Jared Isaacman, the on-off-on again nominee to lead NASA, on Wednesday denied allegations of a potential conflict of interest because of his friendship with billionaire Elon Musk, adding he doesn’t know why President Donald Trump withdrew his nomination earlier this year only to renominate him last month.

Isaacman made the comments at a ...Read more

California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta and Gov. Gavin Newsom launched a new online portal Wednesday allowing residents to report what they believe to be excessive force, misconduct or other potentially illegal activity by federal agents or members of the military working in the state.

Videos, photos and other information submitted through the portal ...Read more

Stephanie Park said she spent years trying to shield her adopted daughter from her biological mother, who is accused of killing the 22-year-old pregnant Wexford County woman while attempting to cut a baby from the victim's womb.

The victim, Rebecca Park, did not have a close relationship with her biological mother, Cortney Bartholomew, ...Read more

A University of Delaware student who planned to target a campus police building with firearms was arrested last week and charged with federal weapons crimes, authorities said.

Luqmaan Khan, 25, of Wilmington, vowed to “kill all” as he mapped out violent schemes in his journal — ones that involved Glock pistols, stun grenades, an assault ...Read more

Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey is slamming Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over statements he made relating to childhood vaccines and their potential links to Autism Spectrum Disorder.

Healey hosted a forum Wednesday at the Department of Public Health headquarters in Boston, where she urged members of the ...Read more

A former physician who supplied ketamine to “Friends” star Matthew Perry in the weeks leading up to the actor’s death was sentenced Wednesday to serve 30 months — about two and a half years — in federal prison.

Salvador Plasencia, known to Perry as “Dr. P,” according to court filings, appeared before a federal judge Wednesday in ...Read more

The mother and stepfather of a pregnant 22-year-old woman whose remains were found in a Michigan forest are accused of torturing her to death, prosecutors said.

Cortney Bartholomew, 40, and Bradly Bartholomew, 47, were arrested this week on multiple felony charges, including murder, torture, assault of a pregnant person causing a miscarriage or...Read more

The family of a Colombian fisherman killed in one of the Trump administration’s strikes on suspected drug-carrying vessels has filed a formal complaint with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, alleging he was murdered by the U.S. government.

The petition, filed Tuesday by human rights attorney Dan Kovalik, is believed to be the ...Read more

Lebanon and Israel sent negotiators to join a rare summit to address tensions surrounding last year’s ceasefire with Hezbollah, following fears that the militant group is attempting to rearm.

The Lebanese presidency named former ambassador to the U.S. Simon Karam as head of the country’s delegation, while Israel dispatched Uri Resnick, a ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A physician who supplied ketamine to “Friends” star Matthew Perry in the weeks leading up to the actor’s death is scheduled to appear in federal court in Los Angeles on Wednesday for a sentencing hearing.

Salvador Plasencia, known to Perry as “Dr. P,” according to court filings, pleaded guilty to four felony counts of ...Read more

Reports that President Trump’s federal immigration authorities will ramp up enforcement in Minnesota with a focus on Somali immigrants has stirred widespread fear in the Twin Cities’ large community and raised concerns that political rhetoric may soon translate into sweeping action.

Inside Karmel Mall, the commercial and cultural center of ...Read more

An official Department of Defense watchdog reportedly determined that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth risked endangering U.S. troops by sharing operational details of an attack on Houthi militants in Yemen in real time on a Signal group chat.

The Pentagon inspector general determined that Hegseth gave very specific updates on the missile strikes...Read more

A woman in medical scrubs who was driving on U.S. 1 in the Florida Keys Wednesday morning was stopped by federal immigration agents and forcibly removed from her car, despite screaming she was an American citizen.

About 9:15 a.m. in Key Largo, in front of the Pink Plaza at mile marker 103.4, federal agents stopped the woman driving a white ...Read more

NEW YORK — New York City has gone over a week with no reported new homicides, the Daily News has learned.

The last known homicide in the city was the stabbing death of 80-year-old Lev Vayner inside his apartment on Overlook Terrace near W. 184th St. in Washington Heights on Nov. 24.

The suspect, 45-year-old Alon Riabichev, who Vayner was ...Read more

If the United States launches military action against Venezuela, a group of senators is ready to act quickly to try to block the use of American military force there.

“We share the concerns of the American people who have made it abundantly clear that they don’t want more forever wars — especially ones decided in secret that will drive ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — A civil rights organization announced Wednesday that a settlement with the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office has yielded significant changes toward protecting the rights of transgender people in custody, particularly involving whether they are housed in the men’s or the women’s unit.

In 2023, Gender Justice filed a ...Read more

Lebanon and Israel sent negotiators to join a rare summit to address tensions surrounding last year’s ceasefire with Hezbollah, following fears that the militant group is attempting to rearm.

The Lebanese presidency named former ambassador to the U.S. Simon Karam as head of the country’s delegation, while Israel dispatched Uri Resnick, a ...Read more

In what Sen. Ted Cruz referred to as a “Groundhog Day” Senate committee hearing Wednesday, billionaire Jared Isaacman saw bipartisan support for a second time as President Donald Trump’s nominee to be the next NASA administrator.

The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation held the confirmation hearing nearly eight months...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — As U.S. District Judge Gerald McHugh prepared to sentence Mark Anthony Tucci for hurling racist, violent threats at two Black women he’d never met, the judge paused for a moment and teared up.

Tucci’s vile language and promises to harm the women were not only criminally inexcusable, McHugh said, they were also a ...Read more