Day: July 24, 2025

Gov. Kathy Hochul signed “Desha’s Law,” named after a suburban Buffalo teen who collapsed and died while playing basketball at school in 2009. The building had a defibrillator, but no one had the keys to open its case.

Data from 42 major cities indicates robust drops in major crimes, but some metro areas are still hovering above pre-2020 homicide rates.

A mine company says that three workers remain trapped at a gold and copper mine in Western Canada. The company said Thursday that a remote-controlled scoop began removing debris from rockfalls to gain access to them.

An activist group reports that Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces have attacked a village in the southern Kordofan region, killing over 30 people in a two-day offensive.

The Detroit Lions had one of the NFL’s best offensive lines last season. This year is more of a work in progress.

The 47th president, long-bedeviled by bespoke counsels, is now feeling pressure to appoint one to investigate his predecessor.