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A second defendant named in Jane Doe's lawsuit alleging forcible drugging and gang rape at a Cornell University fraternity house is asking a judge to remove New York Attorney General Letitia James from the case.Winston Lee joined fellow Chi Phi fraternity brother Gillio Lopes in seeking James' removal as special prosecutor.Lee argued the attorney general and Gov. Kathy Hochul "have together created a blatant appearance of impropriety" and James herself "has […]

An Avianca airline plane sits on the tarmac at El Dorado International Airport on Aug. 31, 2020, in Bogota, Colombia. (Guillermo Legaria/Getty Images) Multiple passengers and crew members were injured when an Avianca flight headed to New York City experienced "unexpected turbulence" and diverted to Miami, the Colombian airline said.Avianca Flight 42 landed safely at Miami International Airport around 3:25 a.m. Friday, "after the crew reported severe turbulence," according to […]

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and wounded a man in a residential New York City neighborhood Thursday afternoon during what the agency called a "targeted enforcement operation."New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, calling the incident an "outrage," said the man was in a vehicle with a 5-year-old child at the time."School had just gotten out. The street was crowded with families and children. When the ICE agent opened […]

Evacuation orders have been issued for several counties in the Florida Panhandle and Alabama as Hurricane Isaias, now a powerful Category 3 storm, inches closer to landfall.The storm could bring 9 feet of storm surge to parts of Florida, along with high winds, torrential rain and potential tornados. The storm is also forecasted to bring tornados and heavy rain throughout Alabama, according to the Alabama Emergency Management Agency.Isaias could make […]

Hurricane Isaias is a Category 3 storm currently headed toward the Gulf Coast, with landfall expected Friday evening along Florida's Panhandle.The storm strengthened from a high-end Category 2 hurricane into a Category 3 hurricane Friday morning ahead of landfall, which is expected between 8 p.m. and 10 p.m.Rain reached the Florida Panhandle early Friday and is expected to spread across the central Gulf Coast as tropical-storm-force winds are expected to […]

The Nobel Peace Prize for 2026 was awarded Friday to Navanethem Pillay "for her efforts to promote peace and international law."Calling her a person "with exceptional courage and integrity" and somebody who "has led the way towards a more comprehensive global legal order," the Nobel Institute said that Pillay "has been instrumental in ensuring that war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide are prosecuted.""Navi Pillay’s commitment to universal legal principles […]