NEW YORK — Air traffic into New York City’s major airports suffered heavy delays Monday after crews working on an Amtrak project severed a fiber optic cable linking two major air traffic control centers, a source briefed on the situation confirmed to the Daily News.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy confirmed in a social media post Monday...Read more

WASHINGTON — More than a dozen organizations ranging from Americans for Prosperity to Public Citizen are urging lawmakers to change the law to remove the president from the process of appointing the head of the Government Accountability Office.

In a letter sent Monday to key lawmakers from both chambers, the groups argue that since the GAO is...Read more

Pennsylvania recorded nearly 100 new cases of measles in the last week, bringing the total case count for this year to 792, state officials said Monday.

The state’s measles outbreak is the largest in the country in 2026 and is centered in Lancaster County, which has reported more than 300 cases this year.

Chester County has confirmed 76 ...Read more

NEW YORK — “Broken-windows” style policing for minor infractions increased 13% during the most recent fiscal year, half of which fell under the Mamdani administration, according to recent city report, leading the Legal Aid Society to call out the mayor for failing to deliver on his campaign promises of comprehensive police reform.

The ...Read more

Eight in 10 Venezuelans oppose the sweeping oil agreement signed last month between the United States and Venezuela, while more than nine in 10 disapprove of President Donald Trump’s meeting with interim President Delcy Rodríguez in New York this week, according to a new poll that captures deep skepticism over Washington’s rapidly expanding...Read more

WESTMINSTER, Calif. — A former high-level state parks supervisor accused of secretly recording nude or semi-nude lifeguards and park aides at a Bolsa Chica State Beach facility pleaded not guilty to criminal charges during a Westminster court appearance on Monday.

Kevin Pearsall — a 59-year-old Long Beach resident who oversaw state parks ...Read more

Lindsay Clancy’s attorney wants a Massachusetts judge to investigate the holdout juror whose guilty vote led to a mistrial in the defendant’s controversial murder case.

That juror’s cellphone data usage during deliberations has raised concerns for defense lawyer Kevin Reddington, according to People.

Michael P. Desronvil told NewsNation ...Read more

Tropical Storm Fay continued to churn Monday in the far eastern Atlantic but showed signs of weakening as the National Hurricane Center began forecasting chances for a new system to form off the coast of Africa.

As of the NHC’s 5 p.m. EDT advisory, the center of Fay was located about 445 miles southwest of the Azores moving south-southwest at...Read more

CHICAGO — Gov. JB Pritzker disclosed Monday that he was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes two years ago and has since lost 80 pounds using a GLP-1 drug.

The Democrat, 61, described his weight-loss journey in an essay on Substack and in select media interviews. The coordinated rollout comes as he seeks a rare third term as Illinois governor in ...Read more

LANSING, Mich. — The embezzlement trial of former Michigan House Speaker Lee Chatfield might be delayed for months after his defense lawyer announced plans to challenge an expert witness's credentials at the state Court of Appeals.

Jury selection for Chatfield's case had been scheduled to begin Sept. 22. Chatfield, a Levering Republican who ...Read more

A helicopter battling the Dome fire in Yosemite National Park crashed Sunday in a remote wilderness area of the park, killing its two pilots.

The Eurocopter AS332L1 Super Puma helicopter crashed at 1:58 p.m. Sunday, during firefighting operations while making a water bucket drop, said Ben Cossel, a spokesman for the U.S. Forest Service. The ...Read more

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration began rolling out a new artificial intelligence tool that the agency said will help identify spots of potential congestion early on to help curb flight delays and cancellations.

The FAA began using this new tool, known as SMART, in a “limited mode” Monday in the airspace around Washington, the U.S. ...Read more

Aberdeen Proving Ground will receive a small nuclear reactor and a natural gas power plant, the U.S. Army said Friday. Fort Detrick will develop a fuel cell plant that turns natural gas or other fuels into electricity without burning them.

“The ability to provide backup power to our installations is critical to ensuring mission success and ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — A line in Philadelphia’s zoning code conflates drag performances with strip clubs, topless bars, and other adult cabaret venues. It’s a definition that City Council hopes to change.

Council member Rue Landau introduced legislation on Thursday to remove references to “male or female impersonators” in a section of the ...Read more

DENVER — Someone tampered with the oxygen supply at UCHealth’s University of Colorado Hospital in Aurora earlier this month, but the facility was able to quickly switch to a backup supply before any patients got hurt.

The Sept. 3 incident, first reported by Colorado Public Radio, involved someone who got into an oxygen storage area outside ...Read more

Deepening the news media's clashes with President Donald Trump, CNN, MS NOW and Politico are headed to court to challenge the constitutionality of the president's order to ban the three news organizations from the White House.

The three outlets filed a lawsuit Monday in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., asking for a temporary restraining...Read more

WASHINGTON — After dishing out more domestic discord this month, President Donald Trump this week will pivot hard to foreign affairs, putting his controversial artificial intelligence and Iran policies in the spotlight as the Senate looks to pass a college sports bill he has backed.

The president heads to New York City on Monday for meetings ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom signed seven new data center regulations into law Monday, as public concerns about the facilities’ demands for water and electricity have reached a fever pitch.

Newsom signed a raft of bills that require data center operators to report their water consumption and pay for upgrades to offset any ...Read more

Amazon has launched what it calls one of the biggest corporate water conservation efforts for a single U.S. watershed with a pledge to invest $20 million into the Colorado River Basin.

Executives are calling the program the Colorado River Basin Collaborative. Participating companies, including supermarket giant Aldi and The Coca-Cola Foundation...Read more

California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced Monday his office will dismiss felony vandalism charges against five Stanford activists, if they complete 100 hours of community service each and pay almost $52,000 in restitution.

The defendants — German Gonzalez, Maya Burke, Taylor McCann, Hunter Taylor Black and Amy Zhai — stood trial ...Read more