WASHINGTON — Republican lawmakers will make their case Monday that New York City District Attorney Alvin Bragg, the prosecutor who brought felony charges against former President Donald Trump, has neglected to address a wave of violent crime in the city. House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan tweeted last week, “Alvin Bragg’s radical pro-crime, anti-victim policies have led […]
Fifty years ago, a ship long as the Empire State Building sailed toward obstacles that captains usually avoid. The icebreaking tanker SS Manhattan was an oil company’s attempt to see if it might be profitable to move Alaska oil to the East Coast by plowing through the ice-clogged Northwest Passage. Begging his way aboard […]
NEW YORK — At least eight people were killed Tuesday and more than a dozen others were injured when a man drove a rented truck onto a busy bike path in New York City. “Based on information we have at this moment, this was an act of terror, and a particularly cowardly act of terror aimed […]
NEW YORK — A loud explosion that shook the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan Saturday night was “an intentional act” that injured 29 people, according to New York authorities. New York Mayor Bill DeBlasio declared the explosion was deliberate, speaking to reporters on the street near the scene of the blast. DeBlasio emphasized, however, there was no […]