Public health workers quitting over Guantánamo assignments
Rebekah Stewart, a nurse at the U.S. Public Health Service, got a call last April that brought her to tears. She had been selected for deployment to the Trump administration’s…
Protesters in multiple states press Target to oppose the immigration crackdown in Minnesota
NEW YORK — Activists planned protests at more than two dozen Target stores around the United States on Wednesday to pressure the discount retailer into taking a public stand against…
A Philly restaurant regular’s devotion inspired his son to build a $1,500 Lego replica
To be loved is to be known — or, better yet, to inspire a 3,233-piece custom Lego set. Gene Gualtieri is devoted to Friday Saturday Sunday. Almost every Friday since…
Chesco makes another election error, after residents said their faith in voting security was shaken
On the heels of a massive pollbook error that left thousands of voters off the rolls in the November election and prompted an independent investigation, Chester County is facing another…
Fire tears through multiple Long Island homes, leaving 1 dead, 3 injured
One person died and three others were injured after a 3-alarm-fire ripped through multiple Long Island homes Wednesday morning. The Bellmore Fire Department said a house fire was reported around…
Instagram chief says he does not believe people can get clinically addicted to social media
LOS ANGELES — Adam Mosseri, the head of Meta’s Instagram, testified Wednesday during a landmark social media trial in Los Angeles that he disagrees with the idea that people can…
Capitol rioter pardoned by Trump convicted of child sex abuse
A Florida man pardoned by President Trump after storming the U.S. Capitol in 2021 has been convicted of sex crimes involving two children. Andrew Paul Johnson, a 45-year-old handyman, was…
Ex-Jet Darron Lee kept jailed without bail in girlfriend’s murder
Former New York Jets linebacker Darron Lee will remain held without bail while he faces charges of murdering his girlfriend, a Tennessee judge ruled on Wednesday. Lee, 31, stands accused…
Man who ran into Queens fire to ‘save mom’ clings to life after suffering horrific burns
A 22-year-old survivor of a Queens house fire that killed a woman and her newborn baby was fighting for his life Wednesday, with severe burns throughout his body after going…
3 people wounded, 1 critically, in shooting outside Bronx subway station
Three people were wounded, one critically, in a shooting outside a Bronx subway station Wednesday, cops said. The violence erupted at Broadway and W. 238th St. in Kingsbridge on the…