Los Angeles Times
White House wanted live bombs launched at celebration
A person familiar with event plan says Trump wanted explosions, not just a ‘big splash.’
4 min |
October 30, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Freed decades later, he faces deportation
After waiting more than four decades to clear his name in a friend’s 1980 killing, Subramanyam Vedam was set to walk free from a Pennsylvania prison this month.
3 min |
October 30, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Plan to cull owls creates odd political bedfellows
Timber industry joins environmentalists in pushing for the effort in Oregon to proceed.
4 min |
October 30, 2025
Los Angeles Times
U.S. scales back troops on NATO’s eastern flank
Army confirms move but denies decreasing presence marks sign of lessened commitment.
3 min |
October 30, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Hulu + Live TV folded into Fubo
Disney’s 70% interest in channel creates the nation’s sixth-largest pay-T'V service.
1 min |
October 30, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Trump scores golden gifts as U.S., S. Korea advance trade talks
The United States and South Korea advanced trade talks Wednesday, addressing details of $350 billion that would be invested in the American economy, after negotiations and ceremonies that included the presentation of a gold medal and crown to President Trump.
4 min |
October 30, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Militia reportedly kills hundreds at hospital in Sudan
Sudan’s paramilitary forces killed hundreds of people, including patients in a hospital, after seizing the city of El Fasher in the western Darfur region over the weekend, according to the United Nations, displaced residents and aid workers, who gave harrowing details of atrocities.
4 min |
October 30, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Israel says ceasefire back on after deadly strikes
Israel's military said Wednesday that the ceasefire was back on in Gaza after it carried out heavy airstrikes overnight across the Palestinian territory that killed 104 people, including 66 women and children, according to local health officials.
5 min |
October 30, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Dozens dead in wake of Melissa
Extent of damage of Category 5 hurricane unclear amid outages, dangerous conditions.
3 min |
October 30, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Nobel winner’s U.S. visa revoked
Author Wole Soyinka of Nigeria says he had recently compared Trump to Idi Amin.
1 min |
October 30, 2025
New York Amsterdam News
Seton Hall women's basketball brings fresh energy and high expectations
Seton Hall University women’s basketball kicks off its season tonight with an exhibition game on home court vs Thomas Jefferson. The 2024-25 season included postseason action in the WBIT, so this year's goal is to do better and earn a return trip to the NCAA Division I Tournament.
1 min |
October 30, 2025
New York Amsterdam News
Hurricane Melissa strikes Jamaica leaving most of the island without power, unknown death toll
Jamaica is trying to keep people and property safe from further harm while the strongest hurricane to hit the Caribbean island in a generation leaves devastation in its wake.
3 min |
October 30, 2025
New York Amsterdam News
Misty Copeland's farewell performance — and a career that opens doors
Perhaps it was the fact that this was a historic event and Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall was filled with over a thousand excited and fidgety youngsters who had come to see the farewell performance of Misty Copeland, American Ballet Theatre's (ABT) first Black female principal since it was founded in 1940, but the theater was electric.
3 min |
October 30, 2025
New York Amsterdam News
Highly anticipated UFC heavyweight clash prompts immediate rematch
In one of the most anticipated combat sports matchups of the year, UFC heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall clashed with Frenchman Ciryl Gane at UFC 321 this past Saturday at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi — but only for four minutes and 35 seconds.
1 min |
October 30, 2025
New York Amsterdam News
Harlem's diverse senior Honeys and Bears just keep swimming
\"It's really a combination of team and family,\" says coach Oliver Foote (Foo-tay).
3 min |
October 30, 2025
New York Amsterdam News
Mamdani's offer to retain Commissioner Tisch concerns some long-time proponents
Mayoral hopeful Zohran Mamdani wants Jessica Tisch to remain as NYPD Commissioner under his potential administration. He broadcast those intentions during the final debate last Wednesday, Oct. 22.
