Boston City Hall $147K attorney placed on paid leave after announcing bid to challenge Mayor Wu
The Wu administration has placed a $147,668-a-year city attorney on paid administrative leave days after he announced he was challenging Michelle Wu for Boston mayor.
John Houton, who has worked in the city’s law ...Read more
Haiti gang leader back on trial in U.S., this time for missionaries' 2021 kidnapping
The one-time ‘king’ of one of Haiti’s most violent criminal gang, already looking at spending 35 years in a U.S. prison for his role in a gunrunning conspiracy that funneled high-powered weapons to gang members using...Read more
Eva Longoria 'always knew' she'd be successful
Eva Longoria always thought she'd become a success in Hollywood.
The 50-year-old actress has enjoyed a hugely successful career, starring in shows such as 'Desperate Housewives' and 'Only Murders in the Building', and Eva...Read more
The Simpsons writer Steve Pepoon dies aged 68
'The Simpsons' writer Steve Pepoon has died at the age of 68.
The award-winning writer - who had been receiving treatment for a heart condition called cardiac amyloidosis - died unexpectedly outside his home in Paola, ...Read more
GM plans cheaper battery cells for electric SUVs and trucks
General Motors Co. on Tuesday announced plans to make cheaper battery cells for electric trucks and SUVs at a U.S. plant beginning in 2028.
The Detroit automaker says it will begin commercial production of lithium ...Read more
Residents of California town baffled by mysterious exploding birds
The residents of a California town are raising the alarm after dozens of birds appear to have exploded without explanation.
The phenomena appears to be limited to a single neighborhood in Richmond, about 10 miles north of...Read more
Gov. Newsom claims Trump's tariffs will reduce California revenues by $16 billion
Gov. Gavin Newsom's Office said Tuesday that President Trump's tariff policies will reduce state revenues in California by $16 billion through next year.
Despite personal income tax and corporate tax receipts in the state...Read more
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka returns to ICE detention center days after arrest
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka returned to the gates of an ICE detention center days after he was arrested for allegedly trespassing at the same facility.
Baraka, a Democrat running for New Jersey governor, was turned away ...Read more
Trump's Mideast visit opens floodgate of AI deals led by Nvidia
The Trump administration is clearing a path for two key Persian Gulf allies to pursue their artificial intelligence ambitions — and some of the biggest US tech companies are seizing on that opening with plans to spend ...Read more
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. took his family swimming in a toxic D.C. creek
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. celebrated Mother’s Day with his family by swimming in a contaminated Washington, D.C., creek used for sewer runoff.
“Mother’s Day hike in Dumbarton Oaks ...Read more
Canadian electric minibus manufacturer to open its first US plant in Illinois
As Lion Electric faces liquidation and the auction of its shuttered Joliet, Illinois, electric bus factory, the state has announced another Canadian EV bus manufacturer will be opening a plant in Peoria, Illinois.
Damera ...Read more
New York City Mayor Adams announces new Office to Combat Antisemitism
NEW YORK — Mayor Eric Adams Tuesday announced a new city Office to Combat Antisemitism amid a surge in anti-Jewish hate crimes and an increasing focus on the issue in this year’s mayoral race.
The mayor said NYPD ...Read more
Georgia high court weighs limits on tenant claims against housing authorities
The Georgia Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday in a closely watched case to decide if housing authorities in the state are shielded from liability when tenants sue them over violent crime or other dangerous conditions. ...Read more
As Library of Congress crisis deepens, lawmakers tread carefully
WASHINGTON — A stalemate at the Library of Congress continued Tuesday with no easy resolution in sight, as lawmakers considered how far to wade in.
Citing “executive overreach,” House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries...Read more
LA judge resentences Menendez brothers, giving them chance at freedom
LOS ANGELES — The resentencing hearing for Erik and Lyle Menendez Tuesday featured emotional testimony from family members, several of whom said in court that the brothers should be freed from prison for the shotgun ...Read more
Republicans could reach SALT compromise Wednesday, Johnson says
WASHINGTON — House Republicans could land on a compromise on the state and local tax deduction on Wednesday, a deal that would represent a breakthrough in one of the thorniest policy debates in President Donald Trump’s...Read more
New Georgia law shields Roundup maker from some cancer-related lawsuits
Manufacturers of chemicals that make pesticides, fertilizers and herbicides for crops will soon be shielded from Georgians who say the companies did not sufficiently warn consumers of health risks.
The Georgia Legislature...Read more
Burrito road rage incident ends in felony charge for grandfather, Texas cops say
A Texas man’s retaliation over a thrown burrito put several people in danger and ended in his arrest on a felony charge, according to police.
The burrito road rage incident happened Friday, May 9, near a Dollar Tree in ...Read more
Trump accepting luxury jetliner from Qatar raises alarm on both sides of political aisle
President Donald Trump has spent the first major overseas trip of his second administration — next stop Wednesday in Qatar — beating back allegations that he was personally profiting from foreign leaders by accepting a...Read more
YNW Melly must remain in jail before retrial, judge orders
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Florida rapper YNW Melly must remain behind bars until his double murder retrial, a has judge ordered.
In a March motion, Melly, whose legal name is Jamell Demons, had sought release for the ...Read more
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