The photo that flashed onto the courtroom screen showed a young man dead on his bedroom floor, bare feet poking from the cuffs of his rolled up jeans. Lurking on
Beto O’Rourke’s “hell yes” moment at the Democrats’ presidential debate is scrambling his party’s message on guns. The Democrats have long contended their support of gun control laws does not mean they want to take away law-abiding citizens’ firearms. But on Friday, they struggled to square that message with their presidential contender’s full-throated call on […]
A unique solid gold toilet that was part of an art exhibit was stolen early Saturday from the magnificent home in England where British wartime leader Winston Churchill was born.
Yemen’s Houthi rebels launched drone attacks on the world’s largest oil processing facility in Saudi Arabia and a major oil field Saturday, sparking huge fires at a vulnerable chokepoint for global energy supplies. According to multiple news reports that cited unidentified sources, the drone attacks affected up to half of the supplies from the world’s […]
Alfred Feratovic pled guilty in Manhattan federal court to fraudulently under-reporting income in his United States individual income tax returns between 2012 and 2017, while employed as an officer for the New York City Police Department (“NYPD”). Feratovic, who is no longer with the NYPD, was arrested and charged in connection with this offense in […]
NORTH CAROLINA — Ashley Arentz is a political unicorn. The 28-year-old Marine from Jacksonville, North Carolina, didn’t vote in 2016, and she wasn’t even registered to vote in the state. But there she was on Monday, standing in line for hours in the 90-degree heat waiting to enter President Donald Trump’s rally in Fayetteville. That […]
The NYPD is investigating another hate incident, this one in Flatbush. Sources tell YWN that two swastikas were found in the park at a public school yard located at 700 Cortelyou Rd. Hate Crimes Task Force is working the case. No further details were available. *****SIGN UP NOW —- GET YOUR NEWS IN RECORD TIME***** Make […]
The family that owns OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma used Swiss and other hidden accounts to transfer $1 billion to themselves, New York’s attorney general contends in court papers filed Friday. New York — asking a judge to enforce subpoenas of companies, banks and advisers to Purdue and its owners, the Sackler family — said it […]
TEXAS — A Houston police officer was hospitalized in stable condition after he was shot with his own gun in a struggle with a suspect who along with three others
A negotiating team from the Taliban arrived Friday in Russia, a representative told The Associated Press, just days after U.S. President Donald Trump declared dead a deal with the insurgent group in Afghanistan. Russian state news agency Tass cited the Taliban’s Qatar-based spokesman Suhail Shaheen as saying the delegation had held consultations with Zamir Kabulov, […]
A man was arrested Friday in connection with a fire that destroyed a 119-year-old synagogue, Minnesota authorities said. Adas Israel Synagogue in Duluth, about 155 miles northeast of Minneapolis, caught
Netanyahu requested an emergency meeting with Judge Chaim Meltzer on Shabbos. A Likud spokesperson said that the meeting was called because of the results of an investigation carried out by
President Donald Trump gave a boost Saturday to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu days before he faces his fiercest political test in more than a decade. Trump publicly expressed support
The White House announced Saturday that Hamza bin Laden , the son of the late al-Qaida leader who had become an increasingly prominent figure in the terrorist organization, was killed in a U.S. counterterrorism operation in the Afghanistan-Pakistan region. A statement issued in President Donald Trump’s name gave no further details, such as when Hamza […]
A federal appeals court in New York has revived a lawsuit alleging Fox News exploited the killing of a Democratic National Committee employee. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
A new smartphone app is giving people a modern way to send anonymous tips to the New York Police Department. The NYPD CrimeStoppers app unveiled Thursday lets people send tips in 10 different languages, along with photos and videos — all from their iPhones or Android devices. Police officials say the app also enables investigators […]
New York is expanding anti-tobacco initiatives to discourage the use of vaping devices and e-cigarettes too. Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Thursday signed an executive order directing state agencies overseeing anti-tobacco
China will lift punitive tariffs imposed on U.S. soybeans and pork in a trade war with Washington, a state news agency said Friday, adding to conciliatory gestures by the two
A Republican Texas lawmaker tweeting he had an assault rifle “ready” for Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke drew criticism Friday for the apparent threat amid heightened tensions over guns after two mass shootings in the state. The tweet by Republican state Rep. Briscoe Cain came after O’Rourke pledged Thursday during the Democratic debate that “hell […]
Lawmakers investigating the market dominance of Big Tech on Friday asked Google, Facebook, Amazon and Apple for a broad range of documents, marking a step forward in Congress’ bipartisan probe of the companies. Letters went out to the four companies from the leaders of the House Judiciary Committee and its subcommittee on antitrust, which has […]
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