6 min |
October 30, 2025
New York Amsterdam News
The Stars of New York Dance are champions for children
As the curtain rises during The Stars of New York Dance competition, Cheryl Todmann hopes you will be in Brooklyn sitting in The Theater at City Tech.
4 min |
October 30, 2025
New York Amsterdam News
What to know as federal food help and preschool aid will run dry Saturday if shutdown persists
A new lawsuit by Democratic state officials Tuesday seeks to uncork emergency money to help tens of millions of Americans keep buying food for their families after federal SNAP funding is expected to run dry Saturday due to the U.S. government shutdown.
3 min |
October 30, 2025
New York Amsterdam News
Federal judge indefinitely blocks firing of federal employees during shutdown
U.S. District Court Judge Susan Illston has extended her order stopping the Trump administration from firing federal workers because of the government shutdown.
2 min |
October 30, 2025
New York Amsterdam News
The Knicks encounter obstacles on their first road trip of the season
The road has been unkind for the Knicks to start this season.
2 min |
October 30, 2025
New York Amsterdam News
Elevate soup season with a warming, inviting, and plentiful classic
With soup season upon us, it's time to grab your favorite bowl and get ready to ladle out some deliciousness.
1 min |
October 30, 2025
New York Amsterdam News
Caribbean leaders ask to mediate U.S.-Venezuela conflict
Giving clear indications that they think war between the U.S. and Venezuela is imminent, Caribbean leaders offered themselves as 11th hour mediators at the weekend, saying military conflict will seriously affect the region.
3 min |
October 30, 2025
New York Amsterdam News
'Ragtime' is spectacularly sublime!
\"Ragtime\" is a spectacular — and incredibly timely — musical story of three families going after the American dream at the turn of the 20th century, and what that dream looks like for each family.
3 min |
October 30, 2025
New York Amsterdam News
Trump admin must restore mental health grants for schools, ruling says
The Trump administration must release millions of dollars in grants meant to address the shortage of mental health workers in schools, a federal judge ruled Monday.
1 min |
October 30, 2025
New York Amsterdam News
Early voting brings New Yorkers out as campaign enters home stretch
Early voting kicked off with a bang last weekend, bringing in an impressive number of voters in a few days compared to the 2021 mayoral election.
2 min |
October 30, 2025
New York Amsterdam News
One-on-one: Zohran Mamdani makes his case for Black New Yorkers' votes
If Zohran Mamdani, according to the demographic breakdown of the Democratic party primary, is struggling to win over Black voters in advance of the New York City general elections, it wasn’t immediately obvious on one particular sunny day on Nostrand Avenue, in the heart of largely Caribbean central Brooklyn.
8 min |
October 30, 2025
New York Amsterdam News
Black churches lead the charge on climate justice
At this year's Green the Church summit in Atlanta, the message was clear: The climate crisis is already here, and Black folks are bearing the brunt of its devastation.
3 min |
October 30, 2025
New York Amsterdam News
Disgraced lawyer Solny not sentenced yet for housing scams targeting Black New Yorkers
Sanford Solny, the disbarred attorney convicted of stealing 11 properties from predominantly Black and Brown homeowners facing foreclosure, appeared in a Downtown Brooklyn courtroom on Oct. 22, for his scheduled sentencing but he has not been sentenced for his crimes — yet.
3 min |
October 30, 2025
New York Amsterdam News
Crossing the line? Islamophobia marks the NYC mayoral race
With Election Day around the corner, New York City's mayoral race swerved heavily into islamophobic rhetoric over the past several days with Republicans taking serious shots at mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani because of his Muslim identity.
4 min |
October 30, 2025
New York Amsterdam News
Kai Cogsville and Defend Harlem are leading the charge against housing inequity
Kai Cogsville was born and bred in Harlem's Sugar Hill section. He's seen the evolution of his neighborhood, and says there is no community in the world like it.
3 min |