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Chuck Negron, a founding member of the soul-rock sensations Three Dog Night, has died. Negron sang lead on such hits as “One” and “Just an Old Fashioned Love Song” and hollered the immortal opening ...

Eddie Bauer will be closing its doors at the Empire Mall. The store is closing all of their locations after filing for ...

On Groundhog Day 2025, Punxsutawney Phil predicted six more weeks of winter after seeing his shadow at Gobbler’s Knob. Staten ...

In 2016, as then-presidential candidate Donald Trump vowed that U.S. troops would carry out even his most extreme battlefield orders as commander in chief — some of which former military ...

Alice Cooper has revealed a star-studded partial lineup for Coopstock 2026, his annual fundraiser in Phoenix. Here's ...

A pervy Brooklyn day care teacher allegedly molested four young girls in his care over an 18-month period, prosecutors said – ...

National Pizza Day is Feb. 9, and several pizza chains are offering deals on pies in honor of the national celebration.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The Staten Island Zoo, West Brighton, will welcome the public to its annual Groundhog Day ceremony on Monday, Feb. 2, when Staten Island Chuck emerges to predict whether spring ...

Senate Democrats blocked a measure to fund the Department of Homeland Security as lawmakers remained locked in a standoff that could shut down the agency this weekend. The bill contained none of the ...

Federal funding of the $16 billion Gateway rail tunnel under the Hudson River will begin to flow again late on Friday, lawyers for the Trump administration told a federal judge, ending a four-month ...

National Pizza Day 2026 brings discounts and special deals from Pizza Hut, 7-Eleven, California Pizza Kitchen, Chuck E. Cheese, and more across the US on February 9 ...