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9 dead as officials resume search of UPS plane crash site near Louisville airport

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LEXINGTON, Ky. — At least nine people were killed and several others were injured late Tuesday afternoon after a UPS cargo plane crashed near the Louisville airport.

At around 5:20 p.m., UPS Flight 2976, with three crew members on board, was departing Louisville bound for Honolulu, Hawaii, when “an accident” occurred, according to UPS. ...Read more

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FDNY Commissioner Robert Tucker resigns day after Mamdani mayoral win, mayoral aide Kaz Daughtry may go too

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NEW YORK — FDNY Commissioner Robert Tucker tendered his resignation Wednesday, the morning after Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral election victory, and Deputy Mayor for Public Safety Kaz Daughtry is expected to follow suit, the Daily News has learned.

In an emailed letter to Mayor Eric Adams sent less than 12 hours after Mamdani’s win over former...Read more

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4 dead in Bronx murder-suicide as gunman kills his family

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NEW YORK — A gunman fatally shot his elderly mother, his daughter and his daughter’s boyfriend inside the doomed family’s Bronx NYCHA apartment and then took his own life Wednesday morning, police source said.

The 44-year-old shooter called an out-of-state relative and said, “Check on your family,” according to a police source.

That ...Read more

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No ability to pay: Kohberger's Idaho defense fends off more victim restitution

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BOISE, Idaho — Bryan Kohberger, the man serving life in prison for killing four University of Idaho students, received at least $10,000 in donations while he was in custody awaiting his murder trial, and seeks to avoid paying any future funds to the victims’ families.

Attorneys for Kohberger and the state appeared virtually in front of 4th ...Read more

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Bill Gates doesn't regret his controversial climate memo

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LOS ANGELES — Last week, Bill Gates published a 17-page memo on his personal website that critics said pitted climate and public health efforts against each other, when they should instead be working in tandem.

Monday night, speaking at Caltech in Pasadena, Gates doubled down, brushing off the critiques that came from across the ideological ...Read more

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Lawyers square off in Chicago in key federal court hearing over use of force by immigration agents

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CHICAGO — Controversial use-of-force tactics by immigration agents under the Trump administration are taking center stage Wednesday in a Chicago federal courtroom, where a judge is deciding whether to put more long-term restrictions on the use of tear gas and other chemical agents on crowds and provide enhanced protections for protesters and ...Read more

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Trump urges GOP senators to change Senate rules to reopen government

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WASHINGTON — Hours after an Election Day shellacking for his party, President Donald Trump on Wednesday poured cold water on reports that Senate Democrats are moving toward reopening the government and urged Republican senators to nix a key Senate rule so the party can pass its own bills without opposition support.

“The Democrat radicals in...Read more

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Florida attorney general goes to bat against transparency in Trump library case

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MIAMI — Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier is leading the charge to defend Miami Dade College in higher court from allegations it violated the state’s Sunshine Law, raising the stakes in a case involving Donald Trump’s presidential library that could have sweeping implications for the future of government transparency.

Uthmeier’s ...Read more

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Mexico's president says she will press charges after she is groped by a man on the street

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MEXICO CITY — Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum was strolling through her city's capital this week, heading from one government office to another, when she stopped to take selfies with a crowd of admirers.

A man approached from behind, slipped his arm around Sheinbaum's shoulder, leaned in to plant a kiss on her neck and briefly touched her...Read more

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Delta plane evacuated at LaGuardia due to bomb threat

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NEW YORK — A Delta plane at LaGuardia Airport was evacuated on the runway due to a bomb threat Tuesday night.

Delta Flight 2313 was supposed to depart for Minneapolis around 6:30 p.m. but was instead evacuated on the tarmac around 8 p.m., according to flight tracking data.

“We were just evacuated from our plane; we don’t know why,” Fox...Read more

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Bomb threats against NJ polling places linked to Russian email domains

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Many of the bomb threats made against polling sites across several New Jersey counties appeared to “originate from Russian email domains,” the FBI said in a statement on Wednesday.

“None of the threats have been determined to be credible thus far,” it continued. “Election integrity is among the FBI’s highest priorities. We will ...Read more

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Supreme Court justices sound skeptical of Trump's tariffs

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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court justices sounded skeptical Wednesday of President Donald Trump’s claim that he has the power to set large tariffs on products coming from countries around the world.

Most of the justices, both conservative and liberal, said Congress, not the president, had the power to impose taxes and tariffs. And they ...Read more

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FDNY Commissioner Robert Tucker resigns day after Mamdani NYC mayoral win

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NEW YORK — FDNY Commissioner Robert Tucker tendered his resignation Wednesday, the morning after Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral election victory at the polls, the Daily News has learned.

In a letter to Mayor Eric Adams sent less than 12 hours after Mamdani’s win over former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and GOP candidate Curtis Sliwa, Tucker announced his ...Read more

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Federal judge won't block Colorado prescription drug discount law

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DENVER — A federal judge declined to block a Colorado law that requires drugmakers to offer discounted medications to more pharmacies, but a lawsuit challenging the legislation can still proceed.

Drugmaker AbbVie sued the state in June because of Senate Bill 71, which forbade drug companies from limiting how many pharmacies can participate in...Read more

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Nevada Democrats demand answers about renewed nuclear testing

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LAS VEGAS – Nevada Democrats are pushing for more detail into Donald Trump’s call to resume nuclear testing as members of the president’s administration say publicly that explosive testing is unlikely.

Sens. Jacky Rosen, Catherine Cortez Masto and Reps. Steven Horsford, Susie Lee and Dina Titus sent the Trump administration a letter ...Read more

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Las Vegas lawsuit challenges no-bail detention for immigrant detainees

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LAS VEGAS – Two men being held by immigration authorities were misclassified by the Department of Homeland Security in a way that doesn’t allow them a chance to bail out as their cases proceed, a break in a decades-long established practice, a federal lawsuit filed in Las Vegas alleges.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada, the ACLU...Read more

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SpaceX, ULA line up double launch night that would tie Space Coast record

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ORLANDO, Fla. — While SpaceX has managed the lion’s share of launches this year, it’s set to be a team effort with United Launch Alliance as the two companies have lined up a pair of launches Wednesday that would tie the annual record for orbital missions from the Space Coast.

Both a SpaceX Falcon 9 and ULA Atlas V stand less than two ...Read more

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UPS Louisville plane crash: Victim search continues, operations disrupted

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The search for victims continues after the fiery crash of a UPS wide-body cargo plane at the Louisville, Kentucky, airport on Tuesday afternoon, with nine confirmed dead so far.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear posted on social media Wednesday morning that “the number of those lost has now risen to at least 9, with the possibility of more.”

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Philippine typhoon deaths climb to 116 as new storm looms

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Typhoon Kalmaegi killed at least 116 people in the Philippines, becoming the deadliest storm to hit the Southeast Asian nation in a year, with dozens more missing.

The typhoon, locally known as Tino, also displaced more than half a million people as widespread floods submerged homes and trapped residents on rooftops. The central province of ...Read more

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LA County moves to ban 'predatory solicitation' amid questions about sex abuse lawsuits

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LOS ANGELES — L.A. County supervisors want to bar "predatory" salespeople who they say prey on vulnerable residents seeking benefits from the region's social services offices.

The supervisors unanimously voted Tuesday to explore creating a "buffer zone" outside county offices, prohibiting certain types of "aggressive" solicitation toward ...Read more