NEW YORK — A New York City sightseeing helicopter broke apart in midair Thursday and crashed upside-down into the Hudson River, killing the pilot and a family of five Spanish […]
Publishers Clearing House, known for its ‘Prize Patrol’ sweepstakes, files for bankruptcy
NEW YORK — Publishers Clearing House, a decades-old marketing and sweepstakes company known for doling out large “Prize Patrol” checks, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. In an announcement […]
Dominican diaspora in New York mourn victims of the nightclub rooftop collapse
NEW YORK — Dominicans in New York City are mourning the deaths of over 200 people in Tuesday’s roof collapse at a Santo Domingo nightclub. The city is home to […]
Sudan faces the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, UN says
UNITED NATIONS — A nearly two-year-old war has engulfed Sudan in the world’s largest humanitarian crisis and led the African country to become the only nation experiencing famine, a senior […]
Florida brings charges against a man jailed on federal counts of trying to assassinate Trump
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — A man already jailed on federal charges of attempting to assassinate then-presidential candidate Donald Trump as he golfed last fall will face additional state terrorism […]
National intelligence head says MLK and RFK assassination records will soon be public
WASHINGTON — Documents related to the 1968 assassinations of civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. and Sen. Robert F. Kennedy will soon be made public as more than 100 […]
Judge allows requirement that everyone in the US illegally must register to move forward
WASHINGTON — A federal judge is allowing the Trump administration to move forward with a requirement that everyone in the U.S. illegally must register with the federal government, in a […]
Judge halts Trump administration from ending humanitarian parole for people from four countries
BOSTON — A federal judge on Thursday said she will halt the Trump administration from ending a program that allowed hundreds of thousands of Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans to […]
Company says thousands of gallons of oil have been recovered from a pipeline spill in North Dakota
BISMARCK, N.D. — Workers have recovered thousands of gallons of crude oil from an underground pipeline spill on North Dakota farmland, the owner of the line said Thursday, but it […]
Michigan court bans mandatory life sentences for 19 and 20-year-olds in murder cases
DETROIT — The Michigan Supreme Court made an extraordinary change to the state’s sentencing law Thursday, striking down automatic, no-parole prison terms for 19-year-olds and 20-year-olds convicted of murder. As […]