NYC Robbery Crews Drug Unsuspecting Men, Some Fatally
NEW YORK (AP) — Multiple people have been fatally poisoned with narcotics in what investigators say were schemes by criminal crews to incapacitate and rob people at New York City b...
This Brooklyn Family’s Hanukkah Celebration Is All Over New York’s Subway
NEW YORK (JTA) - For photographer and Instagram blogger Mordechai Rubinstein, seeing his face plastered all over the subway this holiday season has been an unexpected delight.
R...
Jan. 6 Report Blames Trump, Aims To Prevent Return To Power
WASHINGTON (AP) — A massive final report released by the House Jan. 6 committee late Thursday places the blame for the 2021 Capitol insurrection on one person: former President Don...
Judge Kept FTX Execs’ Plea Deals Secret To Get Founder To US
NEW YORK (AP) — A judge kept secret that two of Sam Bankman-Fried’s closest associates had turned against him so the cryptocurrency entrepreneur wouldn’t get spooked and fight extr...
Shapiro’s Big Win Is A High Note Amid Anti-Semitism Surge
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Josh Shapiro will be taking office as Pennsylvania's next governor in January after running a campaign in which he spoke early and often about his Jewish religiou...
Massive Winter Storm Brings Rolling Blackouts, Power Outages
MISSION, Kan. (AP) — Tens of millions of Americans endured bone-chilling temperatures, blizzard conditions, power outages, and canceled holiday gatherings Friday from a winter stor...
Elon Musk Tells Investors He’ll Pause On Tesla Stock Sales
NEW YORK (AP) - CEO Elon Musk says he won't sell any more shares in Tesla for 18 months or more, likely an attempt to comfort shareholders of the electric vehicle company who have ...
Jonathan Tobin: Trump Is The Only Person Who Could Re-Elect Biden
NEW YORK (JNS) - Conservatives need to “start the post-Donald Trump era as soon as possible,” says JNS editor-in-chief Jonathan Tobin in the latest episode of “Top Story”.
But t...
Staten Island Ferry Engine Fire Prompts Passenger Evacuation
NEW YORK (AP) — Nearly 900 passengers were evacuated from a Staten Island Ferry vessel following a fire in the ship's engine room, a news outlet reported.
The New York City Fire...
Massive Winter Storm Brings Frigid Temps, Snow And Ice To US
MISSION, Kan. (AP) — Tens of millions of Americans endured bone-chilling temperatures, blizzard conditions, power outages and canceled holiday gatherings Friday from a winter storm...
Florida High Court Oks Grand Jury Probe Of COVID-19 Vaccines
TALLAHASSEE (AP) — The Florida Supreme Court will convene a grand jury at Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis’ request to investigate any wrongdoing with respect to the COVID-19 vaccines,...
NY Legislators Pass Bill Making Them Nation’s Best-Paid
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Just in time for the Holidays, New York legislators returned to the state capital Thursday to give themselves a nice holiday gift: a pay raise that would make t...
California Earthquake Puts Early Warning System To The Test
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — As sensors picked up the first signs of a strong earthquake jolting the Northern California coast, an alert was blasted to 3 million smartphone users tell...
NOT AGAIN: Passaic School District Decimated on Twitter After Resuming Mask Mandate
PASSAIC (Yaakov M / VINnews) — The public school district in Passaic County is not going to win any popularity contests.
This week, the district announced it is reinstating (ext...
US Probes Tesla Crash, Automated System May Have Been In Use
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. government’s highway safety agency said Thursday it will send a team to investigate a Thanksgiving Day pileup on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge inv...
WATCH: FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried Released on $250 Million Bond
NEW YORK (AP) — Cryptocurrency entrepreneur Sam Bankman-Fried walked out of a Manhattan courthouse Thursday with his parents after they agreed to sign a $250 million bond and keep ...
Final Tally: Nearly 107,000 US Overdose Deaths Last Year
NEW YORK (AP) — Nearly 107,000 Americans died of drug overdoses last year, according to final figures released Thursday.
The official number was 106,699, the U.S. Centers for Di...
NY Governor Nominates Hector Lasalle As State’s Chief Judge
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul nominated Hector D. LaSalle as the next chief judge of New York’s highest court on Thursday, which would make him the most powerful j...
Kremlin: Zelenskyy’s US Visit Clarifies Ukraine Wants War
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian officials on Thursday derided Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's wartime visit to the United States, claiming in several statements that his whi...
Senate Passes $1.7 Trillion Bill To Fund Gov’t, Aid Ukraine
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate passed a massive $1.7 trillion spending bill Thursday that finances federal agencies through September and provides another large round of aid to Ukrai...