El Chapo relatives entered US under Trump deal: Mexico

El Chapo relatives entered US under Trump deal: Mexico

At least 17 relatives of Ovidio Guzmán López, the youngest son of the notorious drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, crossed into the U.S. last week as part of a deal with the Trump administration, Mexico’s top security official confirmed Tuesday. Omar García Harfuch acknowledged in a radio interview that members of the El Chapo … Read more

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs sought to murder ex Cassie’s boyfriend amid 20 years of violence: prosecutors

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs sought to murder ex Cassie’s boyfriend amid 20 years of violence: prosecutors

When Sean “Diddy” Combs discovered his ex, R&B artist Casandra “Cassie” Ventura, was dating someone else, the multimillionaire hip-hop mogul grabbed an employee in the middle of the night for assistance hunting down and murdering the other man, a Manhattan jury heard in a bombshell opening statement from the feds on Monday. “For years, the defendant … Read more

Radar systems for Newark Airport fail a second time as concerns over safety mount

Radar systems for Newark Airport fail a second time as concerns over safety mount

Radar and telecommunications systems for Newark Airport’s air traffic controllers failed Friday morning — the second time the two critical systems went down at the same time in less than two weeks — as delays at the critical hub continue to vex travelers. According to a statement issued by the Federal Aviation Administration, both the … Read more

ICE ordered to return Tufts student Rumeysa Ozturk to Vermont

ICE ordered to return Tufts student Rumeysa Ozturk to Vermont

President Trump’s administration must return detained Tufts University student Rumeysa Ozturk to Vermont, an appeals court ruled Wednesday. Ozturk, a 30-year-old doctoral student originally from Turkey, has been held for weeks in an immigration jail in Louisiana while her case was argued in multiple courts. But the 2nd Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals gave ICE … Read more

Jill Sobule death under investigation, friends thought she escaped fire

Jill Sobule death under investigation, friends thought she escaped fire

Jill Sobule’s friends believed the singer-songwriter escaped their house amid a blaze that killed the “Supermodel” singer in Minnesota early Thursday, as authorities try to establish whether Sobule died before or amid the fire. The couple, whose names have not been released, rushed out of the suburban St. Paul home upon realizing it was ablaze, at … Read more

11 killed in car attack on Filipino festival in Vancouver

11 killed in car attack on Filipino festival in Vancouver

Eleven people were killed and at least 20 more hurt in a car-ramming attack on a Filipino festival in Vancouver, police said Sunday. A 30-year-old man was arrested at the scene of the Lapu Lapu Day festival after the Saturday night attack, authorities said. The street party in south Vancouver honors an indigenous Filipino chief. … Read more

N.Y. Woman, grandkids narrowly escape manhole explosion

N.Y. Woman, grandkids narrowly escape manhole explosion

An electrical issue, not a gas leak, sparked a manhole explosion that blew open a section of Poughkeepsie sidewalk seconds after a woman walked over it with two children, power company officials said Tuesday. Dramatic video caught the harrowing near-miss as the woman wheeled a stroller holding one child, while another walked beside her. The … Read more

Protesters rally in NYC, across the U.S. to fight Trump tyranny

Protesters rally in NYC, across the U.S. to fight Trump tyranny

NEW YORK (AP) — Opponents of President Trump’s administration took to the streets of communities large and small across the U.S. on Saturday, decrying what they see as threats to the nation’s democratic ideals. The disparate events ranged from a march through Midtown Manhattan and a rally in front of the White House to a … Read more