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(NEW YORK) -- A frustrated Gov. Kathy Hochul has called for federal assistance after the latest drone sighting temporarily shut down an airport Friday night, the latest in a series of mysterious occurrences taking part across the country.Officials at Stewart International Airport, located roughly 60 miles north of New York City, said they shut down their runways for an hour after the Federal Aviation Administration alerted them that a drone […]

(NEW YORK) -- Luigi Mangione has hired veteran former New York City prosecutor Karen Friedman Agnifilo to defend him against murder charges on Friday, according to a statement Friday night from her law firm Agnifilo Intrater LLP.Friedman Agnifilo served as the second-in-command in the Manhattan District Attorney's Office from 2014 to 2021 under former DA Cyrus Vance. A biography on her law firm website says she played a lead role […]

Douglas Sacha/Getty Images/STOCK (OCHOPEE, Fla.) -- At least 16 people were hospitalized Friday afternoon after two airboats collided in Florida, investigators said.Officers responded to the 911 call around 3:15 p.m. and found several people injured at the site of the collision near Ochopee, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said in a statement.One boat was carrying 13 passengers while the other was carrying 20, the commission said.The conditions of […]

(WASHINGTON) -- New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy is throwing his support behind proposed federal legislation that would address unmanned aircraft systems as the state deals with an ever-growing spate of drone sightings. The bill would grant the Department of Homeland Security and Department of Justice more authority over the unmanned aircraft.Murphy wrote to President Joe Biden and congressional leaders Thursday calling for more federal resources and the passing of the […]

(WASHINGTON) -- President-elect Donald Trump this week voiced support for tens of thousands of unionized dockworkers in a dispute with major shipping companies.Negotiations between workers and management are deadlocked over the companies’ plan for further automation of ports, which the union said would eliminate jobs.“I’ve studied automation, and know just about everything there is to know about it,” Trump said Thursday in a post on Truth Social. “The amount of […]

MediaPunch/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images (WASHINGTON) -- President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance will make their way to Landover, Maryland, on Saturday to attend the Army-Navy football game and will be joined by Daniel Penny, the Marine veteran recently acquitted in the subway chokehold case in New York City.Vance posted on X that he invited Penny, who was just acquitted in the death of Jordan Neely, to join him in Trump's […]

(NEW YORK) -- Luigi Mangione, the suspect accused of gunning down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, may waive extradition to New York City as early as Tuesday, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said on Friday."Indications are that the defendant may waive, but that waiver is not complete until a court proceeding," Bragg said.The earliest a court proceeding could be scheduled in Pennsylvania is Tuesday, Bragg said."So until that time, we are […]

(NEW YORK) -- Thousands of Amazon workers at the company's first-ever unionized warehouse voted to authorize a strike on Friday, claiming the tech giant has refused to recognize the union and negotiate a contract at the New York City facility.The International Brotherhood of Teamsters, the union representing roughly 5,500 workers at the warehouse, said Amazon risks a strike if it does not begin negotiations by Sunday."Amazon is pushing its workers closer to the picket […]

(Colts Neck, N.J.) -- There have been "multiple" instances of drones entering the airspace at a Navy weapons station in New Jersey, officials there said Friday, as the concern continues to grow over widespread drone sightings in the region.Naval Weapons Station Earle, which is located in Colts Neck, New Jersey, said it was "aware" of the sightings in the region and "continues to closely coordinate with federal and state agencies to ensure […]