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Justin Verlander looks to become the first 11-game winner in the majors when Houston hosts the last-place Royals in the finale of a four-game series Thursday afternoon.

U.S. pharmacists can now prescribe the leading COVID-19 pill directly to patients.

Ex-President Donald Trump and allies face scrutiny in a criminal probe over possible interferrence in the Georgia election won by President Joe Biden.

Moving north of the border might not bring down your cost of living, according to a new ranking of expensive cities in the U.S. and Canada from insurance provider PolicyAdvisor.

Nearly half of homebuyers made an offer in the past two years without physically touring the property. Here are the risks involved.

The daughter of Taiwanese immigrants has reason to be confident in the city’s future.

The order from Manhattan Supreme Court Judge Arthur Engoron came less than a week after a contempt order against Trump himself was lifted.

U.S. dog lovers, say “benvenuto” to the bracco Italiano.

Ice cream maker calls parent company's deal to keep pints on shelves in the occupied West Bank a breach of a licensing agreement and a threat to its "social integrity."

Voyager commenced bankruptcy proceedings in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court of the Southern District of New York on Tuesday.

Maryland State Police are told to suspend a key provision in the licensing regulations after a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling.

The Georgia prosecutor investigating the conduct of former President Donald Trump and his allies after the 2020 election is subpoenaing U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani to testify before a special grand jury.

The grand jury also subpoenaed other members of the legal team of then-President Donald Trump, who sought to reverse the 2020 election results in Georgia.

Sotheby's presale estimate for the fossil is $5 million to $8 million.

The fossilized skeleton of a T.

New York Mets ace Max Scherzer returns to a major league mound for the first time since May 18 when the NL East leaders play at Cincinnati on Tuesday night.

NEW YORK’S Central Park is an oasis in a sea of frenetic motion. More than a tourist attraction, it’s an inviting island of tranquility in a city that can feel

Chestnut took his 15th win at Nathan's Famous Fourth of July hot dog eating contest, and Sudo made a decisive comeback to win the women's title.

Frankfurter-munching phenom Joey “Jaws” Chestnut has gobbled his way to a 15th win at the Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July hot dog eating contest.

An unruly female passenger has been kicked off a plane for refusing to sit next to a baby.

New York Mets ace Jacob deGrom struck out five of the six batters he faced and threw 18 of 24 pitches for strikes Sunday night in his first minor league rehab start for Class A St. Lucie.

New York Mets ace Jacob deGrom is finally ready to begin a minor league rehab assignment.

Actress Lindsay Lohan is celebrating her 36th birthday on Saturday as a married woman.

This comes after a girl was seriously injured​ in a brazen shark attack at a Florida beach Thursday.

New York’s legislature has approved a sweeping overhaul of the state’s handgun licensing rules, seeking to preserve some limits after the Supreme Court said people have a right to carry a handgun for personal protection.

State officials said Greenidge Generation's mine is a threat to New York's climate goals. A Greenidge spokesperson says, "It simply would not."

"The Daily Show" host scorched the high court for one of its last rulings before summer recess.

Stocks shook off a morning slump and ended higher Friday, but not enough to erase their losses for the week.

The Supreme Court's decision eliminating the constitutional right to abortion is causing anxiety for people in same-sex marriages, particularly those with children.

R. Kelly could be in his 80s before the singer is free again, based on a 30-year prison term imposed this week by a New York federal judge for sexually abusing young fans.

Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge and Atlanta Braves outfielder Ronald Acuña Jr. were elected Thursday to start in the July 20 All-Star Game at Dodger Stadium.

One death and nearly two dozen hospitalizations are being tied to a new listeria outbreak of unknown origin.

Enjoy Technology, a retail startup founded by former Apple and J.C. Penney exec Ron Johnson, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Thursday.

Americans with stock portfolios or retirement investment plans would likely prefer to forget the last six months.

The historic housing shortage brought on by slow construction and strong demand from buyers in the pandemic is finally starting to ease.

In a sharply worded dissent Thursday, Justice Clarence Thomas expressed support for the plaintiffs’ debunked claims that all Covid vaccines are made with cells from “aborted children.”

These are the stocks posting the largest moves in midday trading.

Three conservative justices, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch and Clarence Thomas, objected to their colleagues’ refusal to review the state’s requirement.

U.S. regulators are telling COVID-19 vaccine makers to tweak any booster doses intended for fall so they protect against the newest omicron relatives.

Shares of Spirit Airlines are rising after the budget airline postponed a vote on a merger with Frontier for the second time.

The Supreme Court has declined to take up a case involving a COVID-19 vaccine requirement for health care workers in New York that doesn't offer an exemption for religious reasons.

The 2022 Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction has gone to Jesmyn Ward, who at 45, is the youngest person to receive the library’s fiction award and is being honored for her lifetime of work examining racism and social injustice.

