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Karoline Leavitt is joining Fox News as an on-air contributor starting Nov. 1. Leavitt, 29, becomes the second former Trump press secretary to land at the conservative cable network, following Kayleigh McEnany’s path from the White House podium to Fox’s…
Matthew Ingalls, one of the seven Cornell fraternity members accused in an alleged gang rape, told the accuser in a recorded phone call that she had claimed to be sober the night of the incident. The audio, captured Nov. 7,…
A man was shot and wounded Monday night outside a nearly vacant Westchester County mall that has become a magnet for crime and blight. New Rochelle police said officers responded to New Roc City around 10:45 p.m. After reports of…
A Cornell University student who tipped off police about an alleged gang rape at a campus fraternity house says she and others feel “betrayed” by how the Ivy League school handled the case. The student, who has not been publicly…
The family of a California man who went overboard from a Carnival cruise ship last month has broken its silence, revealing his widow is navigating legal and administrative obstacles while raising three young sons alone. Thomas Gigler, 56, of Redlands,…
An 80-year-old driver slammed his car into a crowd of pedestrians in Argentina, injuring 13 people including a baby and two children who were briefly trapped beneath the vehicle. The crash occurred late last Wednesday in Cerrillos, a town in…
Ka’Sheena Daniels’ mother wishes her daughter had never stopped to help. The 31-year-old New Orleans woman, known to friends as “KK,” was killed on Interstate 10 last Wednesday when a secondary crash sent her off an elevated highway overpass. Daniels…
Dennis Hastert, the former Republican House Speaker who admitted to sexually abusing boys while a high school wrestling coach, died over the weekend at his home in the Chicago area. Hastert, 84, passed away at the residence where he had…
A Kanawha County judge has approved a $4.4 million settlement for five Black siblings who were forced into slave-like labor by their white adoptive parents, marking the maximum payout West Virginia can award for the state’s child welfare failures. Circuit…
A Brooklyn public-school teacher is under investigation by city education officials after praising slain Hamas leader Yahya al-Sinwar in a group chat, according to a new lawsuit. Damien Neva, 48, who began teaching at PS 77 in Park Slope this…
Gypsy Rose Blanchard has broken her silence on the rift with her late fiancé’s sister. Blanchard, 35, issued a statement on Saturday addressing claims from Autumn Urker that the Urker family was “disgusted” with her behavior following Ken Urker’s unexpected…
All six people aboard a medical flight that vanished off the Massachusetts coast are now presumed dead after the Coast Guard found wreckage and ended its search. The Gulfstream G100, operated by Latitude Air Ambulance, was carrying four crew members,…
Christa Pike’s attorney says she may never fully recover after surviving a botched lethal injection in Tennessee. Stephen Ferrell, one of Pike’s lawyers, said’s Jake Tapper on Sunday that the 50-year-old remains unconscious and on a ventilator in a guarded…
A shooting outside a suburban Minneapolis homecoming game left two Somali teenagers wounded and sent thousands of spectators sprinting for the exits, prompting officials to cancel the school’s dance the next day. The gunfire erupted shortly before 9 p.m. Friday…
Erik Huffman is pleading for the safe return of his 16-year-old son after the boy’s mother, former “Survivor” contestant Jaime Dugan, vanished with him following a court-ordered visit. Huffman, 45, said he does “fear” for Harper Huffman’s “safety” as the…
Eryn Bonner’s family has spoken out after the Arizona State University cheerleader was charged following a violent arrest caught on camera. Bonner, 21, a senior on the ASU Stunt team, faces two misdemeanor counts — disorderly conduct and hindering or…