NEW YORK — Amid a scheduling nightmare presented by his dueling state and federal cases, a Manhattan judge on Wednesday pushed back the schedule in the federal case against Luigi Mangione, saying his right to a fair trial was “paramount.”

​Lawyers for the Maryland man accused of gunning down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on a ...Read more

NASA astronauts are poised to lift off Wednesday on a 10-day journey that will slingshot them around the moon, marking humanity’s return to the lunar vicinity for the first time in more than half a century.

The crew’s Lockheed Martin Corp.-built Orion capsule, perched atop the Boeing Co.-made Space Launch System rocket, is set to launch at ...Read more

California lawmakers are again trying to regulate AI chatbots used for socializing by an estimated one-third of teens, amid lawsuits and growing concerns that the technology can push vulnerable kids to self-harm.

Advocates say stiffer regulation will protect youth and curb a rash of suicides tied to the generated chats. Platforms have their own...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is setting the stage to take an off-ramp in the five-week Iran war, dispatching Vice President JD Vance to deliver an ultimatum to Iran to make a deal or face attacks on key infrastructure.

Trump is scheduled to deliver a rare prime-time address on Iran as the Strait of Hormuz remains largely shuttered, ...Read more

BOSTON — A Bay State man has been arrested after allegedly threatening to kill President Donald Trump, according to the feds.

Great Barrington man Andrew Emerald, 45, allegedly posted messages on Facebook threatening to injure and kill Trump.

Emerald was indicted by a federal grand jury on eight counts of interstate transmission of ...Read more

NEW YORK — The New York City Council was slated to lay out a budget plan Wednesday that closes the city's multibillion-dollar budget gap mostly by using money already in its’ pockets without imposing property tax hikes or drawing down from the city’s reserves.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani has proposed using the city’s rainy day fund and ...Read more

On Wednesday, for the first time since 1972, NASA is attempting to launch astronauts to the moon.

The space agency is targeting a 6:24 p.m. Eastern time launch of the colossal Space Launch System rocket with four astronauts aboard. Once off the ground, the crew will fly past the moon (but not land on the lunar surface or enter its orbit) and ...Read more

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA on Wednesday looks to send four astronauts on the most powerful rocket to ever launch humans, flying the Artemis II mission that will send them past the moon.

The Space Launch System rocket with the Orion spacecraft sits on Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39-B awaiting liftoff during a two-hour window that opens ...Read more

CHICAGO — With a voluminous, years-in-the-making study of the Chicago Police Department’s officer deployment methods finished, CPD must now decide which changes to enact first in its effort to more effectively respond to emergencies across the city.

The 770-page study — mandated by the federal consent decree and performed by Matrix ...Read more

WASHINGTON — With President Donald Trump watching in the gallery, the Supreme Court justices gave a mostly skeptical hearing on Wednesday to his claim that he may revise the Constitution to end birthright citizenship for babies born in this country to parents who were here unlawfully or temporarily.

Trump Solicitor Gen. D. John Sauer said ...Read more

U.S. President Donald Trump said he’ll only consider a halt to attacks on Iran when the Strait of Hormuz is reopened, sowing further confusion about how long he’s prepared to continue the war.

Iran’s “New Regime President” has asked the U.S. for a ceasefire, Trump said in a social-media post on Wednesday, possibly referring to ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Wednesday became the first sitting president to attend oral arguments at the Supreme Court, inserting himself directly into a high-stakes legal battle over one of the most consequential orders of his administration.

Trump arrived at the court Wednesday morning by limousine for arguments over whether the ...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Some Kentucky jails are refusing to disclose how much they bill federal officials to house immigration detainees.

The Lexington Herald-Leader sent open records act requests to seven Kentucky jails that have Immigration and Customs Enforcement contracts. Four refused to give that information, citing a federal regulation that ...Read more

SEATTLE — Last summer, technology staff for the city of Seattle decided they needed help: The library system had recently suffered a debilitating ransomware attack, the threat of AI agents was growing, and federal assistance was in peril. The FIFA World Cup was on the horizon.

IT leaders came up with a plan: Call in the National Guard.

The ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — California State University's controversial $17-million deal to provide ChatGPT to every one of its campuses has been met with mixed results, with wide but uneven use across the system, high distrust of AI-generated content and broad fears that the technology could imperil job security — even as people say they want more ...Read more

Farming communities in Haiti’s Lower Artibonite region continued to come under renewed attacks Tuesday as armed men aligned with the Gran Grif gang swept through several rural towns on the outskirts of the city of Marchand-Dessalines, firing weapons and forcing residents to flee.

Videos circulating on social media showed young men carrying ...Read more

U.S. President Donald Trump said he’ll only consider a halt to attacks on Iran when the Strait of Hormuz is reopened, sowing further confusion about how long he’s prepared to continue the war.

Iran’s “New Regime President” has asked the U.S. for a ceasefire, Trump said in a social-media post on Wednesday, possibly referring to ...Read more

Cancer is becoming increasingly common among young people, with cases slowly and steadily rising every year for the past decade. And what type of insurance adolescents and young adults have affects at what stage of cancer they’re diagnosed and how long they survive.

As researchers who study cancer disparities in young adults, we ...Read more

President Donald Trump appeared on former Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino’s podcast in February 2026, where he stated: “The Republicans should say, ‘We want to take over, we should take over the voting.’ The Republicans ought to nationalize the voting.”

Trump’s call to nationalize elections, to transfer the constitutionall...Read more