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Feds bust 27 suspected Tren de Aragua gang associates on sex trafficking, gun, drug charges

Mon, 21 Apr 2025 22:55:12 -0400

Federal authorities announced charges Monday against more than two dozen people they say were associated with Tren de Aragua in a list of mayhem ranging from robbery and sex trafficking to murder of women who tried to escape.

Minneapolis DA will not pursue criminal charges against suspected Tesla vandal

Mon, 21 Apr 2025 20:38:01 -0400

The Minneapolis district attorney will not pursue criminal charges against a Minnesota state employee accused of vandalizing at least six Teslas.

Person arrested after found on 'elevated surface' inside Trump Tower in New York

Mon, 21 Apr 2025 19:47:19 -0400

Police arrested a 30-year-old person inside Trump Tower on Monday after getting a report of a disorderly person on an "elevated surface" inside the building, authorities said.

Los Angeles mayor proposes slashing over 1,600 city jobs to close budget hole

Mon, 21 Apr 2025 19:38:42 -0400

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass on Monday proposed laying off more than 1,600 government workers in an attempt to close a nearly $1 billion budget gap amid a slumping economy while the city contends with the costly job of rebuilding a seaside neighborhood leveled in a January wildfire.

Sarah Palin tells defamation trial jury that Times editorial 'kicked the oomph' out of her

Mon, 21 Apr 2025 18:36:04 -0400

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin testified Monday at a defamation trial that an editorial about gun control in The New York Times in 2017 was devastating and "kicked the oomph" out of her.

Harvard sues Trump administration to stop the freeze of more than $2 billion in grants

Mon, 21 Apr 2025 17:32:31 -0400

Harvard University announced Monday that it was suing the Trump administration to halt a freeze on more than $2.2 billion in grants after the institution said it would defy the Trump administration's demands to limit activism on campus.

Advanced cancers returned to prepandemic levels, according to a reassuring report

Mon, 21 Apr 2025 17:27:36 -0400

Many Americans were forced to postpone cancer screenings - colonoscopies, mammograms and lung scans - for several months in 2020 as COVID-19 overwhelmed doctors and hospitals.

Ex-Minnesota state senator pleads not guilty to attempted enticement of a minor

Mon, 21 Apr 2025 17:14:55 -0400

A former Minnesota state senator who was caught in a police sting operation pleaded not guilty Monday to a federal charge of attempted enticement of a minor for prostitution.

Abortions are resuming at a Wyoming clinic after judge suspends laws

Mon, 21 Apr 2025 16:54:22 -0400

Wyoming's only abortion clinic is resuming abortions after a judge on Monday suspended two state laws.

Student loan defaults headed to debt collection for first time in five years

Mon, 21 Apr 2025 16:44:20 -0400

The federal government plans to resume involuntary collection efforts on millions of defaulted federal student loans after a five-year lapse amid concerns that the program is headed toward a "fiscal cliff."

Wife of former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez convicted in bribery scheme

Mon, 21 Apr 2025 16:43:10 -0400

Nadine Menendez, the wife of former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, was convicted Monday of teaming up with her husband to accept bribes of cash, gold bars and a luxury car from three New Jersey men looking for help with their business dealings or legal troubles.

This rustic dish of baked beans and smoked sausages is packed with deep, aromatic flavors

Mon, 21 Apr 2025 15:56:03 -0400

Combined with sauteed aromatics and baked for an hour with smoked sausages, the beans turn silky-soft and deeply flavorful. Both kielbasa and bratwurst work well. Optional dried mint adds sweet, woody notes that balance the richer flavors.

Supreme Court weighs HHS task force reviewing preventive care coverage

Mon, 21 Apr 2025 13:55:31 -0400

The Supreme Court on Monday weighed arguments about the validity of a federal health task force in a case that could have major implications for preventive care.

Supreme Court won't hear cases on banning young adults from carrying guns, restrictions on campus

Mon, 21 Apr 2025 13:09:28 -0400

The Supreme Court on Monday announced it would not hear legal battles over the ability of young people to carry firearms in public.

