Colombian cocaine boss ‘Spider’ extradited to California over 1,000-member force

Geovany Andres Rojas, the accused Colombian drug boss known as “Spider,” is now in U.S. custody in California after leading a 1,000-member cocaine force that prosecutors say fed cartels and poisoned American communities. Rojas, 45, arrived in San Diego around 4:30 p.m. Thursday under heavy guard, surrounded by DEA and FBI agents after a heavily […]

NYC Mayor Mamdani set for guest seat on Kimmel’s Brooklyn broadcast

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani will sit in as a guest on Jimmy Kimmel’s special Brooklyn run next week, linking the progressive mayor with a host who routinely targets conservatives. ABC announced that Mayor Zohran Mamdani will appear on a special Big Apple stretch of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” The network set the five-day run […]

Phillies icon Bill Giles, architect of the Phanatic era, dies at 92

Bill Giles, the Phillies executive who helped invent the Phillie Phanatic and guide the club to its first World Series title, has died at his Pennsylvania home at age 92. The New York Post said Bill Giles died Friday at his home in Gladwyne, Pa., just 18 days after turning 92, according to the Phillies. […]

Alina Habba, once Trump’s personal lawyer, set to wed Turkish billionaire

Alina Habba, the former Trump lawyer and New Jersey prosecutor, is reportedly set to wed Turkish billionaire Turhan Mildon on Saturday at an undisclosed location. The 42-year-old attorney and the 29-year-old tycoon are moving fast toward the altar after a public romance that began only months ago, the New York Post reported. Independent outlet The […]

Rep. Delia Ramirez demands ICE and CBP be abolished, proposes redirecting $150 billion to illegal immigrants

A Democratic congresswoman declared in Spanish her plan to "completely defund and strip authority from ICE and CBP" and replace them with a so-called Department of Community Safety, drawing sharp rebukes from Republican lawmakers. Rep. Delia Ramirez of Illinois, the daughter of two Guatemalan immigrants who entered the country illegally, held a public event where […]

New Jersey Gov. Sherrill demands Lt. Gov. Caldwell resign after probe finds sexual harassment, ethics violations

New Jersey's Democratic governor gave her own lieutenant governor until Friday to resign after an independent investigation substantiated sexual harassment and repeated ethics violations, raising fresh questions about accountability within her administration. Gov. Mikie Sherrill announced Thursday that she was publicly calling on Lt. Gov. Dale Caldwell to step down, citing findings from a 61-page […]

Rand Paul accuses Tom Cotton of blocking classified gain-of-function research documents

Sen. Rand Paul says a fellow Republican chairman is actively working to keep his committee from seeing classified documents tied to gain-of-function research, and has written to the intelligence community to make sure of it. Paul, who chairs the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, named Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Tom Cotton directly in […]

Kansas Democratic Senate nominee tells Kamala Harris to stay away: 'You would actually hurt me'

Kansas Democrat Rev. Adam Hamilton publicly rejected Kamala Harris's help in his long-shot Senate bid, telling her to stay out of his state, a snub that reflects a broader pattern of Democratic candidates treating the former vice president as a liability. Hamilton, a longtime pastor who won an 11-candidate Democratic primary in August, made the […]

Peter Byrne, singer behind Naked Eyes' '80s New Wave hits, dead at 74

Peter Byrne, the British vocalist who gave Naked Eyes its signature sound on hits like "Always Something There to Remind Me," has died at 74 in Los Angeles after a brief illness, leaving fans of the '80s New Wave era mourning another voice from the decade's golden run. A statement on the Naked Eyes official […]

Gundlach Bundschu, California's oldest family-owned winery, files for Chapter 11 after 168 years

A sixth-generation Sonoma Valley winery that survived phylloxera, the 1906 earthquake, Prohibition, and wildfire has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, brought low by a debt-financed deal made weeks before the pandemic changed everything. Gundlach Bundschu Winery, known to locals as "GunBun," announced it is seeking court-supervised restructuring and hopes to bring in a new investor […]