Ingrid Lewis-Martin, a former top staffer to New York City Mayor Eric Adams, was charged by prosecutors on Thursday with using her power at City Hall to assist a hotel chain with building plans. According to a statement from Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, Lewis-Martin was scheduled to appear in a Manhattan courthouse on Thursday to hear indictments against her, her son Glenn Martin II, and two real estate investors. Lewis-Martin was "engaged in a long-running bribery, money laundering and conspiracy scheme by using her position and authority" in order "illegally influence Department of Buildings and other city decisions in exchange for more than $100,000 in cash and benefits for herself and her son, Glenn Martin II," according to a statement released by Bragg. Before her sudden r...

The Republican who is only behind in the race for the Supreme Court of North Carolina has requested that the court invalidate 60,000 ballots from the election that was held last month. A week after losing a lawsuit before the North Carolina State Board of Elections in which he also attempted to have those ballots thrown out, Jefferson Griffin, a judge on the appeals court, was promoted to the state Supreme Court. Griffin is now only 734 votes behind Democratic Justice Allison Riggs. Griffin's campaign lawyers filed a lawsuit Wednesday night asking the state Supreme Court to reject the current results and prevent the Democratic-controlled elections board from counting nearly 60,000 ballots. On the Supreme Court of North Carolina, Republicans hold a 5-2 majority. Griffin's lawyers stated tha...

The suspect in the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, Luigi Mangione, was flown from Pennsylvania to New York on Thursday afternoon to face charges after he renounced his right to an extradition hearing. After appearing in Blair County, Pennsylvania, on Thursday morning for a preliminary hearing and waiving extradition, Mangione, 26, was taken into the custody of the New York City Police department and transported to New York, where he arrived just after noon. New federal accusations against the suspect were also unveiled on Thursday, including two counts of stalking, murder by firearm, and firearms offense. At 2:00 PM ET, he is scheduled to appear in lower Manhattan court. During his morning hearing in Pennsylvania, Mangione paid close attention and seemed to be smiling with h...

The reason of scores of mysterious fatalities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is being narrowed down by health professionals. Based on preliminary laboratory testing, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned Thursday that a severe strain of malaria is most likely to blame. For weeks, the condition was thought to be a mystery. The Africa CDC reports that it has affected 592 people and killed at least 37. Earlier, local officials told Reuters that more than 140 people had died. While they wait for test results, African health officials have been calling the illness Disease X. Lab testing of samples collected from 51 individuals indicate that a malaria outbreak may be the cause of the infections, the Africa CDC stated Thursday. Malnutrition and confirmed viral infe...

After 28 years behind the anchor's desk, veteran Fox News star Neil Cavuto is leaving, the network said Thursday. He will be saying goodbye at the conclusion of Your World, the afternoon show he has helmed since Fox News debuted in 1996, on this final day. In a statement, the network stated, "We are incredibly proud of Neil Cavuto's incredible 28-year run with Fox News Media. His illustrious career has been a master class in journalism." His shows have shaped corporate news and established industry standards. We send him our warmest regards and wish him well in his upcoming endeavors. Cavuto was a mainstay at the network, hosting a total of 12 hours of programming per week over three shows on Fox News and its sister station, Fox Business Network. The 66-year-old was vice president of Fox ...

The suspect in the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, Luigi Mangione, was flown from Pennsylvania to New York on Thursday afternoon to face charges after he renounced his right to an extradition hearing. Mangione had shown up for a preliminary hearing and to discuss extradition in a Blair County, Pennsylvania, court on Thursday morning. Throughout the almost hour-long hearing, Mangione paid close attention and seemed to be grinning with his lawyer.Instead of sending Mangione back to Huntingdon State Correctional Institution, where he was being imprisoned in Pennsylvania, Judge David Consiglio ordered at the end of the hearing that he be placed under the custody of the New York City Police Department. Following the conclusion of the hearing, the suspect—who was wearing an orange...

According to the Food and Drug Administration, Frito-Lay recalled one of its most well-liked potato chips because it included milk that wasn't disclosed on the label. The FDA said on Wednesday that it is recalling Lay's Classic Potato Chips in Oregon and Washington. Customers may identify the brand from its recognizable brilliant yellow bag. Since potatoes, vegetable oil, and salt are mentioned as ingredients in the chips, it's unclear where the milk contamination occurred. "Those with an allergy or severe sensitivity to milk run the risk of a serious or life-threatening allergic reaction if they consume the recalled product," the notice of recall stated. The 13-ounce bag bearing the manufacture codes 6462307xx or 6463307xx and the "Guaranteed Fresh" date of February 11, 2025, is the subje...

The Food and Drug Administration announced Thursday that it is upholding its previous ruling that the scarcity of tirzepatide, the active component of Eli Lilly's weight-loss and diabetic medications Zepbound and Mounjaro, has ended. Due to the ruling, the majority of compounding pharmacies will have to cease producing the drug's compounded forms within ninety days. The use of compounded tirzepatide has increased dramatically as consumers look for less expensive substitutes for name-brand medications. In essence, compounded drugs are copies created by a certified pharmacist and typically prescribed by a physician. Although pharmaceutical companies have strongly contested the validity of this practice, it is allowed for pharmacists to create compounded copies of brand-name medications that ...

A UCLA student is bringing a medical malpractice lawsuit against several California hospitals and healthcare providers, claiming she was misdiagnosed with gender dysphoria and then hurried onto a path of irreversibly harmful puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and surgery. In a lawsuit filed last week in Los Angeles County Superior Court, Kaya Clementine Breen, 20, claimed that she was sexually abused as a young child and that by the time she was eleven, she was struggling with the idea of becoming a woman and had started to think that life would be simpler if she were a boy. She told her then-school counselor about this, and the counselor informed her that she was transgender and called her parents to confirm this. According to the lawsuit, Breen's parents took her to the Center for Tra...

The Republican who is only behind in the race for the Supreme Court of North Carolina has requested that the court invalidate 60,000 ballots from the election that was held last month. A week after losing a lawsuit before the North Carolina State Board of Elections in which he also attempted to have those ballots thrown out, Jefferson Griffin, a judge on the appeals court, was promoted to the state Supreme Court. Griffin is now only 734 votes behind Democratic Justice Allison Riggs. Griffin's campaign lawyers filed a lawsuit Wednesday night asking the state Supreme Court to reject the current results and prevent the Democratic-controlled elections board from counting nearly 60,000 ballots. On the Supreme Court of North Carolina, Republicans hold a 5-2 majority. Griffin's lawyers stated tha...