HAVANA (AP) — Cuba is preparing to receive its first shipment of Russian oil this year, just days after the government announced it was operat…
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NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. and Israel's war with Iran has thrust the Strait of Hormuz once again into the crosshairs of a geopolitical conflict.
The transit agency in charge of New York City’s subway system has sued the Trump administration. It's claiming breach of contract after the administration withheld almost $60 million in federal funding that was supposed to help build new stations in Manhattan. The lawsuit filed Tuesday by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority is the latest in a series of legal battles between the federal government and officials in New York and New Jersey over funding for transportation infrastructure projects. The Trump administration announced in October a hold on $18 billion in funding for the subway extension as well as a new tunnel beneath the Hudson River, citing a government shutdown.
FILE - Metropolitan Transportation Authority workers are seen during a media tour of subway tunnels built in the 1970s that will be part of the Second Ave Subway expansion project, Nov. 23, 2021, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)
A massive fire broke out on a barge carrying scrap metal on the Delaware Bay. The barge appeared to be floating on the bay as boats on both sides of the barge fired water cannons into the piles of metal. Smoke billowed from several fires that were burning on the boat. It was unclear whether there were any injuries or if shipping traffic in the bay had been impacted.
Commuters, residents and tourists who take to social media during warm months to complain about sweltering subway systems in New York, Boston …
FILE - Passengers wait for the train on a subway platform during a heat wave on June 24, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Olga Fedorova, File)
FILE - A railway worker hands out bottles of water to passengers at King's Cross railway station where there are train cancellations during a heat wave in London, July 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)
FILE - Bottles of water are piled up to give to passengers at King's Cross railway station where trains are cancelled due to the heat in London, July 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)
New rules for taxi drivers in Ocean City are now in effect following approval by the Ocean City Council.