(NEW YORK) -- Just as firefighters were getting the upper hand on multiple major wildfires burning across California, two new blazes broke out and rapidly spread overnight, dealing additional challenges to the crews battling the flames, authorities said.In what fire officials called an unusually early start to the state's wildfire…
(NEW YORK) -- A suspect has been arrested in connection with the rape of a 13-year-old girl in a Queens park last week, according to police.Christian Geovanny Inga-Landi, a 25-year-old Ecuadorian migrant who entered the U.S. illegally in June 2021, was picked up overnight after community members recognized him from…
(NEW YORK) -- New York's highest court on Tuesday declined to take up a challenge to the limited gag order imposed on former President Donald Trump by the judge who oversaw his criminal hush money trial.The New York Court of Appeals rejected Trump's appeal "upon the ground that no substantial…
(NEW YORK) -- The trial began this week against William Brown, 39, the father of the 14-year-old boy who fatally shot a 13-year-old girl nearly a year ago.Brown is the first person to be charged under the Bennie Hargrove Gun Safety Act, aka "Bennie's Law," a New Mexico law that…
(NEW YORK) -- Heat alerts have been issued for Tuesday in at least 19 states in the Midwest and Northeast, with some states expecting to see their hottest days in 30 years.Areas in the Ohio Valley and up to Maine could see their warmest weather in three decades.New York City…
(CHINO, Calif.) -- Two people who were aboard a World War II historical plane were killed Saturday when the aircraft crashed shortly after takeoff from Chino Airport in Southern California, firefighters said.The private Lockheed L12 aircraft was off the runway approximately 200 yards away in a grass field, when firefighters…
(CHICAGO) -- A federal magistrate judge in Chicago on Monday granted a request from families of victims of the 2019 Ethiopian Air Boeing 737 MAX crash to provide the U.S. Department of Justice confidential documents and testimony obtained in their civil lawsuit against Boeing. The families contend the information they…
(NEW YORK) -- A recent astronomical discovery from NASA's James Webb telescope left researchers amazed and led to the announcement that a long-studied star is actually a pair of twins.The agency reported that a star called WL 20S -- which has been studied since the 1970s by at least five…
A U.S. Secret Service agent was robbed at gunpoint in Tustin, California, over the weekend, according to police.The unnamed agent, who was off-duty, had his bag stolen Saturday night at about 9:30 p.m., according to the Tustin Police Department.The agent discharged his weapon during the incident, police said, however the…
A U.S. Secret Service agent was robbed at gunpoint in Tustin, California, over the weekend, according to police.The unnamed agent, who was off-duty, had his bag stolen Saturday night at about 9:30 p.m., according to the Tustin Police Department.The agent discharged his weapon during the incident, police said, however the…
