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The 6-year-old girl pushed alongside her brother off a Pennsylvania parking garage by their father was battling a rare genetic development disorder before the harrowing murder-suicide, resurfaced reports reveal.
She "thought she could still be fair and impartial to the defendant's rights and the prosecution's rights, even having experienced all that."
WASHINGTON — Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei celebrated the resounding Tuesday night defeat of President Trump’s allies in Congress. “The process of the US’s collapse has accelerated,” the maimed and in-hiding Khamenei gloated on X. Republicans suffered a stunning wipeout that many of Trump’s political…
The measure, a constitutional amendment, does not raise taxes.
NY Attorney General Letitia James appointed Jacqueline Kelly to investigate an alleged gang rape involving Cornell University fraternity members.
Republican Party leaders are calling the win a “Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer” in a Democratic blizzard.
House Speaker Mike Johnson told his staff Wednesday that he will not vie to be minority leader in the next session of Congress after Republicans suffered a generational midterm wipeout, a source told The Post.
The race for LA mayor has taken a dramatic overnight turn, with a razor-thin margin shaking up the battle for City Hall.
America has a case of the blues.
Steve Hilton offered a message of hope to California Republicans reeling from a steep loss as a result of a blue wave sweeping the country — and made an ominous promise.
Multiple suspects scrambled from the wreck and ran, triggering foot pursuits.
A Democratic tidal wave fueled by anti-Trump energy toppled Republican state lawmakers in several key races, turning the legislature even more blue and wiping out recent GOP gains across the state.
"These burgers and dogs are finally cooked," the Senate minority leader quipped.
Officials have yet to determine where it came from or how it got there.
Hizzoner issued a mandate earlier this month to police brass and City Hall officials to quickly figure out how the admin could drum up something that would appease to his base wiith his failed pledge successfully get rid of the SRG.
The shooting remains under investigation.
Pieces from the doomed Learjet private plane that crashed in Florida, killing all 9 people on board, fell through a woman's roof and landed in her kitchen, shocking photos show.
"There will be a significant amount of trauma associated with this event for the community," the police chief said.
Two college students who vanished during a Colorado mountain hike fell to their deaths after experiencing a "catastrophic failure” while rappelling, police said.
The district attorney prosecuting Lindsay Clancy still hasn't announced how he'll go forward with the case likely because of myriad factors including the overturned conviction of another accused killer mom, experts said.
NASA's experimental X-59 QueSST jet celebrated its first year in flight with a trip to the Kennedy Space Center as the agency touts the aircraft as the future of supersonic airline travel.
Trump urged voters to act as if he were on the ballot during his campaign-rally blitz in the weeks leading up to midterms. The strategy backfired.
A Washington dad who went viral for his explosive outburst after finding Christian pamphlets in his son’s trick-or-treat bag has now wildly accused his neighbors of “grooming” his children.
A US Marine died in a training incident in Japan on Tuesday, Marine Corps officials said. The Marine was killed at Camp Schwab in northern Okinawa, Stars and Stripes reported Wednesday, citing the 3rd Marine Division. Marines with the 3rd Marine Division fire an M2 .50-caliber machine gun during a weapons exercise at…
The governor’s SOMOS party will be held at Antiguo Casino de Puerto Rico on Thursday evening, according to insiders.
US prosecutors moved on Tuesday to drop criminal charges against a Russian-born scientist at Harvard University accused of smuggling frog embryos into the United States after she argued the Trump administration had singled her out for prosecution.
"The scariest thing about this Halloween is the price of caffeinated beverages in this city."
She said that has forced her and her family to move nine times while enduring “years of hateful messages and threats.”
Great white sharks are beginning their seasonal migration south, with several already making their way away from the feeding grounds off the northeastern U.S. and Canada.
Heavy downpours on Monday led to unprecedented flash flooding in Eastern Florida, and in one neighborhood a neighbor jumped into action to save people in distress in their homes.
A woman told her neighbor that she had been shot by her brother, police said.
Dan Osborn, 51, benefited from the lack of a Democrat on the ballot, though Pete Ricketts and his allies branded him "Democrat Dan."
A Colorado career criminal who led police on a triple-digit high-speed chase before being captured prone in nothing but his underwear was thrown behind bars following a year of being in and out of jail.
Republican Michael Alfonso, the son-in-law of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, won Wisconsin's 7th Congressional District on Tuesday — clinching the same seat his father-in-law once held.