Kristi Noem has purse stolen while dining in D.C.

Mon, 21 Apr 2025 12:57:00 -0400

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem confirmed Monday that her purse was stolen the night before while she dined downtown in the District.

WATCH: Passengers evacuated as Delta plane catches fire before takeoff in Orlando

Mon, 21 Apr 2025 12:53:03 -0400

A Delta Air Lines airplane caught fire on Monday before it was supposed to take off at a central Florida airport, forcing the evacuation of passengers, airport officials said.

Feds give New York another month to stop Manhattan congestion toll after state ignored deadline

Mon, 21 Apr 2025 12:31:19 -0400

The Trump administration has given New York another month to cease its congestion toll after the state ignored a Sunday deadline to shut down the $9 fee for most drivers coming into the busiest part of Manhattan.

Gunman who killed 23 in a racist attack at a Walmart in El Paso pleads guilty to capital murder

Mon, 21 Apr 2025 12:12:27 -0400

The gunman who killed 23 people in a racist attack at a Walmart in El Paso - one of the deadliest mass shootings in U.S. history - pleaded guilty Monday to capital murder in a state district court.

Wall Street and the dollar tumble as investors retreat further from the United States

Mon, 21 Apr 2025 12:07:14 -0400

U.S. stocks are tumbling Monday as worries about President Donald Trump's trade war and his criticism of the Federal Reserve cause investors to pull further from the United States.

Trump renews attacks on Federal Reserve Chair Powell, accelerating U.S. market slide

Mon, 21 Apr 2025 11:32:29 -0400

President Donald Trump repeated his attacks Monday against the chair of the Federal Reserve, demanding that the central bank lower its key interest rate to boost the economy.








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Ryan Lizza rips Politico as he leaves after sexting scandal involving ex Olivia Nuzzi, RFK Jr.

Tue, 22 Apr 2025 08:12:24 -0400

Politico's former top reporter Ryan Lizza, whose ex-fiancé Olivia Nuzzi was embroiled in a sexting scandal with Robert F. Kennedy Jr., accused the outlet on Monday of groveling to the Trump administration -- as he revealed he was quitting to start his own venture.

Barack, Michelle Obama spotted on date night in DC restaurant where former prez dined alone as divorce rumors swirled

Tue, 22 Apr 2025 07:51:08 -0400

Barack Obama was spotted on a date night with his wife Michelle at a bustling Washington DC restaurant -- just months after the former prez dined there solo when divorce rumors were in full swing.

NPR urges its stations to lobby members of Congress as Trump admin seeks to pull federal funding

Tue, 22 Apr 2025 07:25:22 -0400

A memo sent Monday was in response to reports of the White House's plan to send its rescissions package to Capitol Hill this week and not as anticipated on April 28.

‘Tiger King’ star Joe Exotic gets married behind bars to inmate doing time for immigration crimes

Tue, 22 Apr 2025 07:09:23 -0400

“Tiger King” Joe Exotic has gotten married again while locked up in prison — to an inmate doing time for immigration crimes whom he hopes to help get asylum in the US.

Karen Read heads to trial for the second time for allegedly murdering Boston cop boyfriend

Tue, 22 Apr 2025 07:00:00 -0400

Read's first trial -- which saw 74 witnesses take the stand and throngs of Read fanatics outside the courthouse over two months -- ended in a hung jury in July.

Trendy NYC thrift stores fear US tariffs could obliterate business: ‘No small business can survive’

Tue, 22 Apr 2025 07:00:00 -0400

This could really take a bite out of the Big Apple. The secondhand apparel industry may be dodging duties on imported goods – but the impact of President Trump’s tariffs on thrift shops may still bring a wrecking ball to businesses across the city, resellers told The Post. “There’s a lot of rhetoric that everybody’s...

