Boat operator charged after New York Harbor capsize kills woman, infant daughter
The operator of a boat that capsized in New York Harbor near the Statue of Liberty, killing a woman and her infant daughter, has been charged with reckless endangerment while federal authorities investigate whether the vessel was operating as an illegal charter. The 22-foot Bayliner speedboat overturned around 10:30 p.m. Saturday near Liberty Island, sending […]
Timeline: Issues abound after Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool renovations
It was a project President Donald Trump touted when it first started — and now it’s reportedly put Washington’s top prosecutor’s job in question. President Donald Trump said earlier this week he hasn’t decided whether Jeanine Pirro will remain the United States attorney for the District of Columbia after she moved to dismiss a felony charge against […]
Utilities are now pitching data centers as a way to cut electric costs
Utility companies have a new message to pitch residents on data centers moving in: The new neighbors will keep electric bills from rising. That’s the opposite of what many opponents to large-scale data center development and some electricity market analysts say. “As new large-load customers come online, they help spread fixed costs for the grid […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejects Trump’s plan for Gaza
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he rejects President Donald Trump’s 15-point plan for Gaza, stating that the Israeli military will not withdraw from the enclave until Hamas is disarmed. “And when I say the disarming of Hamas, it means heavy weaponry, lighter weaponry, all weaponry. And we are talking about genuine disarmament, not fictitious […]
Do not eat these products: USDA alert expands jalapeño salmonella warning
Federal food safety officials issued a public health alert Saturday for multiple meat and poultry products made with recalled jalapeños that may be contaminated with salmonella. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service said the alert covers FSIS-regulated products containing Food and Drug Administration-regulated jalapeños that were recalled as part of an […]
Hunter Biden says father’s cancer has spread; doctor says advanced disease can still be treatable
Former President Joe Biden’s prostate cancer has spread to other parts of his body and is causing him pain, his son Hunter Biden said in an interview broadcast Friday, months after the former president completed a round of radiation therapy for the disease. Hunter Biden grew emotional during the BBC interview while discussing his father’s […]
Iran official gives conditions for reopening Strait of Hormuz
The secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council gave several conditions for the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday. If these aren’t met, Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr said, the waterway which previously had 20% of the world’s water supply go through will stay closed. Semi-official news agency Tasnim reported that these conditions are that […]
New Jersey investigating Delaney Hall ICE facility after detainee deaths
New Jersey Attorney General Jennifer Davenport said her office issued subpoenas as part of a civil rights investigation into an immigration detention facility in Newark. The investigation is looking into whether any actions by GEO Group, which owns and operates Delaney Hall, violated people’s rights “in the wake of reports of alarming conditions and recent […]
Google’s new AI could give hurricane forecasters an extra day of warning
Days before Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica in October 2025, it was still just a Category 1 storm. But inside the National Hurricane Center, forecasters were watching something unusual. Model after model, including a new artificial intelligence system from Google DeepMind, arrived at the same alarming conclusion: this storm was about to explode into […]