New Yorkers collected $2.6 billion in welfare cash payments last year, city data shows

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! New York City doled out more than $2.6 billion in cash assistance to city residents in 2025, a Fox News Digital review of city records showed. The money reached a record 864,999 people, a 30-year high not matched since before former Mayor Rudy Giuliani instituted major welfare … Read more

NYC helicopter that crashed, killed 6 last year showed signs of a bird strike: NTSB

The remains of several geese were found on the wreckage of a sightseeing helicopter that crashed into the Hudson River last year in New York City and killed 6 people, investigators said Thursday. The National Transportation Safety Board described evidence and witness reports that suggest the helicopter struck several birds before it plummeted into the … Read more

Deadly New York helicopter crash in Hudson River last year most likely caused by bird strike, NTSB says

A bird strike most likely caused the helicopter crash in the Hudson River that killed six people near New York City last year, according to a National Transportation Safety Board report released Thursday. The NTSB found bird remains in the wreckage of the Bell 206L-4 helicopter and the surrounding area. A family of five from … Read more

Foreclosure filings surged 21% this year. Here are the states where they are rising fastest.

Foreclosures across the U.S. ballooned in the first half of the year, a sign of the increasing financial strain facing the nation’s homeowners. Foreclosure filings reached nearly 228,000 from January to June, up 21% from a year ago and 28% from two years ago, according to data released Thursday from real estate data company ATTOM. … Read more

U.S. citizen departs Iran after being barred from leaving for over a year

A U.S.-Iran dual citizen who was trapped in Iran on allegations of espionage and collaborating with a hostile state has departed the country, CBS News learned Wednesday. The woman, Dena Karari, had been unable to leave Iran since December 2024 due to “bogus charges,” her attorney, Jared Genser, wrote on social media. Genser announced late … Read more

United Airlines anticipates $6 billion in added fuel costs this year

United Airlines on Wednesday said it expects to spend an additional $6 billion on jet fuel, the second-highest cost for airlines after labor, this year, based on Tuesday’s crude oil prices.  The airline said in its second-quarter earnings release that it had already spent an extra $2.3 billion on fuel in the second quarter, or … Read more

Harbor seal pup shot in head, third incident in less than a year, Washington state wildlife hospital says

A three-week-old male harbor seal is in critical but stable condition and undergoing treatment at a Washington state wildlife rehabilitation center after being shot in the head, according to a wildlife hospital.  This is the third marine mammal the Sea Life Response, Rehab and Research team in Des Moines, Washington has treated in less than … Read more

1 year after Supreme Court limited use of nationwide injunctions, groups challenging Trump see shifting legal landscape

Washington — Last summer, as President Trump’s administration faced an onslaught of legal challenges to many of its policies, the Supreme Court issued a landmark decision that curbed the ability of federal judges to issue sweeping orders that blocked enforcement of Mr. Trump’s plans across the nation. The practice of these nationwide injunctions, which extended … Read more