BANGKOK — Shares rose in Europe and Asia on Wednesday after U.S. stocks climbed to near their all-time high. Oil prices gained more than 1% after falling about 6% on […]
A look at the status of US executions in 2025
Twenty-four men have died by court-ordered execution so far this year in the U.S., and five other people are scheduled to be put to death in four states during the […]
Lawsuit challenges a Long Island county’s partnership in New York with ICE
A suburban New York county’s agreement with federal authorities to empower local police officers to conduct immigration arrests is being challenged in court by civil rights advocates. A lawsuit filed […]
Federal judge orders Trump administration to release EV charger funding in 14 states
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A federal judge Tuesday ordered the Trump administration to release billions of dollars in funding for the build out of electric vehicle chargers in more than a […]
A Revolutionary War-era boat is being painstakingly rebuilt after centuries buried beneath Manhattan
ALBANY, N.Y. — Workers digging at Manhattan’s World Trade Center site 15 years ago made an improbable discovery: sodden timbers from a boat built during the Revolutionary War that had […]
US Rep. LaMonica McIver to be arraigned on assault charges
U.S. Rep. LaMonica McIver is set to be arraigned on federal charges Wednesday, accused of assaulting and interfering with immigration officers outside a New Jersey detention center during a congressional […]
Mississippi set to execute state’s longest-serving death row inmate
JACKSON, Miss. — Mississippi’s longest-serving death row inmate is set to be executed Wednesday nearly five decades after he kidnapped and killed a bank loan officer’s wife in a violent […]
Winning numbers drawn in Tuesday’s Mega Millions
The winning numbers in Tuesday evening’s drawing of the “Mega Millions” game were: 10-11-18-24-60, Mega Ball: 20, Megaplier: The winning numbers in Tuesday evening’s drawing of the “Mega Millions” game […]
Lawsuit challenges billions of dollars in Trump administration funding cuts
BOSTON — Attorneys general from more than 20 states and Washington, D.C. filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday challenging billions of dollars in funding cuts made by the Trump administration that […]
Temperature in New York City reaches 100 degrees as eastern US swelters under extreme heat wave
NEW YORK — Extensive triple digit heat, broken temperature records and oppressive humidity piled up into a steaming mess as the heat dome crushing the Eastern half of the nation […]