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California stiffs feds on $20B loan — taxpayers pick up the tab
Deadbeat California lawmakers still haven’t paid off a $20 billion federal loan for unemployment claims during the pandemic — and struggling businesses are picking up the ballooning tab instead. Employers are on the hook for an extra $42 in payroll taxes per employee next year to pay down the massive debt, and that tab will...
Mon, 22 Dec 2025 20:05:16 -0500
Deadbeat California lawmakers still haven’t paid off a $20 billion federal loan for unemployment claims during the pandemic — and struggling businesses are picking up the ballooning tab instead. Employers are on the hook for an extra $42 in payroll taxes per employee next year to pay down the massive debt, and that tab will...
Mon, 22 Dec 2025 20:05:16 -0500
Brown places campus police chief on administrative leave ‘effective immediately’ in wake of deadly shooting
Brown University has placed its troubled police chief on administrative leave "effective immediately" in the wake of the devastating campus shooting that killed two students.
Mon, 22 Dec 2025 19:58:24 -0500
Brown University has placed its troubled police chief on administrative leave "effective immediately" in the wake of the devastating campus shooting that killed two students.
Mon, 22 Dec 2025 19:58:24 -0500
At least 20% of Zohran Mamdani transition committee team linked to radical anti-Zionist groups: ADL
Findings raise questions about vetting process after Mamdani’s director of appointments resigned over antisemitic remarks.
Mon, 22 Dec 2025 19:43:59 -0500
Findings raise questions about vetting process after Mamdani’s director of appointments resigned over antisemitic remarks.
Mon, 22 Dec 2025 19:43:59 -0500
Hochul vetoes bill to recognize Long Island Indian nation as leaders rail that gov ‘just doesn’t get it’
Gov. Kathy Hochul vetoed another bill that would have recognized the sovereignty of a Long Island Native American group — riling tribal leaders who said the Democrat “just doesn’t get it.” Hochul’s move to block the Montaukett Indian Nation from getting official status is the fourth time in a row she has shot down efforts...
Mon, 22 Dec 2025 18:54:38 -0500
Gov. Kathy Hochul vetoed another bill that would have recognized the sovereignty of a Long Island Native American group — riling tribal leaders who said the Democrat “just doesn’t get it.” Hochul’s move to block the Montaukett Indian Nation from getting official status is the fourth time in a row she has shot down efforts...
Mon, 22 Dec 2025 18:54:38 -0500
Florida woman accused of fatally shooting both her ex-husbands in single-day rampage
When investigators said they wished to speak with the woman about her ex-husband, Susan Avalon eerily replied "Which one?", Wells said.
Mon, 22 Dec 2025 18:53:50 -0500
When investigators said they wished to speak with the woman about her ex-husband, Susan Avalon eerily replied "Which one?", Wells said.
Mon, 22 Dec 2025 18:53:50 -0500
Gov. Hochul goes on massive 800-bill spree: Here’s what she approved, nixed for NY to end 2025
She's big on the bills -- and not just her beloved Buffalo Bills.
Mon, 22 Dec 2025 18:42:38 -0500
She's big on the bills -- and not just her beloved Buffalo Bills.
Mon, 22 Dec 2025 18:42:38 -0500
Trump decries the release of embarrassing pics of Bill Clinton with Jeffrey Epstein
President Trump revealed that he does not like the Justice Department's release of embarrassing photos of a half-naked Bill Clinton swimming with late sex predator Jeffrey Epstein's madam, Ghislaine Maxwell.
Mon, 22 Dec 2025 18:32:01 -0500
President Trump revealed that he does not like the Justice Department's release of embarrassing photos of a half-naked Bill Clinton swimming with late sex predator Jeffrey Epstein's madam, Ghislaine Maxwell.
Mon, 22 Dec 2025 18:32:01 -0500
Here are NYC’s top baby names of 2024 — and some may surprise you
The New York City Health Department unveiled its list on Monday.
Mon, 22 Dec 2025 18:27:37 -0500
The New York City Health Department unveiled its list on Monday.
Mon, 22 Dec 2025 18:27:37 -0500
5 people – including 2 firefighters – hurt as massive blaze rips through NYC home: cops
The flames erupted around 2 a.m. inside the three-story wood-frame home on Humboldt Street near Richardson Street in Williamsburg, according to the FDNY.
Mon, 22 Dec 2025 18:19:50 -0500
The flames erupted around 2 a.m. inside the three-story wood-frame home on Humboldt Street near Richardson Street in Williamsburg, according to the FDNY.
Mon, 22 Dec 2025 18:19:50 -0500
LA teens admit to cartel murder-for-hire plot at Chili’s restaurant — they were just 15 years old
The defendants knew if they were caught for that they would not be tried as adults under the laws of the State of California.
Mon, 22 Dec 2025 18:09:18 -0500
The defendants knew if they were caught for that they would not be tried as adults under the laws of the State of California.
Mon, 22 Dec 2025 18:09:18 -0500