NEW YORK — A passenger gave birth just before arrival at John F. Kennedy International Airport over the weekend.

The delivery happened Saturday night as Caribbean Airlines Flight BW005 from Kingston, Jamaica, neared Jamaica, Queens.

“We have a passenger, a pregnant passenger, who’s going into labor at this time. Requesting direct detail,...Read more

BOSTON — The Joint Committee on the Judiciary will be taking up a bill Tuesday that would allow illegal immigrants and anyone else arrested or detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement to sue the agents who took them into custody.

The proposed bill, An Act Relative to Violations of the United States Constitution Under the Color of Law (...Read more

President Donald Trump on Monday celebrated the rescue of two downed American airmen as his latest deadline looms for Iran to agree to a ceasefire deal or get blown “back to the Stone Ages” by a new wave of attacks.

Trump hailed the high-stakes operation that plucked the two Air Force pilots out of a remote mountainous area of Iran where ...Read more

Iran rejected a proposed ceasefire as Donald Trump ramped up his threats less than two days before the U.S. president’s ultimatum to reopen the Strait of Hormuz or face further attacks on civilian infrastructure.

“They don’t want to cry, as the expression goes, ‘uncle,’ but they will, and if they don’t, they’ll have no bridges,�...Read more

The Orion spacecraft and its four passengers ventured into the moon’s gravitational influence Monday as the Artemis II mission heads to a record-breaking day on the lunar far side before their trip back home to Earth.

NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch along with Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court sent Stephen Bannon’s contempt of Congress conviction back to lower courts Monday to address the Trump administration’s attempt to wipe out the case against the president’s former adviser.

Bannon had appealed his conviction to the justices after both a federal trial judge and the U.S. Court of Appeals for ...Read more

NEW YORK — Melissa Gilbert revealed in her first interview since husband Timothy Busfield’s arrest for child sex abuse that she’s been aware, since the early days of their relationship, of other troubling allegations against him.

The “Little House on the Prairie” alum, 61, told “Good Morning America” correspondent George ...Read more

LOS ANGELES -- Authorities were investigating after the discovery Sunday afternoon of possible human remains at a Long Beach park as visitors gathered to celebrate Easter.

The Long Beach Police Department responded to a call around 5 p.m. at DeForest Park after a possible small skull was found by someone searching for Easter eggs in the area, ...Read more

NEW YORK — An advocacy group that counts the growing number of homeless students in New York City every year released a new brief Monday underscoring a need for more support for these 154,000 children in local schools.

The report from Advocates for Children of New York found that 63% of students living in shelters are chronically absent, and...Read more

NEW YORK – More than 11,000 law enforcement officers from across the globe have signed a petition asking a Bronx judge not to throw the NYPD sergeant convicted of killing a fleeing suspect by hurling a cooler at him in prison, the Daily News has learned.

Attorneys for Sgt. Erik Duran will be presenting the signatures to Judge Guy Mitchell, ...Read more

MIAMI — For three straight years, spring break in South Beach has come and gone without major incident.

Crowds were relatively small last month, especially compared to March weekends in the years after the COVID pandemic, when thousands of young people packed Ocean Drive and the party was sullied by shootings, stampedes and curfews.

This ...Read more

CHICAGO — Jessica Biggs, an elected school board member representing parts of downtown and the South Side, officially announced Monday she is running for president of the Chicago Board of Education.

Biggs — the director of the Southwest Organizing Project and a former Chicago Public Schools principal — is the fourth candidate to enter the...Read more

LOS ANGELES — CNN will host a California gubernatorial primary debate May 5.

The two-hour debate will take place at 6 p.m Pacific time at a venue in the Los Angeles area that is yet to be determined. CNN anchors Elex Michaelson and Kaitlan Collins will serve as moderators.

The debate will air live across CNN, CNN International, CNN en Españ...Read more

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s conservative evangelical religious beliefs drew attention even before his confirmation hearings in January 2025. He is a member of the Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches – CREC – whose beliefs have been influenced by a 20th-century movement called Christian Reconstructionism.

Many CREC ...Read more

U.S. allies are reportedly pressing for a last-minute deal with Iran, as President Donald Trump extended his deadline to Tuesday for Tehran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, keeping markets on edge over whether a breakthrough can be reached.

Axios reported that Pakistan, Egypt and Turkey are pushing to secure a potential ceasefire — lasting ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s desire to make the nation’s capital “beautiful again” is a central focus of the White House’s fiscal 2027 budget request for the Interior Department.

The budget, released Friday, calls for $15.9 billion for the department, a $2.3 billion decrease from the fiscal 2026 enacted level. The White ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — It started as a legal dispute over dog custody and visitation after a San Diego County couple broke up.

The judge’s order cited two similar cases and ultimately sided with the woman who had Kyra the dog for the last couple of years, giving her full rights and denying her ex’s requests.

It wasn’t until later, well into the ...Read more