Secretary of State Antony Blinken tells CNN's Jake Tapper that the US withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan will help concentrate the minds of "free riders" in the region about their interests in keeping the country stable in the future.
NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea and New York Mayor Bill de Blasio brief the media about a 43-year-old NYPD officer who was struck and killed on the Long Island Expressway by an intoxicated driver who fled the scene and was later arrested.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo says New York state is adopting the new guidance from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention regarding masking. (April 27)
A serial killer known as the “Torso Killer” admitted in a New Jersey court that he kidnapped and raped two teenage girls and murdered them in a hotel room in 1974, closing the mystery of the cold-case deaths. (April 27)
A serial killer known as the “Torso Killer” admitted in a New Jersey court that he kidnapped and raped two teenage girls and murdered them in a hotel room in 1974, closing the mystery of the cold-case deaths. (April 27)
Political leaders in New York called for justice after a 61-year-old Asian man was attacked in Harlem. 61-year-old Yao Pan Ma remained in a coma on Tuesday. (April 27)
Los Angeles police fatally shot a man Tuesday after he allegedly went on a rampage shooting several people, killing two of them, then leading police on a chase that ended in a freeway standoff where he fired at police and was shot and killed.
President Joe Biden touted the latest guidance from health officials Tuesday, suggesting fully vaccinated people don't need to wear masks outdoors. Biden said the new recommendation is "another great reason to go get vaccinated." (April 27)
A top-tier management team and additional air tankers and ground crews have been assigned to a wildfire burning in the Sacramento Mountains of south-central New Mexico, where some residents have been evacuated. (April 27)
Gov. Andrew Cuomo says New York state is adopting the new guidance from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention regarding masking. (April 27)
Smoke billows from dozens of pyres lit inside a parking lot that has been turned into a makeshift crematorium, after India's capital was gripped by a deadly wave of the pandemic that has deluged its hospitals and crematoriums equally. Loved ones filled with grief for their lost family members watch and perform rites as the pyres burn.
The United Nations is hosting what's expected to be three days of informal talks in Geneva on the future of the divided Mediterranean island of Cyprus. Foreign ministers from Greece, Turkey and Britain, will join delegations from the Greek and Turkish-Cypriot communities.