The case stems from the EPA's Clean Power Plan, finalized in 2015, which implemented an Obama directive to address climate change by regulating power plant emissions.

Jackson is making history as the first Black woman to serve on the high court.

Core personal consumption expenditures prices rose 4.7% from a year ago, 0.2 percentage points less than the previous month but still around levels last seen in the 1980s. On monthly basis, the measure, which excludes volatile food and energy prices, increased 0.3%, slightly less than the 0.4% Dow Jones estimate. While personal income rose 0.5% in May, ahead of the 0.4% estimate, income after taxes and other charges, or disposable personal income, declined 0.1% on the month and 3.3% from a year ago. Goods inflation rose 9.6% while services prices were up 4.7%, both up 0.1 percentage points from April. The personal saving rate edged higher, rising to 5.4%, up 0.2 percentage points from the previous month.

The shooting victim was pushing her 3-month-old baby in a stroller, police said.

Despite a growing recognition of the newspaper industry's problems among politicians and philanthropists, a new report says a downward trend continues.

Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton homered to fuel the New York Yankees’ major league-best 24th comeback victory, bailing out Jameson Taillon in a 5-3 win over the Oakland Athletics.

Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton homered to fuel the New York Yankees' major league-best 24th comeback victory, bailing out Jameson Taillon in a 5-3 win over the Oakland Athletics on Wednesday. The Yankees completed a three-game sweep of baseball's worst team and improved to 56-20, matching the 2001 Mariners and 1998 Yankees for baseball's best 76-game start since 1930. Taillon gave up three runs in the first inning, but Judge countered with a two-run drive in the first and Stanton hit a three-run homer in the third against Cole Irvin.

New York leaders plan to ban people from carrying firearms into many places of business unless the owners put up a sign saying guns are welcome.

New York will ban people from carrying firearms into many places of business unless the owners put up a sign explicitly saying guns are welcome, Gov. Kathy Hochul said Wednesday. The Democrat said she and legislative leaders have agreed on the broad strokes of a gun control bill that is poised to pass as soon as Thursday, just days after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the state's handgun licensing law. Previously, it was hard to get an unrestricted handgun license unless you worked in law enforcement or security.

Houston left fielder Yordan Álvarez and shortstop Jeremy Peña were hurt when they collided in the eighth inning of Wednesday's game against the New York Mets while running down a popup. With Peña shifted to the right side and the game scoreless, Dominic Smith popped the ball into short left. Both called for the ball and as Peña caught the pop, each hit the other in the face with his glove.

The Federal Trade Commission says Walmart didn't properly train its employees and used procedures that allowed fraudsters to cash out at its stores, stealing hundreds of millions of dollars.

Parnas was convicted at trial of campaign-finance violations and separately pleaded guilty to stealing investment funds.

Andrew Cuomo’s successor, once seen as a placeholder, is poised to run New York’s state government for the next half decade.

Cleveland Fed President Loretta Mester said Wednesday that she will be advocating for a 75 basis point hike to interest rates in July if conditions stay the same.

Days after the U.S. Supreme Court allowed more people to carry concealed weapons, California lawmakers on Tuesday moved to limit where firearms may be carried and who can have them, while struggling to stay within the high court’s ruling. “We’re going to push the envelope, but we’re going to do it in a constitutional way,” said Democratic Sen. Anthony Portantino. On Monday, lawmakers advanced a gun control measure modeled after a recent high court ruling in a Texas abortion case, and adopted a ballot measure that would enshrine a right to abortion in the California Constitution.

Courtney Vandersloot, Kahleah Copper and Emma Meesseman will get a chance to play before their home fans as the trio was selected as reserves for the WNBA All-Star Game on July 10 in Chicago.

Abortion pills smuggled into the United States from Mexico inside teddy bears

The former socialite was convicted of helping the late Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse teenage girls.

Voting concludes Tuesday in the Oklahoma primary elections. Notable races are for governor, U.S. House and U.S. Senate – including a special election.

South Carolina holds a primary runoff race for the U.S. Senate. Polls in South Carolina open at 7 a.m. ET and close at 7 p.m. ET.

In Mississippi, two Republican incumbents will try to fight off challengers in their runoff races. Polls in Mississippi open at 7 a.m. CT/8 a.m. ET and close at 7 p.m. CT/8 p.m. ET.

Voting concludes Tuesday in the Utah primary elections, including the race for U.S. Senate.

Voting concludes Tuesday in Colorado's primary elections for governor, U.S. Senate, secretary of state and House congressional district races.

On Tuesday, New York holds key primary elections for governor and lieutenant governor. Congressional primaries there have been delayed until August.

Voting concludes Tuesday in the Illinois primary elections. Notable primaries include governor, U.S. Senate and congressional district races.

Marc Jacobs’ runway show in the grand, marbled lobby of the New York Public Library came exactly a year after his previous show in the same venue — the first in-person runway show since the pandemic had shut things down for a couple of seasons.

