The New York City Police Department‘s interim commissioner, Thomas Donlon, revealed that federal authorities raided his home and work Friday. The raid comes just one week after Donlon’s predecessor, Edward Caban, announced his resignation amid a corruption investigation. Donlon announced the raid in a statement through the NYPD. “On Friday, September 20, federal authorities executed […]

Musician Janet Jackson questioned Vice President Kamala Harris’s ethnicity, stating that she had heard Harris is “not black” and instead is of Indian descent. Jackson, the sister of the late Michael Jackson, was promoting her European tour in an interview when she was asked about the 2024 election and her thoughts about the prospect of […]

The budget motel chain Motel 6 is being acquired by the parent company of Oyo, a hotel operator based in India. The New York-based investment firm Blackstone, which owns Motel 6’s parent company G6 Hospitality, announced Friday that the deal would be an all-cash transaction worth $525 million. The transaction will also include the sale […]

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia launched new strikes in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv that hit high-rise apartment buildings, leaving at least 21 wounded in a second consecutive nighttime attack, authorities said. The bombs fell Saturday night on the district of Shevchenkivsky, north of the center of Kharkiv, which is the second-largest Ukrainian city, local Gov. Oleh […]