Gov. Kathy Hochul’s favorability sees reprieve — while Schumer’s nosedives and AOC’s soars: poll

Tue, 22 Apr 2025 05:30:00 -0400

Despite the silver lining, Hochul’s polling still remains dismal overall.

Gabby Petito’s mom claims Brian Laundrie’s room was ‘gutted’ soon after he went missing: ‘All his things were gone’

Tue, 22 Apr 2025 03:18:50 -0400

“They said that there’s something wrong with that mother she’s clearly not mentally well, and I’m like that’s just add it to the list because I didn’t even know about that.”

Schumer’s ‘Apprentice’ praise of Trump goes viral: ‘Going to go places’

Tue, 22 Apr 2025 02:59:52 -0400

'Even when he was much younger, you knew that he was going to go places,' Sen. Schumer said of fellow New Yorker Donald Trump.

Paranormal investigator known as ‘real-life Scully’ dead at 80: ‘Icon and hero within the skeptical community’

Tue, 22 Apr 2025 02:39:27 -0400

"He was a walking and talking encyclopedia with a never-ending curiosity to know even more and bring on the next mystery!”

Ex-girlfriend posed as ICE agent to kidnap former beau’s wife at job: Florida authorities

Tue, 22 Apr 2025 00:47:42 -0400

She also allegedly flashed a sheriff’s office business card and handheld radio in hopes of appearing more official.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s defense of Biden’s mental acuity ridiculed during podcast interview

Mon, 21 Apr 2025 23:56:44 -0400

“Do you regret saying that President Biden had a mental acuity, he had a sharpness to him?” Sam Fragoso, host of “Talk Easy,” asked the Massachusetts Democrat in an interview posted on Sunday. 

Mahmoud Khalil’s wife gives birth to couple’s first child while Columbia grad remains in ICE detention

Mon, 21 Apr 2025 23:25:12 -0400

"ICE and the Trump administration have stolen these precious moments from our family in an attempt to silence Mahmoud's support for Palestinian freedom," his wife said.

George Clooney doesn’t care if Trump calls him a ‘fake movie actor’

Mon, 21 Apr 2025 22:55:13 -0400

"I’ve known Donald Trump for a long time. My job is not to please the President of the United States," George Clooney added. 

Senate GOP group trolls Democrats with invite for ‘one-way’ trip to El Salvador in mock travel ad 

Mon, 21 Apr 2025 21:40:07 -0400

“El Salvador is the destination for Democrats seeking the thrill of bringing violent, criminal, illegal aliens back to America,” the zen-like narrator says in the ad.

Army suspends Col. Sheyla Baez Ramirez after Trump, Vance, Hegseth photos vanish from chain-of-command board

Mon, 21 Apr 2025 21:23:41 -0400

She had served as chief of the Reserve Program, United States Army Intelligence and Security Command at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, and in other roles throughout the Army and Army Reserves.

Cape Cod town mysteriously vandalized with nearly 500 point-up nails embedded on roads: police

Mon, 21 Apr 2025 20:44:22 -0400

The spikes were found around 2 a.m. by an officer on patrol, who found even more littered across nearby sidewalks and spread up driveways -- and even propped beneath the tires of parked cars.

Trump admin reups $5M reward for capture of MS-13 kingpin: ‘Turn him in. End this threat’

Mon, 21 Apr 2025 20:03:39 -0400

Archaga Carías, who also goes by “Porky,” directs several of notoriously violent gang’s criminal activities, including drug trafficking, money laundering, murder and kidnappings, according to the State Department. 

Las Vegas veterinarian caught on camera kicking a horse in the face is found dead in Lake Mead — weeks after disappearing

Mon, 21 Apr 2025 19:47:29 -0400

Frehner was set to face felony charges for animal abuse at the time of his disappearance.

Inside LI Aquarium’s massive shark tank where visitors dive with ‘Jaws’-like monsters on spot’s 25th anniversary

Mon, 21 Apr 2025 19:41:56 -0400

The Long Island Aquarium is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year and is doing so with many of its original marine life still flipping and swimming in Riverhead.






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