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January 23, 2025

New report shows helicopter breaking apart in midair before crash that killed 6 in New York
NEW YORK — Federal officials on Wednesday released images of a doomed New York City sightseeing helicopter as it broke apart in midair last month, killing six people. The series of still photographs taken from surveillance camera video shows the fuselage, containing the engine and rotors, separating from the helicopter’s tail. The rotor blades and…
Volunteers in Japan help Afghan, other refugees resettle in country
TOKYO — Japan is working to help refugees from Afghanistan and elsewhere in the country to settle down and find work, with volunteers from the private sector helping with resumes and interviews. An Afghan man in his 30s who started working at a Tokyo-based energy company in July last year told Nikkei he is happy…
NYPD responds to protesters at Columbia University
IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. Man arrested for murder after teen’s death that may have come from prank 01:28 An urgent manhunt is underway for a Texas man accused of murder 01:28 Now Playing NYPD responds to protesters at Columbia University 03:39 UP NEXT New…
John Roberts defends independent judici as Trump officials criticize courts
Chief Justice John Roberts stressed the importance of an independent judici Wednesday in remarks delivered at a time when Trump administration officials are frequently criticizing courts that have blocked their policies. Roberts, speaking at a public event in Buffalo, New York, said an independent judici is a key feature of the U.S. constitutional system that…
A fingerprint found on a cigarette pack helped solve a 50-year-old cold case in California
An Ohio man has been charged in the decades-old murder of a California woman after authorities linked him to a fingerprint found on a cigarette pack in the victim’s Volkswagen Beetle, officials said. The print belonged to Willie Eugene Sims, 69, and it was discovered in the car of Jeanette Ralston, 24, Santa Clara County…
Joseph Nye, Harvard scholar who coined ‘soft power,’ dies at 88
WASHINGTON — Joseph Nye, a former dean of Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government who coined the term “soft power,” died on Tuesday. He was 88. A towering figure in political science, Nye conceptualized soft power — the ability of a country to win the hearts and minds of others through its culture…
Trump’s words undermine DOJ’s argument regarding men deported to El Salvador’s CECOT
WASHINGTON — The words of President Donald Trump and members of his administration undermined the government’s contention during a court hearing on Wednesday that the men deported from the country under the Alien Enemies Act and delivered to El Salvador were not in the constructive custody of the United States. In a hearing on Wednesday…
HHS plan to use Medicare and Medicaid data to study autism alarms experts
Autism experts and advocates expressed alarm after the Department of Health and Human Services said Wednesday it intends to create a database of enrolled Medicare and Medicaid patients to support a study aimed at identifying the “root causes” of autism. Under the leadership of HHS Secret Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the National Institutes of Health…
Pro-Palestinian protests resurface in Columbia days after Israel announces plan to take over Gaza
Student protesters took over a room of Columbia University’s Butler Libr in a resurgence of the on-campus protests against the institution’s ties to Israel that rocked the nation last spring and inspired similar protests and encampments at colleges and universities country-wide. Columbia University said in a statement Wednesday afternoon that it was “dealing with a…