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Jake Offenhartz

Miroslav Koubek, right, head coach of the Czechia men's national soccer team, poses for a selfie with a supporter during a public training session, Saturday, June 6, 2026, in Mansfield, Texas, ahead of the World Cup soccer tournament. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
June 7, 2026, 8:14 am
Massive US security op prepares to take on unprecedented World Cup challenges
A legion of federal agencies to deploy high-tech methods, including robot sniffer-dogs to counter threats, while drones and AI misinformation are among biggest concerns
By Jake Offenhartz, Michael R. Sisak and Rebecca Santana
Police detain Emir Balat after he attempted to detonate an improvised explosive device during a counterprotest against far right influencer Jake Lang staging an anti-Islam protest outside Gracie Mansion, March 7, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Julius Constantine Motal)
March 9, 2026, 9:42 pm
Men who threw explosives at NYC protest cited ISIS as inspiration, police tell court
Emir Balat, Ibrahim Kayumi charged with attempting to provide material support to a terrorist org, using weapon of mass destruction
By Jake Offenhartz and Michael R. Sisak
New York City Mayor Eric Adams speaks to the media in City Hall, New York City, December 15, 2025. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
January 16, 2026, 12:38 pm
Ex-NYC Mayor Eric Adams’ new cryptocurrency loses 75% of value within a day
Insiders say Adams’s former adviser Frank Carone and real estate investor Yosef Sefi Zvieli involved in NYC Token; some experts say rollout looked like ‘rug pull’
By Jake Offenhartz
New York City Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani speaks at the Islamic Cultural Center of the Bronx mosque in New York on Friday, October 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey)
October 25, 2025, 7:56 am
Mamdani defends Muslim identity against ‘baseless’ attacks by Cuomo and others
Candidate accuses opponents of leaning into Islamophobia, says Muslim New Yorkers have long faced indignities, cites his aunt’s decision not to ride the subway after the September 11 attacks
By Jake Offenhartz
Protesters confront police on the 101 Freeway near the Metropolitan Detention Center of downtown Los Angeles, June 8, 2025. (Jae C. Hong/AP)
June 9, 2025, 11:40 am
Violent protests in Los Angeles after Trump deploys National Guard on streets
Thousands demonstrate, blocking major highway and setting self-driving cars on fire; US president urges local police to make more arrests and ‘bring in the troops’
By JASON DEAREN, jaimie ding and Jake Offenhartz
Michail Chkhikvishvili (US Department of Justice)
May 24, 2025, 5:18 pm
US extradites neo-Nazi ‘murder cult’ leader from Moldova over plot targeting NYC Jews
Michail Chkhikvishvili, a Georgian who leads the Maniac Murder Cult, faces charges for allegedly ordering poisoned candy be handed out to Jewish kids and racial minorities
By Jake Offenhartz
Mohsen Mahdawi, center, holds a photo of Mahmoud Khalil while posing for a photo with demonstrators outside the gates of Columbia University after graduating, Monday, May 19, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Jake Offenhartz)
May 20, 2025, 4:23 am
Freed from ICE custody, Palestinian activist graduates from Columbia to cheers
Mahdawi Mahdawi joins post-commencement ceremony vigil outside university’s gates, raising photograph of his classmate Mahmoud Khalil, who remains in federal custody
By Jake Offenhartz
Pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel protesters gather near an area where people were being taken into custody near Columbia University campus in New York, April 30, 2024. (AP/Craig Ruttle)
May 3, 2025, 4:17 pm
Palestinian protester’s US deportation case cites internal record shared by NYPD
Legal experts accuse police of violating city law barring cooperation with federal immigration authorities by providing arrest record of Leqaa Kordia at anti-Israel rally last year
By Jake Offenhartz
This 2024 photo provided by John Santoro shows, from left, Dr. Michael Groff, Karenna Groff, Dr. Joy Saini, and James Santoro. (Courtesy John Santoro via AP)
April 14, 2025, 3:19 pm
NY plane crash victims named as family heading to Passover, birthday celebrations
Karenna Groff, who received 2022 prestigious NCAA Woman of the Year award, killed along with her partner, physician parents, brother and his partner as they headed to the Catskills
By Jake Offenhartz
Harvey Weinstein appears in criminal court in New York, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. (Jeenah Moon/Pool Photo via AP)
December 3, 2024, 3:05 am
Harvey Weinstein hospitalized after ‘alarming blood test’ while awaiting retrial
Lawyer for disgraced movie mogul claims ‘deprivation of care’ at notorious NYC jail facility
By Jake Offenhartz
New York City mayor Eric Adams speaks to members of the press at a news conference in New York, Monday, September 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
September 26, 2024, 9:53 am
New York mayor Eric Adams indicted, charges to be unveiled Thursday
Leader of largest US city says he will remain in office throughout expected prosecution following sprawling FBI probe, dismisses allegations as ‘entirely false, based on lies’
By Jake Offenhartz, Larry Neumeister and ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE
Tents erected at the pro-Palestinian demonstration encampment at Columbia University in New York, April 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah)
September 3, 2024, 9:19 pm
Columbia students return to campus as anti-Israel activists vow to restart protests
Graduate student Mahmoud Khalil says ‘the limit is the sky’ for student resistance, as classes resume following resignation of president, antisemitism report, new protest guidelines
By Jake Offenhartz
Former US President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media before entering the courtroom with his attorney Todd Blanche at Manhattan Criminal Court on May 20, 2024 in New York. (Michael M. Santiago/Pool Photo via AP)
May 20, 2024, 6:15 pm
Cohen back on stand in Trump trial, with closing arguments expected May 28
Prosecution set to rest its case in former US president’s hush money trial after more than four weeks, as his former fixer returns for further cross-examination
By Michael R. Sisak, Jennifer Peltz, Jake Offenhartz and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER
File: Donald Trump, left, and his then-attorney Michael Cohen (right) are pictured at a stop at the Roundabout Diner, April 27, 2011, in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)
May 13, 2024, 12:22 pm
Star witness Michael Cohen to take stand in critical moment at Trump trial
Ex-US president’s fixer-turned-foe set to testify about hush money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels; prosecutors say reimbursements he got were falsely labeled legal expenses
By Michael R. Sisak, Jennifer Peltz, Eric Tucker and Jake Offenhartz
Illustrative: Police face pro-Palestinian and anti-Israel demonstrators near the Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, on May 6, 2024 in New York. (CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP)
May 9, 2024, 9:16 pm
Cousin of extremist rabbi Kahane charged for allegedly ramming woman at NY anti-Israel protest; Update: Charges dismissed
Police say Reuven Kahane drove car into safety marshal, who was lightly hurt in NYC incident; Kahane denies links to cousin’s Jewish Defense League, calls his politics ‘pro-peace’
By Jake Offenhartz
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