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(NEW YORK) -- Don't put away those winter coats just yet.Summer-like temperatures will give way to chilly weather across the Northeast beginning on Monday as residents in the Midwest and Plains clean up after a spell of severe weather that spawned multiple tornadoes.Morning temperatures are forecast to be near 40 degrees along the I-95 corridor from Washington, D.C., to New York Monday and into Tuesday, just days after 90-degree weather […]

(NEW YORK) -- The severe weather threat is expected to ramp down this weekend after one more day of possible severe storms.There is a slight risk for severe storms in Ohio, West Virginia, western Pennsylvania and western New York. This includes Buffalo, New York; Cleveland; Pittsburgh; and Charleston, West Virginia.Damaging winds and some large hail will be the main threat, but a tornado and some isolated flash flooding cannot be […]

The newly elected Pontiff, Pope Leo XIV is seen for the first time from the Vatican balcony on May 8, 2025 in Vatican City, Vatican. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) -- Pope Leo addressed President Donald Trump on Saturday while aboard the papal plane on his trip to Angola.The pope said recent remarks that appeared to address the U.S. president were prepared two weeks ago, before Trump had […]

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg speaks at a press conference joined by members of his prosecution team as he comments on the outcome in the retrial of former film producer Harvey Weinstein on June 12, 2025, in New York City. (Photo by Yuki Iwamura-Pool/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) -- Meta, the parent company of Facebook and WhatsApp, has pledged to remove imposter accounts tied to scams that were recently flagged by the Manhattan […]

(WASHINGTON) -- Attorneys for President Donald Trump say they are "in discussions" with the Department of Justice to potentially resolve a $10 billion lawsuit that Trump, two of his sons, and his company filed against the Internal Revenue Service earlier this year.According to a court filing on Friday, lawyers for the Trumps requested a deadline extension so they can "engage in discussions designed to resolve this matter and to avoid protracted litigation." President […]

(HOUSTON) -- A man is at large after allegedly killing a woman who was 8 months pregnant with his baby, according to authorities.Ashanti Allen, a 23-year-old Houston woman, was reported missing on April 10, Houston police said. Allen's pregnancy was considered high-risk, according to the search and recovery organization Texas EquuSearch, whose members helped in the search.On Thursday, police said a 23-year-old woman was found dead near a Houston community […]

In this June 16, 2016, file photo, CIA Director John Brennan testifies during a Senate Committee hearing on national security on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. (Evy Mages/Getty Images, FILE) (MIAMI) -- A top career prosecutor in Miami has been removed from overseeing the Justice Department's investigation into former CIA Director John Brennan after she allegedly expressed doubts about the viability of the probe, two sources familiar with the matter […]

Pope Leo XIV reading his speech as he lead a prayer vigil for peace at St.Peter's Basilica in the Vatican on April 11, 2026. (Photo by Isabella Bonotto/Anadolu via Getty Images) (NEW LENOX, Ill.) -- One of Pope Leo's brothers was the victim of a false bomb threat on Wednesday night, according to the New Lenox, Illinois, police department.Officers received a call at 6:29 p.m. for a reported bomb threat […]

(HOUSTON, Texas) -- Less than a week after returning from their historic 10-day, 694,481-mile journey to the moon and back, the Artemis II crew answered questions on Thursday about their successful mission.During a news conference at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, home of the Mission Control Center, the three NASA astronauts and one Canadian Space Agency astronaut spoke fondly of their time aboard the Orion spacecraft, Integrity, and recalled […]