LONDON — Russia launched a fresh wave of drone strikes into Ukraine overnight into Sunday morning as the country reeled from a bloody weekend of aerial attacks that Kyiv said killed at least 24 people. Ukraine’s air force said Russia launched 119 Shahed attack drones into the country overnight, 73 of which were shot down…

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will study whether vaccines cause autism, despite numerous existing studies already showing there is no link. HHS spokesman Andrew Nixon confirmed the effort in a statement overnight, saying the agency plans to leave “no stone unturned.” “As President Trump said in his Joint Address to Congress, the…

International alarm is growing over fighting in western Syria, where hundreds of civilians have been reportedly killed amid intense clashes between the country’s new government and loyalists to the regime of former President Bashar al-Assad. Pro-government forces have been accused of killing scores of residents in revenge massacres. In an update Saturday, the Syrian Observatory…

In this first episode of a new podcast published Thursday, California’s Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, an LGBTQ ally, broke with his party, saying that transgender athletes playing in female sports is “deeply unfair.” “I think it’s an issue of fairness. I completely agree with you on that. It is an issue of fairness. It’s deeply…

A 14-year-old boy has been arrested and charged with murder in the death of a Newark, New Jersey, police officer, after shots were exchanged between police and a group on Friday night, according to prosecutors. Joseph Azcona, 26, a five-year veteran of the Newark Police Department was shot during the incident and pronounced dead at…

A man who escaped a Puerto Rican prison nearly 40 years ago was taken into custody in Florida, according to the Lee County Sheriff’s Office. Jorge Milla-Valdes escaped from a Puerto Rican prison in 1987. The Puerto Rico Department of Justice believed he was living under the name Luis Aguirre. His criminal history included robbery…

For the last 130 years, four generations of Ernest Lepore’s family have baked the pastries – cream puffs, cannoli, sfogliatelle – that have come to define Manhattan’s Little Italy neighborhood, withstanding wars, economic downturns and drastic changes to the neighborhood that his family calls home. But with the soaring cost of eggs – a staple…

The Department of Government Efficiency is sifting through $1.6 trillion worth of Social Security payments — records that include a person’s name, birth date and how much they earn — in an anti-fraud effort that has advocates worried the Trump administration could start denying payments to vulnerable older Americans. Details on the effort were confirmed…

Several active research grants related to studies involving LGBTQ+ issues, gender identity and diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) are being canceled at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) because they allegedly do not meet the “priorities” of the current administration. Starting last week, at least 24 termination letters were sent to researchers at various universities…

Betsy Arakawa, the wife of the late Gene Hackman, died of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, New Mexico officials said Friday. The confirmation of her cause of death ends weeks of mystery after both Arakawa, 65, and Hackman, 95, were found dead inside their Santa Fe home on Feb. 26, with no obvious signs of how they…