A New York City woman was arrested in connection to the alleged fatal stabbing of a U.S. Postal Service worker inside a Harlem deli on Thursday, authorities said. Jaia Cruz, 24, of Manhattan, is charged with second-degree murder in the slaying of 36-year-old Ray Hodges, New York City police said in a statement. The incident occurred about 2:38 p.m. inside …
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A former hospital worker was arrested in connection with a late 2024 incident that left three babies in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of Virginia’s Henrico Doctors’ Hospital with “unexplainable fractures,” according to officials. Henrico Police identified 26-year-old Erin Elizabeth Ann Strotman, of Chesterfield County, as a suspect during an investigation into the incident, per a news release published Friday. Strotman …
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CLEVELAND — Ohio Lt. Gov. Jon Husted has emerged as a late and leading contender to succeed Vice President-elect JD Vance in the Senate, three Republicans familiar with the process said Friday. Gov. Mike DeWine will appoint a replacement once Vance resigns his Senate seat — something that must happen before Vance and President-elect Donald Trump take office Jan. 20. …
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The family of Erik and Lyle Menendez will meet with the Los Angeles County district attorney on Friday in a continued push for a reduced sentence for the brothers, who are serving life without parole for the heavily publicized 1989 murders of their parents. Over 20 relatives are expected to sit down with District Attorney Nathan Hochman to show their “support …
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NEW YORK — Wayne Osmond, a singer, guitarist and founding member of the million-selling family act The Osmonds, who were known for such 1970s teen hits as “One Bad Apple,” “Yo-Yo” and “Down By the Lazy River,” has died. He was 73. Sibling Merrill Osmond posted on his Facebook page that Wayne died this week at a Salt Lake City …
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President Joe Biden began his term in the White House with a broad promise to protect transgender Americans against Republican policies that painted them as a threat to children and sought to push them out of public life. “Your president has your back,” Biden assured trans people in his first State of the Union address in 2021, and he repeated …
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Alcohol is the third leading cause of cancer in the U.S., after tobacco and obesity, according to a new report from Surgeon General Vivek Murthy. The advisory, released Friday, suggests that cancer risk warning labels be included on alcoholic beverages. The report cites a direct link between alcohol consumption and at least seven types of cancer, including breast, colorectal, liver …
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President Joe Biden announced Friday that the White House would block a $15 billion bid by the Japanese company Nippon Steel to acquire U.S. Steel, capping off a yearlong business saga that drifted into election-year politics. “As I have said many times, steel production—and the steel workers who produce it—are the backbone of our nation,” Biden said in a statement. “A …
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WASHINGTON — The new Congress will begin Friday, ushering in a tiny House Republican majority to tackle enormous tasks in the first year of Donald Trump’s second term, from keeping the government open to averting a calamitous debt default to advancing the president-elect’s immigration and tax ambitions. Republicans won a 220-215 seat majority in the 2024 elections, but they will …
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WASHINGTON — The incoming Congress brings a new cast of characters to Capitol Hill for the second Donald Trump administration as Republicans officially take control of both chambers on Friday. The wafer-thin Republican majority in the House, which begins at 219-215, will require near-unanimity to get anything done without Democratic help. That dynamic empowers rank-and-file lawmakers without leadership or committee …
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