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Man in critical condition after setting himself on fire in 'propaganda'-based incident outside Trump trial: NYPD

Ex-Fauci adviser shared 'confidential' NIH info with EcoHealth about COVID biosafety levels: docs

"Peter, the below CONFIDENTIAL email went to Tony," Morens wrote on June 5, 2021, "so that Tony will be prepared to speak to the subject of BSL," an abbreviation for the term biosafety levels.

White House scolds 'we should not make jokes' about Biden claim cannibals ate uncle

'Conspiracy theorist' from Florida sets himself on fire outside Trump hush money trial in NYC

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Wells Fargo accused of sexual discrimination, 'unapologetically sexist' workplace: suit

April 19, 2024 | 4:58pm

Wells Fargo (WFC.N), was accused of sex discrimination in a lawsuit by a bond saleswoman who said the fourth-largest U.S. bank denied pay and promotions available to men and tolerated an...

Woke school district doubles down on teaching students about new gender pronouns — including the phrase 'tree'

April 19, 2024 | 3:55pm

Republican running for Congress in school's district calls lesson "outrageous gender politics."

Nigerian chess whiz stays up more than 50 hours playing in Times Square to break world record

April 19, 2024 | 3:45pm

Tunde Onakoya, 29, of Lagos, is  making moves to beat the current Guinness World Record for  "longest chess marathon" at 56 hours, 9 minutes with help from a rotating cast...

Hamptonites outraged that Eric Adams' favorite NYC club is trying to come to East Hampton

April 19, 2024 | 3:43pm

"Private clubs might be OK for NYC but Hamptons is a different animal."

Man who set self on fire outside Trump trial ID'd as self-described 'investigative researcher'

April 19, 2024 | 2:55pm

Azzarello, 37, of St. Augustine, arrived in New York from the Sunshine State last week, and his family had been unaware he had traveled out of state, police said.

This is the moment CNN anchors watched man set himself on fire outside Trump trial

April 19, 2024 | 2:36pm

"We can smell the air, I can smell the burning of some sort of flesh," CNN's Laura Coates said.

NYC Dem lawmaker pushes council to back Albany's proposed ban on 'cruel' migrant shelter stay limits

April 19, 2024 | 2:20pm

Manhattan Dem Gale Brewer proposed a resolution Thursday that would have the City Council back a state bill that would do away with caps on shelter stays, allowing asylum seekers...

Third House Republican backs move to oust Johnson, leaving speaker needing Dem support

April 19, 2024 | 2:18pm

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) will need Democratic votes to save his job after a third Republican lawmaker came forward on Friday and threatened to oust him.

Biden floats tax hikes for all, says Trump cuts will 'stay expired' if re-elected — prompting WH walk-back

April 19, 2024 | 1:50pm

President Biden vowed Friday that former President Donald Trump's 2017 tax cuts would lapse next year if he's re-elected and "stay expired" — meaning higher taxes for middle class and low-income Americans...

Trump rips 'unfair' gag order in NY hush money trial as all alternate jurors get picked: 'I have to be released'

April 19, 2024 | 1:35pm

Donald Trump says the gag order at his "hush money" trial needs to "come off" as jury selection was slated to wrap Friday.

Conjoined twin Abby Hensel's husband's paternity results revealed at dramatic court hearing

April 19, 2024 | 1:09pm

Former army medic Joshua Bowling, 34, was recently revealed to have married Hensel — who shares a body with twin sister Brittany — in 2021, but almost two years later...

Rep. Claudia Tenney unveils bill to defund 'partisan propaganda machine' NPR

April 19, 2024 | 1:05pm

Rep. Claudia Tenney unveiled legislation Friday to prohibit federal funding for National Public Radio in the wake of a veteran business editor resigning over complaints alleging liberal bias at the...

Republicans eye ex-DNC chair, Biden adviser Tom Perez over 'unprecedented' Floyd Bennett Field migrant camp

April 19, 2024 | 12:39pm

Former Democratic National Committee chairman and current White House senior adviser Tom Perez took an "integral role" in settling thousands of migrants at Brooklyn's Floyd Bennett Field, according to House...

NYC teen stabbed to death by neighbor over parking spot: police sources

April 19, 2024 | 12:08pm

A 19-year-old Bronx man was stabbed to death by his neighbor over a parking spot, authorities said. Dominic Cruz Aguilera was inside his Morris Heights home when neighbor Vladimir Lopez...

Environmentalist ex-colleagues demand RFK Jr. drop out of 2024 race to 'honor our planet' -- fear he'll help Trump win

April 19, 2024 | 11:29am

Dozens of independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s former colleagues at an environmental advocacy group have demanded he drop out of the 2024 race to "honor our planet" --...

Dr. Phil speechless after real estate agent says squatting is justified by colonization : 'Take that land back'

April 19, 2024 | 11:22am

A landlord rejected the idea that 'colonization' can be used to justify squatting on large territories, 'We're not in 1776, we're in 2024'

House readies Saturday vote on $95B in Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan aid

April 19, 2024 | 11:19am

The House teed up a weekend vote on $95 billion in US military aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, as well as other humanitarian funding, after Democrats helped Republicans overcome...

Female college student fights back against armed robber and yanks magazine from gun -- as man watches just feet away

April 19, 2024 | 10:41am

Madelyn, a 21-year-old senior studying economics, was walking back from class on the Hyde Park campus when a masked man cornered her.

AOC, Rashida Tlaib call out 'appalling' arrest of 'Squad' member Ilhan Omar's daughter at anti-Israel protest

April 19, 2024 | 10:32am

The two progressive members of Congress chimed in after scores of students were cuffed and hauled away from the Ivy League campus on Thursday after the NYPD were brought in...

Columbia students rebuild anti-Israel solidarity camp less than 24 hours after mass arrests

April 19, 2024 | 10:14am

Dozens of students sat with blankets and Palestinian flags on the identical lawn opposite the one where hundreds were arrested.