Abdul El-Sayed had emerged politically bruised from a grueling primary in August against Rep. Haley Stevens.
Nearly 1.9 million ballots were cast as LA Mayor Karen Bass faced Nithya Raman in a heated election dominated by homelessness and public safety.
A man who was deported to Mexico, then extradited to the US last year after DNA linked him to a 2002 cold case, has been found guilty of murdering a Washington state woman and raping three others.
The Somalia-born Omar was elected to a fifth House term over veteran Minnesota state trooper John Nagel.
“I’m happy Donald Trump is miserable and I’m happy tonight," Jones boasted.
Voters in five Bay Area counties — San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Contra Costa and Alameda — decided to throw a lifeline to the region’s public transportation after approving two tax measures Tuesday intended to help raise money for the bus and rail systems. The Regional Transit Measure — a half-cent sales tax…
Measure FD would raise the city’s sales tax from 10.25% to 10.75%.
It's the first midterm election since 2006 that a party out of power has won back both chambers.
Prop 40 has attracted a lot of attention from California's uber-wealthy who are fleeing the state and spending money against it.
The redrawn 15th Congressional District in South Texas became competitive as Trump's Hispanic support slipped over economic concerns and backlash to high-profile immigration raids.
California voters rejected Proposition 39 on Tuesday, turning down a push to mandate voter ID at polling places and tighter verification standards for mail-in ballots.
Cuellar, 71, and his wife Imelda had been indicted in May 2024 on bribery and money laundering charges, but were pardoned by Trump in December 2025.
Democrat Troy Jackson defeated longtime Sen. Susan Collins Tuesday in Maine’s midterm Senate election, ending the incumbent’s nearly 30-year-long run in the upper chamber. The victory for the second-choice candidate hands Democrats a critical election night win in one of the most closely watched Senate races of the…
When asked to give a postmortem of the midterm results, Trump acknowledged that "part of it was Iran," but blamed high fuel costs as one of the driving factors behind the Republican wipeout.
Miller's re-election bid was hampered by a nasty public custody battle with his estranged spouse Emily Moreno, the daughter of Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio).
New York Republicans appeared set to hold onto retiring Rep. Elise Stefanik's deep-red seat Tuesday.
The race drew national attention amid scrutiny of Minnesota’s sprawling public-benefits fraud scandal.
Daniel Schergen, 34, tried to force soap into the “naughty” 7-year-old’s mouth after the rascal called him a “motherf—er” during a car ride.
The race for the open Senate seat was surprisingly competitive in a state Trump won three times, carrying Iowa by 13 percentage points over Democrat Kamala Harris in 2024.
NY-4 was considered a crucial race that could help decide which party holds the House majority in Congress and may have major impacts on Trump's presidency.
The victories will expand the number of socialist lawmakers in the lower chamber from two to six.
Democrats on the committee, which is the powerful investigative arm of the House, have vowed to use their return to power to investigate President Trump, his family, his staff, and his policies.
Bagel Dock Express joked on social media that “Apparently, word of our fresh bagels has made its way into the swamp!”
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass held a 12-point lead over challenger Nithya Raman in two recent exit polls — but a surge in younger voters could threaten the incumbent’s advantage as the mayoral showdown heads toward its conclusion. Polls obtained by the California Post conducted on Oct. 22 and Nov. 2 showed Bass leading…
Democratic Rep. Tom Suozzi defeated Republican Michael LiPetri in a rematch for the House seat in the Nassau-Queens Third Congressional District.
Soaring diesel prices in the agriculture-centric state and a slew of late-breaking attacks against Marshall brought Hamilton to within striking distance of the incumbent in polling in the weeks leading up to Election Day.
"his war was a disaster. People need to be clear-eyed about it,” a Republican strategist involved in the midterm campaigns groused to The Post.
JD Vance was very active in the race for the US Senate seat he once held.
“She said she’s done driving. She said she’s taking an Uber,” the stranded patient frantically told a 911 dispatcher of her ambulance driver. “She’s leaving us.”
Rep. Mike Lawler was first elected to represent New York's 17th Congressional district in 2022.
Xavier Becerra went from an afterthought in the polls last spring to California’s next governor Tuesday, beating Republican Steve Hilton after a scandal upended the Democratic field.
