FBI, U.S. attorney in Brooklyn probing Cuomo administration on nursing homes  —  Investigation is in its early stages; no allegations of wrongdoing have been made  —  ALBANY — The FBI and the U.S. attorney's office in Brooklyn have launched an investigation that is examining, at least in part …

Rush Limbaugh, Bigoted King Of Talk Radio, Dies At 70  —  Limbaugh saturated America's airwaves with cruelty and conspiracies, amassing millions of listeners and transforming the Republican Party.  —  Rush Limbaugh, a talk radio pioneer who saturated America's airwaves with cruel bigotries …

Stop dripping your faucets: Texas officials say the state's water supply is at risk  —  After enduring multiple days of freezing temperatures and Texans dripping faucets to prevent frozen pipes from bursting, cities across the state warned Wednesday that water levels are dangerously low, and it may be unsafe to drink.

Perry says Texans willing to suffer blackouts to keep feds out of power market  —  WASHINGTON - Former Texas governor Rick Perry suggests that going days without power is a sacrifice Texans should be willing to make if it means keeping federal regulators out of the state's power grid.

Trump-McConnell rift threatens GOP's Senate hopes  —  Republicans are starting their life in the Senate minority mired in a civil war over the future of the GOP and former President Donald Trump's role in the party.  —  Trump's scathing attack on Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell Tuesday exposed rifts …

The ‘audacious lie’ behind a hedge fund's promise to sustain local journalism  —  When Alden Global Capital announced Tuesday that it was positioned to buy the Chicago Tribune and several other major newspapers, its statement might have sounded promising.  —  But only if you knew nothing …

'I wouldn't be complaining.' Gov. DeSantis threatens to pull coronavirus vaccine from communities that criticize distribution  —  Gov. Ron DeSantis suggested Wednesday that he would divert COVID-19 vaccines from communities that criticize his distribution methods, sparking complaints that he is playing politics with lifesaving medicine.

Allegations of sexist cyberstalking by Trump's top advisor roils secretive paternity case  —  The key advisor in Donald Trump's post-presidency is an often-deadbeat dad who just sent a grave threat to opposing counsel, upending the extraordinarily lengthy Florida paternity case he's spending a fortune to fight.

Changes to Sharing and Viewing News on Facebook in Australia  —  In response to Australia's proposed new Media Bargaining law, Facebook will restrict publishers and people in Australia from sharing or viewing Australian and international news content.  —  The proposed law fundamentally misunderstands …

Here's What Trump Said When Asked If He's Running for President  —  On Wednesday, former President Donald Trump gave his first interviews since leaving the White House.  While the former president discussed the remarkable life of radio legend and conservative icon Rush Limbaugh …

Theranos Lab Chief Says He Found Blood-Testing Technology Didn't Work  —  Kingshuk Das is expected to testify at Elizabeth Holmes's fraud trial that he faced pushback over concerns he raised  —  Theranos Inc.'s laboratory director in the company's final years is expected to testify …

Statues of four U.S. presidents among 41 under the microscope by Chicago committee  —  Mayor Lori Lightfoot is confronting the “hard truths of Chicago's racial history,” launching a public process to review the fate of 41 statues and other monuments, including some of former presidents Abraham Lincoln …

Federal Judge Dismisses Devin Nunes Aide's Lawsuit Against CNN  —  A federal judge the District of Maryland on Wednesday threw out a lawsuit that Rep. Devin Nunes's senior aide Derek Harvey filed against CNN, former Rudy Giuliani business associate Lev Parnas, and Parnas's lawyer Joseph Bondy.

Sean Hannity's private plane and the Wake Forest tennis team: A morality fable  —  But Hannity's own jet has an intriguing history  —  During a broadcast about two weeks ago, Fox News personality Sean Hannity seized on a favorite trope, saying that former Secretary of State John Kerry …

Trump Avoids Mentioning Dominion, Smartmatic During Right-Wing Media Whinefest  —  Trump has recently been reminded that he shouldn't mention Dominion Voting Systems or Smartmatic during new media interviews, according to a source familiar with the matter.  —  Former President Donald Trump kicked off …

Study: Biden's $1.9 Trillion Stimulus Bill Will Devastate the Economy  —  Conventional wisdom dictates that if the government pumps a lot of money into the economy it will bloom and blossom like a flower getting water and grow and grow and grow.  —  It's the basis of modern liberal economic thinking and has been since the New Deal.

UCLA student with extremist views who FBI says sat in Pence's chair is charged in Capitol riot  —  A UCLA student who posted white supremacist views online and founded an ultra-right campus organization has been charged with federal crimes for his alleged role in the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol insurrection.

Superintendent candidate Deborah Kerr deletes account after tweets about her experience with the N-word  —  Shortly before polls closed Tuesday night, Wisconsin schools superintendent candidate Deborah Kerr replied to a viral Twitter prompt about the N-word.

As millions remain without power amid more snow and ice, blame and questions mount  —  SAN ANTONIO — A second winter storm swept through the southern United States on Wednesday, another blow to a region where at least 18 people have died and millions remain without power …