Tibetan man dies after setting himself on fire near U.N. headquarters, activists say
Police in New York City said Thursday that a man died from severe burns near the United Nations headquarters, and activists and a media outlet of exiled Tibetans identified him as a Tibetan who set himself on fire in an appeal for independence.
Daredevils who scaled Empire State Building may have had help, experts say
Security experts speculate that Angelina Nikolau and Ivan Kuznetsov may have had inside help to reach the 104th floor of the Empire State Building.
Folarin Balogun’s red card draws scrutiny and inspires debate across soccer community
The collision between American striker Folarin Balogun and Bosnia-Herzegovina’s Tarik Muharemović in the 61st minute of Wednesday’s World Cup match initially appeared typical enough, the kind of jostling that happens on a near-constant basis throughout a match.
Top Eric Adams adviser Frank Carone scheduled to go to trial in August
A federal judge in Brooklyn tentatively set an August trial date in the corruption case against Frank Carone, a high-ranking member of former Mayor Eric Adams’ administration, who was indicted last week in an alleged bribery scheme.
Stretched resources and low morale as firefighters face an already blazing wildfire season
Wildfire season is just beginning in the West, but firefighting resources are already strained following a windstorm last week that sent flames racing through Great Basin states mired in drought.
Babies born this year to receive ‘Freedom 250’ Social Security cards, Trump administration says
Babies born in the U.S. this week through the end of the year will receive a Social Security card bearing the Freedom 250 logo to commemorate the nation’s 250th anniversary, the Trump administration announced Wednesday.
Trump discloses 327 unreported stock trades made a day before his first tariff pause
Investment accounts owned by President Donald Trump made more than 300 undisclosed stock trades the day before he paused many of the “Liberation Day” tariffs.
U.S. Olympic canoeist David ‘Davey’ Hearn charged in Reflecting Pool vandalism
U.S. Olympic canoeist David “Davey” Hearn was indicted Thursday on a single count of destruction of property following his arrest last month at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
Heat dome dangers: How to stay safe in extreme heat, according to an ER doctor
Sweltering conditions will hit the Midwest and much of the East Coast through the July Fourth weekend, with temperatures expected to reach at least 100 degrees.
FBI calls for ‘immediate surge’ of personnel to help Fulton County 2020 election probe, sources say
The FBI has issued a memo requesting all field offices surge a total of over 250 personnel into the investigation into the 2020 election in Georgia, sources say.