BOSTON– Fresh off his first-class flight from Glasgow, he received a reception fit for a visiting dignitary: a bagpiper in full regalia playing inside Boston’s Logan International Airport. Waiting to receive him were the diplomats, the governor and the mayor of Boston. The guest of honor? An orange traffic cone. Tuesday’s arrival of the “Boston
WASHINTON– Kathryn Ruemmler, a former Goldman Sachs senior lawyer who was a White House adviser under President Barack Obama, will be questioned before a House committee on Wednesday about her relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. Ruemmler is the latest prominent figure subpoenaed before the House Oversight Committee as lawmakers investigate the network of powerful people connected
NEW YORK — An outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in a New York City neighborhood now has 60 cases, but new diagnoses are slowing, health officials said Tuesday. They reported progress in inspections for disease-causing bacteria (they found traces in dozens of buildings, including the famous Metropolitan Museum of Art), but have not yet identified a
Heavy downpours in South Texas washed out roads and left motorists stranded Tuesday as forecasters warned that a threat of more severe weather could cause dangerous flooding in already inundated counties near the Mexican border. The storms dumped up to a foot of rain in some rural areas of Texas, prompting dozens of flood rescues
NEW YORK — Maine Democrats are seizing on a new fatal shooting by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in their state, fighting to tie Republican Sen. Susan Collins to the beleaguered federal agency and steer the conversation away from the unrelated scandal that threatens to undermine their strength in a high-stakes U.S. Senate race. A federal
NEW YORK — A New York man who was convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend while she pushed their baby in a stroller was sentenced Tuesday to 25 years to life in prison, prosecutors said. A jury convicted Isaac Argro in May of the 2022 murder of Azsia Johnson. Prosecutors said Argro shot her to death