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Breaking news, politics and daily life across the five boroughs.
Amidst a heated debate over university admissions, US academics are sounding the alarm about a concerning trend: perfectly graded high school graduates struggling with fundamental maths, raising questions about the true value of their academic achievements.
A prominent Los Angeles politician, a self-described socialist, has ignited a fierce public backlash over plans to demolish her historic Silver Lake home to erect a sprawling, multi-story 'McMansion' complete with a spa. Critics say the move is hypocritical amid a severe housing affordability crisis.
Nearly 100 dogs splashed into the surf at Del Mar Dog Beach for the 21st annual Helen Woodward Surf Dog Surf-a-Thon.
Billed as the first of its kind, the festival was postponed just hours before its August 7 kickoff due to unexpected costs.
It was a wild scene in one Los Angeles county neighborhood after residents spotted a female mountain lion cruising the streets of San Dimas in the middle of the day.
Two heirloom rings accidentally lost in 20,000 pounds of putrid city garbage were recovered after a concerned Brooklyn resident sought help from sanitation workers.
His bravery caught Hollywood’s eye, earning him a set visit to the “Baywatch” reboot and a special gift from actor Stephen Amell.
The plane apparently underwent fuel and engine problems as it was making its way to the Ukiah Municipal Airport in Mendocino County, California.
Later, police would make the shocking realization that the man was not Joslin — but his alleged killer and roommate, 60-year-old Cris Jones.
CMS Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz slammed California leadership for ignoring rampant Medicaid fraud that has plagued the state, claiming powerful unions are the ones benefitting the most and keeping pol
A wildfire exploded in Los Angeles County on Friday afternoon, triggering evacuation warnings and closing a stretch of highway in Gorman.
Northern California is finally getting a taste of Cava.
A "bus rider town hall" hosted by Mayor Zohran Mamdani crossed a "deeply concerning line" by allowing the city's Democratic Socialists of America chapter to have a table at the government-run meeting
Prosecutors rested their case at 3:25 p.m. Friday, wrapping up more than two weeks of testimony by over a dozen law-enforcement personnel and experts, as well as hours of video footage and other evide
The city is now probing if legal action can be taken after the sudden closure.
A 68-year-old California man was stabbed to death outside a home Thursday evening — and cops are now hunting for the killer.
Mayor Mamdani got the cold shoulder from Rep. Adriano Espaillat as NYPD boss Jessica Tisch forced a fake smile during a tense press appearance Friday, body language experts said.
Senate Bill 1013, authored by Sen. Sabrina Cervantes, would require public agencies using license plate readers to delete ALPR data collected after 30 days unless it is tied to an active criminal inve
New York students are losing the ability to read, concerning test results show.
South Los Angeles is declaring war on its four-wheeled eyesores, plastering the neighborhood with signs urging residents to report abandoned vehicles clogging up the streets.
The jobs eliminated include positions in technology and product and sales and distribution.
A 27-year-old Southern California man drowned while visiting Sequoia National Park over the weekend, marking another deadly incident in the park’s notoriously dangerous waterways.
Popular NorCal winery faces $37M foreclosure
Thomas Ryan is suspected of a homicide connected to a house fire upstate.
A man and his "hot dog" accomplice were caught on video lighting a Washington garage on fire this week while the homeowner was still inside.
It's farm-fresh devil's lettuce.
The former high-ranking Westchester County police official who allegedly acted as her gangbanging son’s getaway driver is out of jail.
Newly single billionaire Stephen Cloobeck may have ended his relationship with accused kleptomaniac Adva Lavie, but his court case involving her is very much still happening. Cloobeck, a former suppor
A trio of Big Apple homeowners have filed suit to delay the state’s controversial new tax on luxury second homes -- claiming Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration bungled the rollout.
"This was a pretty huge piece of tree that was stuck through his face and into his brain," the doctor said.
Cops and federal authorities are hunting a well-known extremist group behind a terrifying bomb threat at Pasadena hospital.
A staring contest on an E train erupted in violence Friday when one of the men involved shoved the other onto Manhattan subway tracks, cops said.
The woman found dead in Calaveras County after the Gann Fire ripped through her home stayed through evacuation orders because she couldn't evacuate her dogs.
Ice, ice, baby.
A Pasadena hospital has been closed after they received a bomb threat Friday morning, police said. The bomb threat came “from a group known to law enforcement and media,” according to CBS LA. The bomb
