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President Biden and former President Trump were in the New York City area on Thursday, but they attended very different events. Biden was in town for a Democratic fundraising event, while Trump attended a wake for New York City Police Officer Jonathan Dille at a Massapequa Park, Long Island funeral home, some 40 miles from Manhattan. Biden was slated to be at a glitzy Democratic fundraising event at Radio Music Hall that will be attended by former presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton, as well as A-list celebrities.SUSPECTS IN SHOOTING DEATH OF NYPD OFFICER JONATHAN DILLER IDENTIFIED, HAVE LENGTHY RECORDSDuring a press

A Brooklyn man was arrested for allegedly randomly punching a woman in New York City, one of a string of similar recent attacks that led to viral warnings on TikTok.Skiboky Stora, 40, was arraigned after being accused of hitting a 25-year-old woman in the head, injuring the left side of her face on March 25. He was arrested Wednesday and is charged with assault, the New York Police Department confirmed.Within the last 10 days, several young, female victims have posted on TikTok about the terrifying moments when they were approached by strangers and hit.Social media influencer Halley Kate, who has

Venezuelan migrants often have a quick answer when asked to name the most difficult stretch of their eight-country journey to the U.S. border, and it's not the dayslong jungle trek through Colombia and Panama with its venomous vipers, giant spiders and scorpions. It's Mexico."In the jungle, you have to prepare for animals. In Mexico, you have to prepare for humans," Daniel Ventura, 37, said after three days walking through the Darien Gap and four months waiting in Mexico to enter the U.S. legally using the government's online appointment system, called CBP One. He and his family of six were headed

It's a new location but the same host for the Tony Awards: Ariana DeBose will make it three in a row as MC of theater's most watched event, which this year moves uptown to Lincoln Center.The Academy Award winner and Tony Award nominee, who hosted both the 2023 and 2022 ceremonies, will be back this year for the show on June 16, and will produce and choreograph the opening number."I couldn’t pass up the chance to host the Tonys one more time, at Lincoln Center. I’m excited to collaborate with the team to create an incredible celebration of this season’s

Shoppers may get a bitter surprise in their Easter baskets this year. Chocolate eggs and bunnies are more expensive than ever as changing climate patterns eat into global cocoa supplies and the earnings of farmers in West Africa.About three-quarters of the world’s cocoa — the main ingredient in chocolate — are produced on cacao trees in Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria and Cameroon. But dusty seasonal winds from the Sahara were severe in recent months, blocking out the sunlight needed for bean pods to grow. The season prior, heavy rainfall spread a rotting disease.With exports from the Ivory Coast, the world’s

A migrant was arrested and charged in Alabama for raping a "mentally incapacitated" teen.According to WDHN-TV, citing the Encore Police Department, authorities arrested 23-year-old Pablo Mendoza on Monday, March 25, for an incident on Feb. 20.Authorities said that he allegedly raped a 13-year-old "mentally incapacitated" girl on Feb. 20.The local outlet said that the teen could not consent to the intercourse, because she was "physically helpless."ALABAMA CONVICT WHO ROBBED, KILLED ELDERLY COUPLE GETS EXECUTION DATEAuthorities said that Mendoza was charged with first degree rape.MISSOURI HIGH SCHOOL WHERE TEEN WAS BRUTALLY ATTACKED REFUSES TO GIVE RECORDS TO STATE'S AGAuthorities confirmed that

Fox News host Sean Hannity lays out how "Team Biden" is going "full force" against Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. in his opening monologue on "Hannity."SEAN HANNITY: Now, tonight, he seems more worried about a political challenge from the left. That being RFK Jr, who is now peeling off a significant amount of support from Biden. And on Truth Social, President Trump wrote this, "RFK Jr is the most radical left candidate in the race by far. He is a big fan of the Green New scam and other economy killing disasters. I guess this would mean that

Actor Jussie Smollett is appealing his 2021 disorderly conduct conviction, and the Illinois Supreme Court is set to hear his case.According to The Associated Press, the high court accepted Smollett's appeal. There currently is no date set for the Illinois Supreme Court to hear Jussie's appeal, per the outlet. Smollett filed a petition on Feb. 5, requesting the Illinois high court intervene in his ongoing legal drama. The "Empire" actor's conviction for a staged hate crime was upheld in December.A jury previously found Smollett guilty on five of the six charges of disorderly conduct after a nearly two-week trial in 2021.