Federal officials unveiled Operation Royal Flush, charging 34 people — including a dozen men with alleged ties to the Genovese, Gambino, Bonanno and Lucchese families — in a high-tech poker rigging enterprise that allegedly netted millions over six years. Prosecutors say the crew ran fixed games in Manhattan and elsewhere,...
Catherine Connolly has been declared Ireland's 10th president after a landslide, defeating Fine Gael's Heather Humphreys. The independent, backed by major left-wing parties, won 914,143 first-preference votes (63%) — a record — after early tallies made the outcome clear; the result was announced at Dublin Castle. Connolly pledged to be...
North Carolina head coach Bill Belichick’s search for a major-conference win continued with a razor-thin loss. In a defensive game tied 10-10 after regulation, Virginia scored first in overtime for a 17-10 lead. The Tar Heels answered with a touchdown, and Belichick kept the offense out for a two-point try...
As New Yorkers vote for mayor, Democratic frontrunner Zohran Mamdani is under fierce attack, even from Donald Trump, over a platform centered on affordability: freezing rent for 1 million rent-stabilized units, free buses, and guaranteed child care. Policy experts told ABC News the ideas echo past city efforts, citing a...
U.S. Homeland Security says Jashanpreet Singh, 21, the semitruck driver accused of being under the influence in a fiery eight-vehicle crash that killed three and injured four on Interstate 10 in Ontario, California, is in the country illegally. Singh, of Yuba City, was arrested, faces vehicular manslaughter and DUI charges,...
Rutgers University’s Alpha Sigma Phi chapter has been permanently closed after a hazing incident left a 19-year-old student critically injured. Police found him unconscious at the College Avenue house on Oct. 15; prosecutors are exploring criminal charges. The national fraternity confirmed hazing, vowed to expel anyone involved and urged a...
A 24-year-old Honduran man, Jose Castro Rivera, died Thursday after running onto Interstate 264 in Norfolk, Virginia, while fleeing ICE agents, authorities said. The targeted, intelligence-based stop ended with an agent performing CPR; he died at the scene. State police said they were not involved in the pursuit, and the...
June Lockhart, the gentle presence who anchored Lassie and later roamed the cosmos in Lost in Space, died Thursday at her Santa Monica home. She was 100, her spokesman Harlan Boll said. Replacing Cloris Leachman on Lassie in 1958, she spent six years as Ruth Martin before joining Lost in...
Russia launched another overnight barrage across Ukraine, killing at least four and injuring 16 as missiles and drones hit Kyiv and the Dnipropetrovsk region, damaging a kindergarten, cars, apartment blocks and shops. Ukraine’s air force said it downed four of nine missiles and 50 of 62 drones but reported direct...
Week 9 opened with 22 ranked teams in action and the SEC looming large. Oklahoma tied No. 8 Ole Miss on a 77-yard catch-and-run in Norman. No. 2 Indiana cruised past UCLA at halftime, fueled by a pick-six and two Roman Hemby touchdowns. Georgia Tech handled Syracuse, and USF’s Byrum...
