Washington — Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines convened a top-level meeting late last week to discuss the intelligence community’s efforts to uncover the cause of the mysterious illness known as “Havana Syndrome.” But even after months of intensified effort by multiple government agencies, evidence pinpointing the origin of the …

A man has been arrested in the hit-and-run death of actress Lisa Banes, New York City police said Friday. Brian Boyd, 26, was charged with leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death and with failure to yield to a pedestrian. On June 4, police said Banes attempted to …

Washington — The Senate is slowly inching closer to a final vote on the roughly $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill, as debate on amendments to the proposal continues and Republicans urge their Democratic colleagues not to move too quickly. The Senate has so far considered eight amendments to the plan, …

Former President Trump in late December spoke with top Justice Department officials about the 2020 presidential election and told them to “just say the election was corrupt and to leave the rest to me” and Republicans in Congress, according to notes taken by then-acting Deputy Attorney General Richard Donoghue.  Donoghue’s …

Washington — Republicans working on the bipartisan infrastructure deal rebuffed an offer from their Democratic counterparts and the White House to address the remaining issues in the talks, according to a GOP source familiar with the discussions, with negotiations over the details of the nearly $600 billion plan growing tenuous. …

Britney Spears scored a major victory this week in the fight to end her conservatorship when a judge approved her bid to hire her own legal counsel for the first time since 2008. Spears, 39, has called the legal arrangement abusive and now faces the tough task of convincing the …

President Biden hailed the moment as historic as the families of nearly 60 million children are receiving roughly $15 billion in the first monthly payments of the advanced Child Tax Credit. President Biden and Democratic lawmakers hope the money, part of the latest round of COVID-19 pandemic relief passed earlier …

With a high percentage of American adults fully vaccinated and coronavirus restrictions easing up nationwide, the travel industry is kicking into high gear for the summer. Planes are overbooked, hotels are hiking their prices and the service industry is struggling to rehire employees who are demanding higher wages. “This summer …

Essential Quality has won the 2021 Belmont Stakes, finishing off this year’s Triple Crown races. Essential Quality came into the race as the favorite at 9-5 odds while Rombauer, the Preakness Stakes winner, was given 6-1 odds just prior to post time. The Belmont Stakes resumed its usual place as …

The New York Racing Association on Monday announced it is temporarily suspending trainer Bob Baffert. The suspension will prevent Baffert from entering horses in the Belmont Stakes, the final leg of the Triple Crown. “In order to maintain a successful thoroughbred racing industry in New York, NYRA must protect the …