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Last week, two detainees escaped from an immigration detention center in Newark, New Jersey for possible deportation. One of the escapees, Franklin Norberto Bautista Reyes, has been apprehended, while the other escapee, Andres Felipe Pineda Mogollon, is yet to be seized. The initial reward for their capture was raised to...

June 14, 2025, marked President Donald Trump’s military parade celebrating the Army’s 250th anniversary and his birthday. What really drew people in, though, was the “No Kings” protest happening at the same time, against Trump’s policies and actions during his second presidency. Tens of thousands of people crowded in parks...

Israel launched an unprecedented attack on Iran, killing three of its most powerful men and striking locations key to its nuclear program. Israel used 200 fighter jets to hit Iran, dropping more than 330 “various munitions” and striking more than 100 targets across the country, the IDF said. The commander-in-chief...

New York state Judge Curtis Farber declared a mistrial on Harvey Weinstein’s sexual misconduct charges, as he was accused of assaulting former actress Miriam Haley in 2006, along with several other charges and went into retrial recently.  In the retrial on Wednesday, jurors reached a conclusion, stating that Weinstein was...

On Tuesday, President Donald Trump warned that any further protests against federal immigration enforcement could be met with “equal or greater force” than the roughly 4,000 National Guard personnel and 700 Marines currently stationed in Los Angeles. In response to Trump’s deployment of the National Guard, California Gov. Gavin Newsom...

Over the weekend, a multitude of combinations of bad weather resulted in a ground stop being issued and hundreds of delays and flight cancellations at John F. Kennedy International Airport. Many airlines that were impacted include, but are not limited to, Delta, JetBlue, WestJet and American. John F. Kennedy International...

A public feud broke out between President Donald Trump and his former ally, billionaire Elon Musk. Musk is adamantly against Trump’s massive tax and domestic policy bill, and he went all over Twitter and other social media to let everybody know.  On Tuesday, Musk called what Trump calls his “big,...

New York’s biking lanes will be seeing a new change, as Major Adams has announced that the city will impose a speed limit on electric bikes. The New York Daily News reports that the announcement was made this Wednesday, with e-bikes being allowed to go only 15MPH in the city.  ...

Daniel Park, a 32-year-old man, was arrested Tuesday night at John F. Kennedy International Airport. The man is allegedly tied to the bombing at a fertility clinic in Palm Springs, California, last month. Park, according to authorities, traveled to Poland four days after the bombing and was deported back to...

New York City has claimed that a 20-year-old Bronx public school student Dylan LopezContreras, who was arrested two weeks ago at his immigration court hearing for asylum, is being detained without cause and is taking legal action against ICE. The arrest and many like it by ICE as of late...

Six months ago, a well-known YouTuber, PopularMMOs, also known as Patrick Julianelle, was arrested and pleaded guilty to assaulting a police officer on Nov. 20, 2024. The bodycam footage was released recently to the public after he reportedly violated his parole, and a warrant was placed for his arrest. The...

On May 29 at 10:02 PM, The New York Police Department announced on X that former Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik has passed away at the age of 69 from a heart affliction. Kerik was Police Commissioner, oversaw the response of law enforcement during the deadly 9/11 attacks and was appointed...

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