WASHINGTON (AP) — Oath Keepers extremist group founder Stewart Rhodes was sentenced Thursday to 18 years in prison for orchestrating a weekslong plot that culminated in his followers attacking the U.S. Capitol in a bid to keep President Joe Biden out of the White House after winning the 2020 election. Rhodes, 58, is the first…
The 20th annual Bethpage Air Show is this weekend. It is set to be the first full weekend of performances in four years without rain and pandemic restrictions. The United States Air Force Thunderbirds are set to headline the show above Jones Beach on Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day.…
A letter from Roberta Laundrie, to her son Brian Laundrie who was accused of murdering Gabby Petito two summers ago before a manhunt found him dead has been released to the Petito family as part of a lawsuit in Florida. In the letter she said “If you’re in jail, I will bake a cake with…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Thursday — the third anniversary of George Floyd’s murder — vetoed an effort led by congressional Republicans to overturn a new District of Columbia law on improving police accountability. The law was part of a push to reform policing nationwide and passed in the wake of the police…
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans are pushing debt ceiling talks to the brink, displaying risky political bravado as they prepare to leave town Thursday for the holiday weekend just days before the U.S. could face an unprecedented default that could hurl the global economy into chaos. A defiant House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said the debt…
MIAMI (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis launched his 2024 presidential campaign on Wednesday with firm words but a disastrous Twitter announcement reminding voters of criticism that he’s not ready for the national stage. He’s stepping into a crowded Republican primary contest that will test his strength against former President Donald Trump. The 44-year-old Republican,…
A NYC rally supporting Daniel Penny organized by Nassau Executive Bruce Blakeman, was disrupted by counter-demonstrators yesterday.At one point, at least two of the counter-demonstrators were forced to the ground by police and arrested.Blakeman said that he opposes the prosecution of Penny and that he’s worried about Nassau residents who travel to the city every…
NEW YORK (AP) — Tina Turner, the unstoppable singer and stage performer who teamed with husband Ike Turner for a dynamic run of hit records and live shows in the 1960s and ’70s and survived her horrifying marriage to triumph in middle age with the chart-topping “What’s Love Got to Do With It,” has died…
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump threw up his hands in frustration Tuesday as a judge scheduled his criminal trial for March 25, putting the former president and current candidate in a Manhattan courtroom in the heat of next year’s presidential primary season. Trump, appearing by video conference at a pretrial hearing in the hush-money…
(AP) Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, an outspoken cultural conservative long seen as Donald Trump’s leading rival for the Republican nomination, is set to launch his 2024 presidential campaign on Wednesday. The 44-year-old Republican governor plans to announce his decision in an online conversation with Twitter CEO Elon Musk, according to two people with knowledge of…