Corky Siemaszko

10 hours ago | nbcnews.com | Owen Skornik Hayes |Corky Siemaszko |Kate Santaliz

May 14, 2025, 4:26 PM EDT WASHINGTON — U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy confirmed Wednesday that the number of flights in and out of Newark Liberty International Airport could be reduced and told lawmakers concerned about the deep staffing cuts to the Federal Aviation Administration: “We can do more with less.” Duffy also said he expects the agency to meet its goal of graduating 2,000 new air traffic controllers this year, but warned that the chronic shortage of controllers will take...

5 days ago | nbcnews.com | Nicole Acevedo |Daniella Silva |Corky Siemaszko

DOLTON, Ill. — The newest Roman Catholic shrine in America has three bedrooms, two baths, a finished basement and used to be the home of newly elected Pope Leo XIV. A day after the Vatican shocked the world by electing Robert Francis Prevost, a Chicago-born cardinal who spent most of his career in Peru, to be the new leader of the Roman Catholic Church, pilgrims have started trickling to the brick bungalow on East 141st Place in suburban Dolton to see where he grew up.

5 days ago | nbcnews.com | Corky Siemaszko

Back in 2019, James Manfredonia and some of his former Little League teammates thought they would finally be able to confront the coach who they allege abused them decades ago when they sued him under New York’s Child Victims Act. Five years later, they have yet to get a trial date, and their lawsuit against Tony Sagona remains in limbo. The Sagona case is no outlier.

6 days ago | nbcnews.com | Corky Siemaszko

For centuries, the leaders of the Roman Catholic Church were largely Italians until a cardinal from Poland was elected pope in 1978 and then succeeded by a German and an Argentine. Now, for the first time, the pope's an American who has taken the name Leo XIV. And he's from the South Side of Chicago, home of the beleaguered White Sox, the Daley political dynasty and, until they decamped for Washington and eventually the White House, Michelle and Barack Obama.

6 days ago | aol.com | Corky Siemaszko

For centuries, the leaders of the Roman Catholic Church were largely Italians until a cardinal from Poland was elected pope in 1978 and then succeeded by a German and an Argentine. Now, for the first time, the pope's an American who has taken the name Leo XIV. And he's from the South Side of Chicago, home of the beleaguered White Sox, the Daley political dynasty and, until they decamped for Washington and eventually the White House, Michelle and Barack Obama.