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NYC pols urge Kathy Hochul to temporarily waive ‘sanctuary’ laws

A coalition of city council members demanded this week that Governor Hockle must use his emergency powers to grant a temporary waiver to New York City's controversial “sanctuary city” law because of the heightened terrorist threat caused by the ongoing immigration crisis. “New York City is a prime target for terrorism, and we cannot afford […]

Why is America so slow to exonerate the wrongly convicted?

As the old saying goes, the wheels of justice turn slowly but with great precision, but as the civil rights activist Rev. Benjamin Chavis told me nearly 50 years ago, “the wheels seldom turn in the opposite direction.” At the time, I was covering Chavis' post-conviction trial for The New York Times. Wilmington TenChavis's criminal […]

FDNY and NYPD members follow in the paths of heroic 9/11 dads

When the North Tower collapsed on 9/11, Thomas Gambino III had a hunch that his father, Thomas Gambino II, an FDNY firefighter, had been killed. At his father's funeral, he knew what he was going to do with the rest of his life. Gambino, who was 20 years old at the time, is one of […]

Stellantis recalls nearly 1.5M Ram trucks over stability issue

Jeep maker Stellantis is recalling about 1.5 million Ram pickup trucks over a software issue affecting the electronic stability control system. The recall covers truck models from 2019 and 2021 through 2024. This is a global recall but primarily affects North America. The Associated Press reported. In a statement on Saturday, the automaker said the […]

‘Iran Is for Kamala,’ Obama Did Try to Bring Them Back Into the Fold

On Friday's episode of HBO's “Real Time,” host Bill Maher said the Obama administration's attempt to reintegrate Iran into the international community “only failed because Trump rescinded it, and we never really tried to do that.” He also said “Iran is for” Vice President Kamala Harris, a 2024 Democratic presidential candidate. H.R. McMaster, former national […]