With her move to Washington, Ivanka Trump isn’t just taking on a new city; she’s navigating a different world. A few weeks into her father’s administration, the first daughter is settling into a life that might look familiar to a certain type of urban mom. She’s been visiting her kids’… Read More

The Northeast is digging out from a winter storm that dumped a foot or more of snow along the New York-to-Boston corridor, forced the cancellation of schools in cities big and small and grounded thousands of flights. The storm Thursday came a day after temperatures soared into the 50s and… Read More

Adele Dunlap, the oldest person in America, has died at age 114. Dunlap died Sunday at a hospital near Flemington, according to the Martin Funeral Home. She became the country’s oldest person in July 2016 following the death of 113-year-old Goldie Michelson, of Worcester, Massachusetts. Weird “brown bottle” invention could… Read More

A report shows nearly one in five immigrants in the U.S. illegally live in the New York and Los Angeles metropolitan areas. The report released Thursday by the nonpartisan Pew Research Center estimates more than 2 million immigrants in the country illegally lived in the two areas in 2014. Pew… Read More

At 74, the Queen of Soul has decided to take it a little easier. Aretha Franklin is planning to retire this year, she told Detroit TV station WDIV Local 4, the city’s NBC affiliate. The singer says she will make one more album, with several tracks produced by Stevie Wonder,… Read More

Former Knicks star Charles Oakley was forcefully removed from his seat at Madison Square Garden, handcuffed and arrested after a scuffle near team owner James Dolan. Oakley shoved security guards before they pulled him away from his seat behind the baseline during the first quarter of the Knicks’ 119-115 loss… Read More

Former Dallas Cowboys running back Joseph Randle has been charged with assaulting a fellow inmate in a Kansas jail. The Wichita Eagle reports that the aggravated battery and disorderly conduct charges filed Wednesday stem from a confrontation Friday in the Sedgwick County Jail. He now has five criminal cases pending against… Read More

A powerful, fast-moving storm swept through the northeastern U.S. Thursday, making for a slippery morning commute and leaving some residents bracing for blizzard conditions and more than a foot of snow. Commuters in the densely populated region awoke to windblown snow — less than 24 hours after enjoying spring-like temperatures… Read More

A woman faces multiple charges in two states after surrendering to authorities following a standoff at a Georgia motel that ended with another suspect in the deaths of four women fatally shooting himself. A tip called in about 2:30 p.m. Tuesday led law enforcement to a motel in West Point,… Read More