NEW YORK — The accused killer of Elise Bainbridge Hill gave a chilling confession to police, claiming the beloved Central Park homeless artist hit him with a stick first, which he then grabbed and beat her with more than 20 times “until she couldn’t hit me anymore,” according to court documents filed Thursday.

The disturbing account ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner said Wednesday that the federal judge who accused him of potentially breaking the law while overseeing a post-conviction case had reached “baseless,” illogical and legally unsupported conclusions — and that the judge should be removed from the case because he had acted more like...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed Thursday to hear a dispute about the legality of the Trump administration’s mandatory detention policy for many immigrants facing deportation.

The brief order sets up another high-profile fight during the coming term, when the justices will also hear issues ranging from gun rights to civil rights. The ...Read more

PLYMOUTH, Mich. — A judge denied a Detroit police officer's request to avoid surrendering the nine firearms in his home during an Oct. 1 court hearing in which he and a woman were charged with crimes after their 3-year-old son allegedly brought a loaded gun to a daycare center and passed it around to his classmates.

Detroit Police Officer ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump is embarking on a travel blitz aimed at shoring up struggling Republicans in states he won two years ago, as the president’s mood darkens about his party’s prospects in the November midterm elections.

In the coming days, Trump plans to appear in Texas, Oklahoma, Ohio and Nebraska, GOP strongholds where a visit ...Read more

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Florida weather was dicey all morning, but cleared enough to let SpaceX and NASA launch the Crew-13 mission to the International Space Station.

A Falcon 9 topped with the Crew Dragon Grace took its four occupants for a trip to the orbiting station launching from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — After being duped by Hannah Gann, one organization closely affiliated with the Philadelphia School District teacher and activist is dissolving, and another is on a two-month hiatus pending a decision about its future.

The moves come after Gann admitted she lied for years about her identity, claiming at times to be Palestinian, ...Read more

In television news, there are two roles in front of the camera: reporter and anchor.

During four decades at CBS, Dan Rather played both roles. On March 9, 1981, he took over the position of nightly news anchor from Walter Cronkite, one of the most influential faces in network television. Although Rather held that job for 24 years, ...Read more

NEW YORK — Sean “Diddy” Combs is headed back to solitary housing amid claims he is paying to recreate his lavish lifestyle while serving time at at FCI Fort Dix in New Jersey, according to a report.

An investigation was launched into the matter after NBC reported the Bad Boys Records founder had a staff made up of fellow inmates, each of ...Read more

The FlyDubai pilot who tried to crash the Boeing Co. 737 carrying 174 passengers mainly from Israel was Omani, according to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, raising questions how he gained permission to fly despite a strict security screening process.

The revelation about the co-pilot’s nationality will put pressure on the airline ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — A fifth person has died amid Pennsylvania’s growing measles outbreak, state health officials confirmed on Wednesday.

The Pennsylvania Department of Health said in a news release that an unvaccinated resident of Lancaster County tested positive for measles and has died.

Health officials said they would not release any ...Read more

CHICAGO — Before federal immigration agents stormed across the Chicago region last year and President Donald Trump threatened to send in the National Guard, Gov. JB Pritzker warned both moves aimed to “normalize” a federal military presence to intimidate voters and depress turnout in the 2026 midterms.

Some at the time viewed Pritzker’s...Read more

CHICAGO — Four months after the implosion of the “Broadview Six” case against Operation Midway Blitz protesters, a federal judge on Thursday is finally scheduled to hear arguments that could spark further scandal for a U.S. attorney’s office beset by allegations of vindictive prosecution and grand jury misconduct.

U.S. District Judge ...Read more

A day after the near-catastrophic attack on the pilot of a FlyDubai aircraft by his colleague in the cockpit, fresh details are emerging about the struggle to stabilize the plane and rescue the 174 passengers on board the plunging airliner.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu provided Fox News with details of the mid-air mayhem after ...Read more

Recently, a middle-aged woman came to see me in my ophthalmology clinic because her eyes felt gritty and uncomfortable. She had seen another doctor a month earlier who diagnosed her with eyelid inflammation and wrote her a prescription.

As I examined her eyes, she mentioned in passing the prescription medication she’d been using –...Read more

As the 2026 midterm elections approach, the U.S. Supreme Court has been busy with voting rights cases.

In mid-September, the court barred the Trump administration from carrying out its proposed restrictions on mail-in voting for the midterm elections.

In late September, the court ruled that the Trump administration could ...Read more