5:57 a.m. 911 found 41-year-old Leroy Wallace dead from a gunshot wound to the chest on the sidewalk near Hegeman Avenue and Thomas S. Boyland Street in Brownsville, cops said. ...Read more

CHICAGO — Aldermen voted down Mayor Brandon Johnson’s 2026 budget in a Monday committee vote, a historic display of rebellion against the freshman mayor who has been struggling to shore up support for his controversial head tax.

Johnson’s handpicked Finance Committee chair, Ald. Pat Dowell, moved to recess a meeting instead of considering...Read more

Wall Street traders gearing up for Nvidia Corp.’s earnings and the jobs report shunned riskier assets as both events will be key in shaping the global financial outlook throughout the rest of 2025.

Just ahead of tests of the two main pillars of the stock bull market — prospects for artificial intelligence and Federal Reserve rate cuts — ...Read more

Sen. Chuck Schumer Monday vowed to force to Senate to vote quickly on a measure ordering release of the Jeffrey Epstein files as the House prepared to overwhelmingly pass it Tuesday after President Donald Trump abruptly changed his tune on the proposal.

The Senate Democratic leader said he would use his legislative power to prevent Republican ...Read more

Family and loved ones of 9/11 victims are urging the Trump administration to compel Saudi Arabia to “ensure accountability” with a federal lawsuit against the Kingdom.

The thousands of family members want the U.S. to force Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to apologize for alleged involvement in the terror attacks, finally.

“We are ...Read more

Many prominent politicians and political figures rushed to the defense of Rep. Thomas Massie over the weekend after President Donald Trump lobbed a personal attack against the Kentucky politician and his new wife.

Across party lines, observers online called Trump’s words sick, disgusting, and even “pure evil.”

Trump, in a late Friday Nov...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration’s top official at the Federal Emergency Management Agency, David Richardson, resigned on Monday after about six months on the job.

Richardson had no emergency management experience when he took on the role. He came to FEMA from the Department of Homeland Security’s Countering Weapons of Mass ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — This weekend’s atmospheric river uprooted trees, caked roads in mud and sent toxic runoff flowing into the ocean, but nowhere got quite as hard hit as Santa Barbara, which experienced the soggiest three-day stretch of November rain in the county’s recorded history.

According to data from the National Weather Service, the ...Read more

Ocean plastic kills sea creatures. It can obstruct, perforate or twist their airways and gastrointestinal tracts.

Now new research shows it takes just 6 pieces of ingested rubber the size of a pencil eraser to kill most sea birds.

For marine mammals, 29 pieces of any kind of plastic — hard, soft, rubber or fishing equipment — are often ...Read more

HAMTRAMCK, Mich. — A Wayne County judge on Monday denied a request for a temporary restraining order that would have prevented the Wayne County Board of Canvassers from certifying a candidate who may contest losing the city's Nov. 4 mayoral election by 11 votes.

The request for the restraining order was made by the attorney for apparent Mayor...Read more

NEW YORK — With less than two months to go in his term, Mayor Eric Adams met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday, drawing a contrast with his successor, Zohran Mamdani, who has vowed to direct the NYPD to arrest the PM if he sets foot in New York under his administration.

In an interview with the right-wing Israel Hayom ...Read more

NEW YORK — With less than two months to go in his term, Mayor Eric Adams met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday, drawing a contrast with his successor, Zohran Mamdani, who has vowed to direct the NYPD to arrest the PM if he sets foot in New York under his administration.

In an interview with the right-wing Israel Hayom ...Read more

CHICAGO — An arsonist attempted to start a fire at City Hall late Friday night, Mayor Brandon Johnson said Monday.

The fire outside the building did not spread beyond the initial flame, and the person who started it was not identified before fleeing, the mayor told reporters during an unrelated news conference.

Johnson said the arson attempt...Read more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Federal immigration officials named their operation in Charlotte “Operation Charlotte’s Web” after the beloved children’s book by E.B. White. But critics, including White’s granddaughter, say it’s “antithetical” to the author’s values.

U.S. Border Patrol began its operation in Charlotte on Saturday and ...Read more

The body of a 7-year-old girl who was swept into the ocean near Big Sur, California, on Friday has been found, the Monterey County Sheriff’s Office said Sunday.

Her father, identified as 39-year-old Yuji Hu of Canada, died while trying to save his daughter from the surf.

Hu, of Calgary, a city in Alberta, was pulled from the water by another...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration announced a drastic reduction on refugee admissions for fiscal 2026 as part of a tough-on-immigration approach, but a mixture of prior policies, a court challenge and the recent partial government shutdown have added to uncertainty over U.S. policy.

The State Department last month said 7,500 refugees ...Read more

CHICAGO — The prospects for Mayor Brandon Johnson’s corporate head tax proposal reached a new nadir Monday as fed-up aldermen tried to block his wish to buy more time before holding a key vote on the measure.

Johnson’s handpicked Finance Committee chair, Alderman Pat Dowell, moved to recess a meeting instead of considering the revenue ...Read more

BOSTON — The hiring of a transgender person to Massachusetts' Commission on the Status of Women is a first, the new board member testified, and comes as a shock to one state representative.

Commission member Giselle Byrd, appointed by Gov. Maura Healey in August, said last month during a hearing over a proposed transgender act (S-2155), that ...Read more