NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani listed himself as Black on a Columbia application but later said he wasn’t, according to reporting from the New York Times.

Ex-NBA player Ben McLemore was convicted on rape charges in Oregon after a jury trial. Prosecutors said the victim was assaulted while unconscious after heavy drinking.

President Donald Trump touted "promise[s] kept" while delivering a patriotic speech in Iowa, kicking off America's yearlong celebration of its 250th anniversary of independence in 2026.

The Liberty talked this week about how good the vibes were with the team despite losing five of their past seven games.

President Trump slammed Zohran Mamdani on Thursday as a “communist at the highest level” — and argued the Democratic socialist mayoral frontrunner wants to “destroy” the Big Apple. “In New York, they’re trying to elect a communist,” the president said of Mamdani, 33, during a speech in Des Moines, Iowa. “The guy who wants to...

Too many options in the dating cookie jar.

Who wouldn't want this kind of a send-off into the afterlife?

It will be fascinating to see what this weekend brings.

For as long as Natasha Cloud can remember, she’s been campaigning for her hometown of Philadelphia to get a WNBA team.

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Nicholas Stanley, 35, said he has no regrets about shooting and killing the man who was convicted of molesting one of his young relatives. 

"The love of our lives," the president's youngest daughter captioned photos of her infant.

Trump is a close friend of Dana White, the CEO of UFC, aka the Ultimate Fighting Championship, and attended a fight last month in Newark.

Passengers on flights do bizarre things all the time — but this one has to be the wildest.

I am old enough to remember when New York baseball was great.

A 13-year-old kid was caught brandishing a knife the size of his forearm, before a cop pulled his gun and arrested the pint-sized perp in a Brooklyn subway station.

As if the Yankees did not have enough problems on their hands, Clarke Schmidt exited his start Thursday after just three innings and 55 pitches.

Trump, 79, told a large rally at the Iowa State Fairgrounds that the bill makes good on his major campaign promises to slash taxes on tips, overtime and Social Security benefits.

Ben Shelton and tennis fans everywhere were understandably shocked.

Lopez debuted six new songs at a top-secret fan listening party in Los Angeles on Wednesday night.

Russia launches drone attack on Kyiv hours after presidents’ phone call; US company Techmet to bid in first pilot project of US-Ukraine minerals fund. What we know on day 1,227

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It’s been more than three months since Patrick Roy spoke with Anthony Duclair. 

"I’m so happy and proud of what I’ve done and no one can take that away from me," she captioned the side-by-side mirror selfies.

It is déjà vu in the worst way possible for one Mets reliever. 

With narrow majorities and intra-party splits, Republicans faced a battle to give Trump his bill to sign – but they did it

Just a few months ago, analysts predicted that Republicans in Congress – with their narrow majorities and fractured internal dynamics – would not be able to pass Donald Trump’s landmark legislation.

On Thursday, the president’s commanding influence over his party was apparent once again: the bill passed just in time for Trump’s Fourth of July deadline.

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Democratic leader spoke for more than eight hours to rail against Trump’s sweeping tax-and-spending bill

The Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries broke the record for the longest House floor speech ever on Thursday after he spoke for more than eight hours to delay a vote on Donald Trump’s signature tax-and-spending bill.

Early on Thursday, after a marathon night of arm-twisting, cajoling and pressure by tweet, House Republicans said they were finally ready to vote on Trump’s $4.5tn tax-and-spending package – a colossal piece of legislation the president wants passed by Friday, the Independence Day holiday.

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Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons is calling out the hypocrisy of progressive Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., who said the agency is "acting like a terrorist force."

SALABERRY-DE-VALLEYFIELD -- The Montreal mother who allegedly abandoned her daughter in a field in Ontario last month has been charged with criminal negligence causing bodily harm. Read More

In a matter of days, an isolated training airport in the Everglades where endangered Florida panthers roam became a sprawling immigration detention center christened “Alligator Alcatraz,” modelled after the state’s frequent responses to hurricanes and built in part by companies whose owners have donated generously to Republicans. Read More

TOKYO -- Japan will starting January attempt to extract rare earth minerals from the ocean floor in the deepest trial of its kind, the director of a government innovation programme said Thursday. Read More

President Donald Trump said his "big beautiful bill" will turn the U.S. into "a rocket ship" after Congress passed what he called the biggest bill of its kind ever signed.

ICE arrested Honduran criminal Olivin Martinez Coto on Long Island after evading a 44-year sentence for aggravated femicide, as border apprehensions drop under Trump.

School officials have demanded answers from federal agencies. It was the latest example of how locals have scrutinized the actions of immigration agents.

MLB is investigating the Cleveland Guardians' Luis Ortiz over gambling concerns after a betting integrity firm flagged unusual action on specific pitches in his June starts.

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Republicans of all stripes vowed to hold the line and then didn’t. But the Freedom Caucus pulled off the biggest retreat of the week, writes John Bowden

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Julio César Chávez Jr. is the firstborn son and namesake of the man considered the best Mexican boxer in history

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The Trump administration has set a July 9 deadline for new tariff rates with numerous international trading partners

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