A California man has been fined $50,000 in Vermont for illegally importing carvings made from sperm whale teeth and walrus tusk across the U.S.-Canadian border, federal prosecutors said. The man and his wife arrived at the Highgate Springs border crossing after buying nine Inuit carvings from an art gallery in […]

A school crossing guard was fatally struck by a dump truck in New York City on Friday, police said. CAREER CRIMINAL ARRESTED IN NYC SUBWAY SHOVE THAT NEARLY KILLED COMMUTER ONCE THREW URINE ON OFFICER The 63-year-old crossing guard was on duty in Queens when she was hit by the […]

USC quarterback Caleb Williams responded to a Notre Dame fan who confronted him on the field after the Trojans’ 48-20 loss to the Fighting Irish in Week 7.  After Notre Dame defeated USC, fans of the Irish rushed the field, with one fan taking a video of himself mocking Williams.  […]

A major water main break that affected more than 45,000 people in northern New York has been repaired, officials said Friday. An aging, 12-foot-long piece of piping from the city of Watertown’s water treatment plant split late Wednesday night, prompting an emergency response to provide water to residents that included […]

Lawyer Kenneth Chesebro pleaded guilty to a felony on Friday just as jury selection was getting underway in his trial on charges accusing him of participating in efforts to overturn Donald Trump’s loss in the 2020 election in Georgia. Chesebro, who was charged alongside Trump and 17 others with violating […]

Climate activist Greta Thunberg posted then deleted a pro-Palestinian post on X following some backlash. Early Friday morning, the 20-year-old Swedish activist posted a since-deleted photo of herself and three other activists with signs that read, “Free Palestine,” “Climate Justice Now,” “This Jew Stands With Palestine” and “Stand With Gaza.” […]

A suburban Chicago man has been charged with two hate crimes for allegedly verbally abusing and threatening to shoot two Muslim men, a prosecutor said Thursday. Larry York, 46, of Lombard, was denied pretrial release during a court hearing Thursday, DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin said. York confronted the […]

Cuts to U.N. funding for refugees living in Rwanda is threatening the right to education for children in more than 100,000 households who have fled conflict from different East African countries to live in five camps. A Burundian refugee, Epimaque Nzohoraho, told The Associated Press on Thursday how his son’s […]

Russia on Friday is blasting President Biden for comparing Russian President Vladimir Putin to the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas, saying that his remarks during a primetime speech last night are “unacceptable” and “hardly suitable for responsible heads of state,” a report says.  Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov made the comments, according […]

One person was killed and three others were wounded Thursday in a shooting in Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood, police said. Seattle police initially said the four people were shot Thursday afternoon in two separate places but later clarified that they all were shot in Golden Gardens Park, KING-TV reported. Seattle Fire […]