LaGuardia International Airport Terminal A for JetBlue and Spirit Airlines in New York. JetBlue Airways again increased its offer for Spirit Airlines as a shareholder vote for the discounter's deal to merge with Frontier Airlines is just days away. Frontier sweetened its offer on Friday and Spirit's CEO told CNBC then that Spirit's board still found that to be a superior bid. Spirit shares were up 5% in afterhours trading on the news, while JetBlue's were up less than 1% and Frontier's were up 1%. Spirit and Frontier shares fell sharply in regular trading.

A heckler who clapped former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani on the back at a campaign event has been arrested on an assault charge.

Envoy Air pilots will get triple pay if they fly open trips from July 2-31.

MSNBC says that journalist Alex Wagner will take over Rachel Maddow's prime-time slot four nights a week, beginning in August.

The proprietary CNBC SPAC Post Deal Index, which is comprised of SPACs that have completed their mergers, has fallen nearly 50% this year.

Supreme Court justices are the only federal judges exempt from the judicial Code of Conduct, designed to maintain the integrity and independence of the court.

These are the stocks posting the largest moves in midday trading.

A federal grand jury issued subpoenas to Digital World Acquisition Corp., the special purpose acquisition company merging with Trump Media & Technology Group.

“Elvis” has won its box-office dance-off with “Top Gun: Maverick.”.

Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani is not the guy most politicians would summon to hold a news conference for them, not after his false assertions of election fraud.

Aaron Judge drove a three-run homer in the 10th inning for his second walk-off hit against Houston in four days, and the New York Yankees recovered after nearly being no-hit for the second consecutive game, beating Houston 6-3 to split a four-game series between the AL’s best teams.

Aaron Judge drove a three-run homer in the 10th inning for his second walk-off hit against the Astros in four days, and the New York Yankees recovered after nearly being no-hit for the second consecutive game to beat Houston 6-3 for a four-game split between the AL's top teams. Giancarlo Stanton ended a historic hitless drought for New York with a one-out homer in the seventh inning, and DJ LeMahieu followed with a tying two-run drive in the eighth. After Michael King stranded the bases loaded in the 10th, Isiah Kiner-Falefa dropped a two-strike bunt that moved automatic runner Aaron Hicks to third.

Houston Astros starter José Urquidy has thrown six hitless innings against the Yankees, a day after teammate Cristian Javier and two relivers combined on a no-hitter against baseball’s top team.

Opinion: The new law likely would not have prevented the massacre of Uvalde schoolchildren and teachers.

Cristian Javier, Héctor Neris and Ryan Pressly combined on the first no-hitter against the New York Yankees in 19 years, shutting down the best team in baseball and pitching the Houston Astros to a 3-0 victory.

Houston’s Cristian Javier held the New York Yankees hitless through seven innings Saturday before handing a 2-0 lead over to the Astros bullpen.

Justin Verlander pitched four-hit ball over seven innings, Kyle Tucker hit a three-run homer and the Houston Astros beat the Yankees 3-1 to stop New York’s 15-game home winning streak.

Slugger Aaron Judge and the New York Yankees agreed to a $19 million, one-year contrtact, avoiding an arbitration hearing.

There is now a second COVID-19 option for kids ages 6 to 17 in the U.S. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday announced it is recommending Moderna shots as an option for school-age kids and teens.

The head of the United Nations has warned the world faces “catastrophe” because of the growing shortage of food around the globe.

Stocks rallied on Wall Street Friday, sending the S&P 500 up 3.1% for its best gain in two years.

Aaron Judge lined a game-winning single on the eve of his salary arbitration showdown, capping a four-run ninth inning that included Aaron Hicks’ tying three-run homer off closer Ryan Pressly in the New York Yankees’ 7-6 victory over the Houston Astros.

Paolo Banchero has been insisting for weeks that he believes he’s the best prospect in the NBA draft.

The Orlando Magic selected Duke freshman Paolo Banchero with the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft.

The Supreme Court issued its biggest gun rights ruling in more than a decade Thursday.

The New York Racing Association suspended trainer Bob Baffert for one year Thursday for repeated medication violations.

An expert panel backed a second COVID-19 vaccine option for kids ages 6 to 17.

The U.S. Supreme Court has struck down a New York state law that had restricted who could obtain a permit to carry a gun in public.

Authorities say a New York man and woman face fines of $500 each after they took a raccoon to a pet store to shop for food and a store worker ratted them out.

This year's sell-off for Wall Street means stocks no longer look to be in a dangerously overvalued bubble, as some critics had warned.

American League powerhouses square off when Aaron Judge and the New York Yankees host Yordan Álvarez and the Houston Astros in the opener of a highly anticipated four-game series Thursday night.

A bloodhound named Trumpet has won the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show.