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Navigating the landscape of online dating can sometimes feel like learning a new language — and in a lot of ways, it is. Like most people browsing dating websites and apps, you’ve probably found yourself Googling terms like “ghosting” or acronyms like “DTR” and “ENM.” Since when did everything become…

Add Manhattan U.S. Attorney Damian Williams to the list of those who demand that the federal courts appoint a receiver to run Rikers Island. That was his conclusion on Monday, as the problems at the city jail keep piling up.

Donald Trump and his allies are pledging to remake the presidency if he is elected again, giving him and the office more authority than it has ever had and certainly far more than the framers of the US Constitution envisioned.

While President Joe Biden’s new student loan relief program for 804,000 borrowers won’t assist anywhere near the 26 million Americans he had been aiming for with his previous plan, this one is seemingly fully legal and won’t be knocked down by the Supreme Court. And instead of eliminating more than…

With the costs of Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine already exceeding $500 billion, some Western governments are pushing to use frozen Russian assets to pay for an eventual reconstruction. The moral case for holding Putin accountable is clear. Unilaterally diverting Russian assets to Ukraine at this stage, however, would create…

A man who tried to march with Las Vegas police at a Black Lives Matter protest in 2020 has pleaded guilty in federal court to false impersonation of an officer.

LAS VEGAS -- Brakes hiss, windows shake, panels crackle and passengers jolt backward when the chilled vehicles take off from stops scattered throughout the Las Vegas Valley.