Mayor Mamdani, Speaker Menin still at impasse on city budget
On the eve of the budget deadline, Mayor Mamdani and Council Speaker Julie Menin still had not reached a handshake deal on the city budget. The city’s budget, unlike the…
Young street gang terrorized South Bronx with shootouts, and bragged on social media
Gangbangers as young as 14 terrorized a Bronx neighborhood for months with shootouts targeting rivals from a local housing project while often wounding innocent bystanders, law enforcement officials said Monday.…
Elderly woman fatally struck in Bronx crosswalk by hit-and-run scooter driver
An elderly woman was killed in a hit-and-run crash when the driver of a scooter slammed into her as she traversed a Bronx crosswalk Monday, cops said. The victim, believed…
San Francisco Archdiocese agrees to pay $395 million to settle child sex abuse lawsuits
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The San Francisco Catholic Archdiocese has agreed to pay $395 million to settle more than 500 lawsuits alleging child sexual abuse by church officials, plaintiffs’ attorneys…
Virginia to allow recreational marijuana to be sold in retail stores beginning in 2027
FILE- A cannibis plant that is close to harvest grows in a grow room at the Greenleaf Medical Cannabis facility in Richmond, Va., June 17, 2021. Steve Helber/AP Photo/Steve Helber…
Director Carl Rinsch is sentenced to prison in $11M fraud case over unfinished Netflix show
By JENNIFER PELTZ NEW YORK (AP) — Hollywood writer-director Carl Rinsch was sentenced Monday to 2 1/2 years in prison after being convicted of defrauding Netflix out of $11 million…
She disappeared from Kensington three years ago. A fake ID in her name led police to a disturbing Olney house.
Listen to article • 0:00 minBlair Tonzelli had been missing from Kensington for more than three years when her name turned up somewhere unexpected: on the fake ID of a…
Nursing gains ‘professional’ label for student loans after judge’s ruling, but theology now dropped
By COLLIN BINKLEY WASHINGTON (AP) — Students pursuing graduate degrees in nursing, physical therapy and several other fields will be eligible to take out higher federal student loan amounts —…
ICE releases a Texas nun intercepted walking to church dressed in her habit
By VALERIE GONZALEZ McALLEN, Texas (AP) — A nun was released from immigration custody after she was arrested walking to Mass in her habit in South Texas. Sister Leticia Ugboaja…
Police find ‘significant amount’ of blood inside Olney house linked to investigation of missing women, sources say
Listen to article • 0:00 minPhiladelphia police found a “significant amount” of blood inside the decrepit Olney house linked to the investigation of at least two missing women, multiple law…