The fresh-faced state legislator ends Texas Democrats' 38-year wait for a Senate election victory.
“I wasn’t on the Ballot and if I was, we would have won IN A LANDSLIDE! Thank you for your attention to this matter,” Trump declared on Truth Social.
Nine months before the 50-year-old convicted killer was slated to be put to death in September, her attorneys cautioned the courts that a rare blood disorder linked to cancer could make her execution painful and dangerous.
Democratic state Attorney General Letitia James fended off a challenge from former federal prosecutor Saritha Komatireddy on Election Day.
Democrats quickly racked up dramatic victories Tuesday night in the battle for control of the Senate.
The GOP held just 62 seats, while Democrats had taken more than 100 that had been called by the Associated Press by 10 p.m. in the 293 races on the line Tuesday night.
Nancy Pelosi's endorsement isn't translating into an easy handoff of her longtime San Francisco congressional seat.
The surprise was revealed in an announcement shared to the celebrated eatery's Instagram page.
"So we wanted to get a head start on it today, election day, to put people in a better mood."
With polls showing a tighter-than-expected contest, outside Republican groups poured millions of dollars into the race to shore up Graham's victory.
Kean Jr. is part of a political dynasty that traces back to the founding of the US, with his ancestor William Livingston serving as the first governor of New Jersey in 1776.
The former Atlanta mayor will become Georgia's first black and female governor.
Democratic Rep. Josh Riley cruised to a second term Tuesday, beating Republican state Sen. Peter Oberacker for the competitive upstate New York district.
Monte Smith was arrested Monday in connection with the Oct. 30 bloodbath at the Solano Town Center mall in Fairfield.
Mamdani's socialist slate sailed to victory Tuesday night, riding the socialist wave as the extreme left group tries to take over the Democratic Party.
Ocasio-Cortez has served her Bronx and Queens district since 2019.
Halloween and the NYC marathon weekend brought in record-breaking subway ridership numbers — but not everyone is celebrating.
Gov. Kathy Hochul was set to sail to re-election Tuesday — beating back a Republican challenge from Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman to win a second, full four-year term.
There was one word on the lips of most voters in Los Angeles on election day. Change. “We need a change,” said Alex Escobar, a teacher, who voted in Van Nuys early Tuesday for Republican Steve Hilton for governor. Escobar has voted Democrat in previous elections. “There’s been eight consecutive years of the same…
The Newark Democrat defeated Republican challenger Carmen Bucco in a rematch of their 2024 contest.
Karen Bass's campaign hit back at Nithya Raman after Xavier Becerra declined to endorse the mayor on Election Day, with polls tied at 40%.
Paul Pelosi is off the road for six months after pleading no contest to a hit-and-run.
Roy Cooper breaks the GOP winning streak in the Tar Heel State.
The dog, Corduroy, vanished in 2019 as the family was preparing to move from Los Angeles to San Diego.
He was immediately yanked from duty and suspended after his arrest, officials said.
“You know how many votes I want to get into the U.K.? Zero,” El-Sayed told him. “I do not care what you think or the questions you ask.”
In the Pacific Palisades, where homeowners often blame incumbent Mayor Karen Bass for their devastating losses from the 2025 fire, a surprising answer came up over and over again as we polled exiting voters on their vote for Los Angeles Mayor: Karen Bass.
In a race this tight, even small pieces of new information can send prediction-market contracts swinging.
Incumbent Sen. Jon Ossoff easily beat back a spirited challenge from memester Rep. Mike Collins and cruised to reelection victory in what was once expected to be a highly competitive Senate race.
She systematically used the accounts to cover tens of thousands of dollars in her own personal credit card charges every month.
The 44-year-old Texas business mogul’s doomed passion for private aviation was captured in a resurfaced podcast clip that was recorded years before he, his wife and two young children were wiped out when a Learjet 60 crashed into a Florida street Sunday.
Hollywood’s biggest names are split between Mayor Karen Bass and her challenger Nithya Raman over who should lead Los Angeles.
Hollywood continues to reel from job cuts as a popular Los Angeles area post-production studio announced a plan to ax more than 80 workers.
A major Southern California strawberry grower is planning to shut down six farms.
The Los Angeles real estate agent thrust into the center of Sacha Baron Cohen’s viral mansion ambush in 'Ali G: Who Iz I?' has revealed new details about the four-hour prank.