New York Headlines

• Welder miraculously walks away after car explodes with him inside in quiet NJ suburb

  (by Zoe Hussain for The New York Post 59 minutes ago)
  Residents were woken up by their windows shattering, fences caving in, and pieces of the blasted car careening into their homes on the tree-lined street following the blast.
  
  

• Tension Emerges Among Democratic Socialists Over 2028 Endorsement

  (by Emma Goldberg for The New York Times 2 hours ago)
  A meeting to decide on a plan to back a presidential candidate, most likely Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, turned acrimonious, and a proposal to poll members was rejected.
  
  

• Lying LA sheriff’s deputy who worked as muscle for crypto ‘godfather’ learns fate

  (by Ben Chapman for The New York Post 2 hours ago)
  Scott Allen Simpkins was sentenced to 18 months for obstruction of justice.
  
  
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• California grad student snared in alleged bomb plot after leaving terrifying message in restroom

  (by Justin Choi for The New York Post 2 hours ago)
  The Department of Justice announced that a graduate student in Northern California was arrested after writing hateful and bomb threatening messages at a university on Monday.
  
  

• Trump Says Fighting With Iran Has Resumed as He Orders Blockade and Tolls

  (by Peter Baker for The New York Times 2 hours ago)
  After several days of strikes, the president notified Congress that fighting had begun again and announced shipping fees that his administration previously deemed illegal.
  
  

• Trump’s Strait of Hormuz Fee Could Double the Cost of Shipping

  (by Peter Eavis for The New York Times 4 hours ago)
  The potential expense of a 20 percent charge to move oil and other goods through the strait has stirred concern among shippers.
  
  

• Civics Groups Are at Odds With Mamdani Over Push for Open Primaries

  (by Sally Goldenberg and Jeffery C. Mays for The New York Times 14 hours ago)
  If a new effort to persuade voters to change New York City’s closed primary system gains steam, a potential showdown between its backers and the mayor awaits.
  
  

• Housing or Flood Protection? In Brooklyn, Housing Is Winning.

  (by Hilary Howard for The New York Times 17 hours ago)
  A towering apartment development has been approved for the waterfront, even though some residents would have preferred parkland.
  
  

• Lebanese Hold Fast to Their Land Despite Threat of Long Israeli Occupation

  (by Abdi Latif Dahir and Daniel Berehulak for The New York Times 18 hours ago)
  Entire towns in southern Lebanon have been hollowed out by the war between Israel and Hezbollah. Some residents have stayed, fearing permanent displacement.