City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito on Wednesday likened the Trump administration’s handling of immigration enforcement to “ethnic cleansing” — a term frequently associated with genocide. At a Council oversight hearing on the city’s response to the Trump’s administration immigration policies, Mark-Viverito echoed a Cardozo Law School professor’s use of the charged term. “I think you...
In the middle of a recent showing of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus’ production of “Out of This World” in Brooklyn, A.J. Silver (né Angelo Iodice) happily declared, “The circus is America.” As a professional cowboy performer hailing from the Bronx and a longtime circus veteran himself, he knows what he’s talking about....
It looks like basketball fans are more excited about March Madness than usual this year. The National Collegiate Athletic Association tournament begins this week as 68 teams compete for the chance to win the championship; the final two teams will play for the title on April 3. Americans are expected to wager $10.4 billion on...
The images aren’t nude photographs, but instead show the "Beauty and the Beast" star trying on clothes.
Their son, Amiir, was born with Pfeiffer syndrome type 2, a genetic disorder.
ORLANDO, Fla. — Give Rory McIlroy a hand for his candor. McIlroy teed off on Muirfield, the Scottish venue that finally voted Tuesday to invite women as members after the Royal & Ancient told the club last year it would be left out of the British Open rotation unless it stopped excluding women. “Muirfield wouldn’t be...
Eating food that has fallen on the floor is safe even if you exceed the “five-second rule,” a study found. Scientists say people should not worry about contamination as long as there is “no visible dirt.” They found the amount of germs transferred varies according to the type of food that is dropped and the...
The Federal Reserve raised interest rates by quarter of a point to 0.75% on Wednesday, the third time the central bank has hiked in a decade as prices continue to rise across the US and the economy grows at a moderate pace. This is the second time the Fed has raised rates in the last...
The Jets lost to the Patriots again. Free-agent linebacker Dont’a Hightower chose to return to New England on Wednesday rather than sign with the Jets, who had pursued him. Hightower got a four-year, $43.5 million deal with $19 million guaranteed from the Patriots. It was believed the Jets were offering more than $12 million per year,...
Iman Shumpert didn’t know he was in basketball hell until he stepped into heaven. The former Knicks guard initially felt sad when he was dumped during the 2014-15 season. “I was hurt when I got traded,” Shumpert told HoopsHype, which interviewed numerous players on how it feels to be traded at mid-season. “It was a deflating feeling,...
Madonna last year accused one of her former trainers of sleeping with her boyfriend.
The actress posted an Instagram on Wednesday of her and her new husband, David Rooklin.
Henn na Hotel, the second hotel staffed by robots, opened in Japan near the Tokyo Disney Resort. Along with washing windows, vacuuming and carrying luggage, the robots at the reception desk speak Japanese, English, Chinese and Korean. The company plans to launch 100 more hotels in the next five years.
The US women’s hockey team is threatening to boycott the upcoming world championships on home ice over a wage dispute with USA Hockey. The team announced Wednesday they will not participate in the International Ice Hockey Federation tournament that begins March 31 in Plymouth, Mich., in which they are the defending champions. Players say they...
The man who was abandoned by his brother after a devastating car crash over the weekend in Queens has died of his injuries — and police are still trying to track down his sibling, police said Wednesday. Angel Camacho, 21, was riding shotgun in a 2008 Acura sedan driven by his brother Aiden, 19, when...
A retired Navy admiral charged along with eight military officers with corruption in the “Fat Leonard” bribery case hosted and paid for a lavish sex party in the MacArthur Suite of the Manila Hotel in the Philippines — and used “historical memorabilia” in the room during sex acts, according to a 78-page federal indictment. Rear...
The 20-year-old model sometimes attends Bible study claims it's not the "hand-on-the-head, you pass out, weird kind of stuff.”
RALEIGH, N.C. — The Islanders were in danger of losing what their interim coach called a must-win game — until they came up with two rapid-fire goals, then set up their captain for the winner. John Tavares scored 34 seconds into overtime, and the Islanders beat the Carolina Hurricanes 3-2 on Tuesday night. Joshua Ho-Sang...
A young girl at a Missouri zoo learned firsthand that while polar bears may seem cute and friendly, they’re still dangerous animals. While the child was watching the bear swim, she held up her new stuffed penguin toy, which caused the animal to bang its head against the glass partition in a very aggressive manner.
An unidentified woman travelling from Beijing to Melbourne last month reportedly suffered from burns on her face and hand after her headphones exploded on her face. The Sydney Morning Herald reported that the incident occurred mid-flight on Feb. 19. The woman, who was not identified, told agents at the Australian Transport Safety Bureau that she...
VACAVILLE, Calif. — Wildlife experts are frustrated by a young sea lion that evaded their attempts to rescue him from a canal that cuts through farmland and an inland Northern California neighborhood. An animal services official spotted the sea lion Tuesday morning in Vacaville and contacted The Marine Mammal Center, according to spokesman Giancarlo Rulli....
On Saturday afternoon, Preet Bharara, the US attorney for the Southern District of New York and the most celebrated federal prosecutor since Rudolph Giuliani held the same post three decades earlier, was fired by President Trump. Some 48 hours later, Michael Steinberg, a former top trader with Steven Cohen’s hedge fund, then known as SAC...
CANBERRA, Australia — Australian author and blogger Belle Gibson, who lied about beating a normally deadly brain tumor through healthy eating, exploited public generosity by falsely claiming most of her income went to charities, a judge said Wednesday. Federal Court Justice Debra Mortimer ruled that Gibson’s deceptive and misleading claims about her charitable donations from...
The man who reportedly attacked disgraced sandwich pitchman Jared Fogle last year says he has no regrets for pummeling the convicted pedophile. In a letter to TMZ, Steve Nigg said he attacked Fogle in January 2016 and explained the reason behind his attack. “Jared is their hero,” Nigg said of the pedophiles in the Colorado...
