A t least two people died Thursday in flooded basements after record rainfall in parts of New York City that also deluged some streets and subway stations, according to police. The New York Police Department confirmed the two deaths to ABC News.

Patrick Mahomes has made enough trips to Buffalo to know he and the Kansas City Chiefs shouldn’t expect a warm welcome from Bills fans on Sunday. “They don’t like us,” Mahomes said. Can you blame them?

Federal officials allege Maryland State Sen. Dalya Attar was involved in an extortion conspiracy to silence two people from detracting from or negatively influencing her election campaigns. The Baltimore Democrat representing District 41 was indicted on eight charges on Oct.

President Donald Trump raised questions Wednesday night about a decades-old U.S. prohibition on testing its nuclear weapons by detonating them, a prospect which experts say is dangerous to populations and would open a door for adversaries to test and sharpen their most powerful weapons.

American farmers welcomed China's promise to buy some of their soybeans, but they cautioned this won't solve all their problems as they continue to deal with soaring prices for fertilizer, tractors, repair parts and seeds.

Former FBI Director James Comey is arguing his testimony in response to Sen. Ted Cruz's questions was "literally true" and cannot support a conviction.

"His use of the phrase ‘nuclear tests’ suggests actual nuclear detonations, whereas the call for tests ‘on an equal basis’ to Russia and China would be tests of nuclear weapons delivery systems. This is a major difference, and clarification by the administration is urgently needed," she said.

A federal judge in Boston on Thursday seemed skeptical of the Trump's administration's argument that SNAP benefits could be suspended for the first time in the food aid program's history because of the government shutdown.