WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Thursday asked the Supreme Court to let the president fire a member of the Federal Trade Commission, the latest in a string of emergency appeals over the president’s removal power. President Donald Trump moved to fire Rebecca Slaughter in the spring, but lower courts ordered her reinstated because… Read More »
The Giants have declined to make backup quarterbacks Jaxson Dart and Jameis Winston available to talk football with reporters this week ahead of Sunday’s season opener at Washington, putting the team in violation of the NFL’s media policy. Starting quarterback Russell Wilson conducted a solo press conference before Wednesday’s locker room opened. But when Dart… Read More »
Elon Musk reportedly wasn’t on the invite list asking tech world CEOs to discuss “artificial intelligence education” at the White House on Thursday. President Trump plans to dine in the newly renovated Rose Garden with more than a dozen pioneering AI executives, including Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, Apple CEO Tim Cook and Meta CEO Mark… Read More »
At least 16 people are dead and 21 others injured when a popular streetcar derailed and crashed in Lisbon, Portugal on Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025. The streetcar, which is one of the capital city’s big tourist attractions, crashed during evening rush hour around 6 p.m. Armando Franca/AP People look at a tourist streetcar derailed and… Read More »
Texas lawmakers passed a bill designed to limit access to abortion pills in the state on Wednesday, with hopes of creating a nationwide template to limit medication abortions. The bill, designated as HB7, allows private citizens to sue abortion pill manufacturers, doctors who prescribe them and anyone who transports or mails the pills into the… Read More »
A New York man serving time for fatally strangling a 32-year-old mother is now charged with killing his prison cellmate. Kevin Farley, 42, of Canastota, was indicted Wednesday on two counts of first-degree murder and one count of criminal possession of a weapon, court records show. Farley is accused of strangling 40-year-old Adam Lafferty to… Read More »
Restricted free agent Cam Thomas is signing a one-year, $6 million qualifying offer to return to the Nets, league sources confirmed to the Daily News. ESPN’s Shams Charania first reported the deal. Thomas’ qualifying offer includes a full no-trade clause, making him an unrestricted free agent in 2026, per Charania. His prior contract was a… Read More »
By COLLEEN BARRY MILAN (AP) — Giorgio Armani, the Italian designer who turned the concept of understated elegance into a multibillion-dollar fashion empire, has died, his fashion house confirmed. He was 91. Armani died at home, the fashion house said. Armani, one of the most recognizable names and faces in the global fashion industry, missed… Read More »
COWBOYS at EAGLES Thursday, 8:20 p.m., Eagles by 7 ½, 46 ½ HANK’S HONEYS: The defending Super Bowl champs figure to be whooping up against a Cowboys team under new coach Brian Schottenheimer and without stud defender Micah Parsons. Philly outscored the Boys, 75-13, in the two meetings last season, and with Dallas in rebuilding mode,… Read More »
Today is Thursday, Sept. 4, the 247th day of 2025. There are 118 days left in the year. Today in history: On Sept. 4, 1949, more than 140 people were injured following a performance by singer Paul Robeson in Peekskill, New York, as an anti-Communist mob attacked departing concertgoers. Also on this date: In 1781,… Read More »