WOODLAND PARK, NJ — New Jersey Transit trains will begin operating again after the agency reached a deal with striking rail engineers on wage increases, the engineers' union said, ending a three-day work stoppage that affected about 350,000 passengers.
At least 32 people were killed in Kentucky, Missouri and Virginia after storms and tornadoes tore through the region as part of an extreme weather outbreak on May 16, "leaving behind a trail of destruction," authorities said.
The toll includes at least 23 dead in Kentucky and seven in Missouri, authorities there said. The number of fatalities was expected to continue increasing, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said.
The 2025 Preakness Stakes featured a field of nine horses competing on a dirt track at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore for a distance of 1 3/16 miles, all vying for the prestigious Middle Jewel title.
A Mexican Navy training sailing ship crashed into the Brooklyn Bridge on May 17, shearing the top of its masts and causing 19 injuries, authorities said.
New York Mayor Eric Adams said at a press conference that four people had serious injuries. All of the injuries happened on the ship, authorities said. The New York Police Department said to avoid the bridge.
NEW ORLEANS — Nine inmates - some of them charged with murder - escaped a jail in New Orleans and remain on the loose as authorities investigate whether any guards were in on the jailbreak plot.
A total of 10 inmates escaped from jail in Orleans Parish at around 1 a.m. on Friday, Sheriff Susan Hutson told reporters. One inmate – Kendall Myles – was caught in the French Quarter, but the other nine men remain on the run.
Officials suspect the group had help from jail staff.
WASHINGTON −The Supreme Court on May 16 continued to block the Trump administration from using a 1798 wartime law to deport a group of Venezuelan migrants who said they had not been given a real chance to contest their removal.
In an unsigned opinion with two noted dissents, the court said the migrants haven’t had enough time or information to protect their rights. That’s particularly important, the court said, because the administration asserts in another case that it’s not able to bring back a man who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador.
PALMYRA — A Republican primary candidate for Palmyra mayor was arrested Thursday for allegedly crashing a truck into a house while driving under the influence, according to the Western Lebanon Regional Police Department.
At 8:12 p.m., officers were dispatched to the 400 block of North Railroad Street and saw 10 people standing outside the crash site. According to court documents, Kevin Yiengst’s vehicle, a white GMC Sierra pickup truck, had heavy front end damage after crashing into a house at the North Railroad/Willow Street intersection.
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro’s administration believes shutting down two state prisons could save more than $100 million per year in taxpayer funds, avert the need for costly upgrades and plug staffing gaps across the commonwealth’s corrections system.
Over the past 15 years, a decline in the commonwealth’s incarcerated population has freed up space in prisons, and officials say paying for this unneeded capacity isn’t the best stewardship of public dollars.
WASHINGTON − The Trump administration on May 15 tried to convince the Supreme Court to let it broadly enforce the president’s new rules ending birthright citizenship for some, even though multiple lower courts have said his executive order is probably unconstitutional.
John Sauer, President Donald Trump’s solicitor general, told the justices it’s “extremely urgent” that the court limit judges’ ability to pause the president’s policies while they’re being litigated.
U.S. stocks erased early losses to climb and close mostly higher, with the broad S&P 500 extending its winning streak to four days as investors feel increasingly bullish after data showed consumers are still hanging in despite headwinds.
April retail sales edged up 0.1%, better than estimates for unchanged and on the heels of March’s revised 1.7% jump, which was the biggest monthly surge since early 2023. Retail sales data are seen as a gauge of how consumers are dealing with tariff fears and economic uncertainty.