NYPD officer arrested in Bronx for pulling gun on woman who refused to have sex with him

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A NYPD officer was arrested after he was accused of pulling a gun on a woman he solicited for sex in the Bronx after she refused to service him inside his car, cops said.

Joel Perez Leonardo, 25, was charged with harassment, menacing, patronizing a person for prostitution, and operating a motor vehicle […]

Ex-NFL star Antonio Brown pleads guilty to reduced charge, sentenced to probation in 2025 shooting

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By DANIEL KOZIN and PHILIP MARCELO

MIAMI (AP) — Former NFL star Antonio Brown pleaded guilty Friday to aggravated assault with a firearm in connection with a 2025 shooting outside a celebrity boxing match in Miami.

Judge Marisa Tinkler Mendez sentenced Brown to three years of probation, during which time he will have […]

Desert icons collapse as southwestern US gets pummeled with rain and flooding

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By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN

There are stretches of high desert in northwestern New Mexico where Mother Nature has sculpted otherworldly forms using wind, rain and the passage of time.

Hefty planks of rock defy gravity as they balance atop spindly pedestals of clay, while some columns of sandstone take on the appearance of […]

Jay Rockefeller, former West Virginia governor and US senator who was part of a dynasty, dies at 89

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By JOHN RABY

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Jay Rockefeller, the last member of his family’s political dynasty — and the only Democrat — who served as West Virginia’s governor and later a longtime U.S. senator, has died. He was 89.

Rockefeller died Thursday night at his home in Washington, said Mary Stewart, vice […]

Meghan Markle’s estranged father arrested and charged with possessing child sexual abuse materials

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By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER

The estranged father of Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, was arrested Friday morning in Florida on a charge of possessing child sexual abuse material in storage units in California, authorities said.

Thomas Markle Sr. was arrested outside Tampa, according to people who were not authorized to publicly discuss the […]

Production of Tesla’s Cybertruck will wind down soon with allure escaping most potential buyers

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Production of Tesla’s Cybertruck, a stainless-steel electric vehicle with a polarizing allure for potential buyers, will wind down next year.

In a post on social media, CEO Elon Musk said, “Tesla will be winding down production of the Cybertruck at Gigafactory Texas around the middle of next year to make room for increased […]

Trump discusses Middle East de-escalation with Qatar’s emir, and other Mideast news

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Middle East de-escalation

U.S. President Donald Trump has discussed efforts to de-escalate tensions in the Middle East in a telephone call with Qatar’s emir as the region remained on edge over the possibility of renewed U.S. military action against Iran.

Meanwhile, deadly Saudi airstrikes at a popular market in Yemen killed at least […]

Monarch butterflies get tiny trackers to help scientists follow their mysterious migration

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By DORANY PINEDA

As a child, Rebeca Quiñonez-Piñón wondered where monarch butterflies stop for a meal and a night’s rest on their long migrations across North America. Now she and other scientists are attaching tiny tracking devices to hundreds of butterflies to find those critical stopover locations before they disappear.

Swarms of dazzling […]

What to know about the Affordable Care Act’s open enrollment period underway

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By FATIMA HUSSEIN

WASHINGTON (AP) — People heading into the Affordable Care Act open enrollment period with plans to sign up for insurance should expect a variety of changes in 2027, including higher premiums and fewer coverage options.

The sign-up window for the marketplace, also known as Obamacare, started Sunday in most states […]

Jacksonville, Florida’s, gun violence is rooted in redlining and homes built on toxic waste

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By Fred Clasen-Kelly, Daniel Chang, Olga Pierce, The Trace, and Yona Gavino, Action News Jax, KFF Health News

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — In a Florida county with a startling rate of child firearm injuries, a boarded-up elementary school named for famed educator and civil rights activist Mary McLeod Bethune sits in a 250-acre site […]