New York ad agency McCann picked up three Cannes Lions awards on Monday night for its “Fearless Girl” statue near Wall Street. The bronze likeness of a defiant young girl — which caused a stir when it was installed in March opposite the famous “Charging Bull” statue in lower Manhattan — won three trophies, including...
Police on Tuesday released dramatic surveillance video of a gunman shooting another man while fighting over money at an illegal gambling joint in Queens earlier this month. The video shows the men struggling around what appears to be a craps table when the suspect pulls out a gun and pumps three bullets into the 29-year-old...
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An Ohio man whose family was once featured on the TV show “Wife Swap” is suspected of killing his mother and younger brother, as details emerged Tuesday that he used a shotgun on his family members before turning the gun on himself. Police found 25-year-old suspect Jacob Stockdale with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound to...
Fan asks star for baseball. Star refuses. The world takes the star’s side. Such is life for Zack Hample and his obsession with collecting baseballs. Hample tweeted on Sunday that Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw would not give him a ball on Father’s Day. This became national news. Deadspin: “Ballhawk Zack Hample Owned By Clayton Kershaw” Sports...
Deep-sea researchers working off the coast of Australia continue to find some pretty stunning examples of never-before-seen ocean life. Late last month, the group showed one of their more impressive catches — a “faceless” fish which has a small mouth on the bottom of its body but no facial features of any kind — and...
Tuesday’s morning subway commute was so bad that a pair of riders late for work jumped down onto the tracks to walk to the next station. A cell-phone video obtained by NBC New York shows the pair of male straphangers aboard a stalled northbound F train walking between the subway cars and then leaping down...
WASHINGTON – Senior Senate Judiciary Committee members will hold a closed-door meeting this week with special counsel Robert Mueller, who is overseeing the Justice Department’s investigation of Russian meddling in the 2016 election, it was disclosed Tuesday. Mueller, who has hired 12 attorneys to assist with the probe, is schedule to meet with committee chairman...
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These nannies are so hot, their celebrity bosses couldn’t help themselves. The list of headline-making affairs includes Charlie Sheen; Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner; Jude Law and Sienna Miller; Gavin Rossdale and Gwen Stefani; Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman; and the Spice Girls’ Mel B and Stephen Belafonte.
MOSCOW – Russia said on Tuesday it could not confirm that Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi had been killed in an air strike in Syria last month, the Interfax news agency quoted Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov as saying. Moscow said on Friday its forces may have killed the secretive Islamic State leader, but...
CRANFORD, N.J. — Another family is suing two former day care workers who instigated scuffles among the children they oversaw as part of what prosecutors called a “fight club.” The suit filed by the parents of a 4-year-old boy claims he suffered severe emotional distress and now receives therapy as a result of the forced...
American children died of self-inflicted gunshot wounds at a sharply higher rate in 2014 than seven years earlier, according to a study released on Monday, which said that the safe storage of firearms could make a big difference in preventing youth suicides. Among children and teens aged 17 or younger, 1.6 per 100,000 killed themselves...
BOISE, Idaho — A pet squirrel named Joey who gained fame as a crime-fighter might be more of the lover type. Joey, who police credited with scaring off a burglar trying to break into his home’s gun safe, made his long goodbyes earlier this month, then scampered up a backyard apple tree at his Meridian,...
WASHINGTON — Two top House Democrats are questioning whether Michael Flynn failed to report a 2015 trip to the Middle East to federal security clearance investigators, a potential omission that could add to the legal jeopardy President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser faces over the truthfulness of his statements to authorities and on government...
NEW DELHI — India’s government is advising pregnant women to avoid all meat, eggs and lusty thoughts. Doctors say the advice is preposterous, and even dangerous, considering India’s already-poor record with maternal health. Women are often the last to eat or receive health care in traditionally patriarchal Indian households. Malnutrition and anemia, or iron deficiency,...
LOS ANGELES — The Mets’ lack of athleticism, pitching woes and front-office stubbornness are all part of the real challenge this 31-38 team faces. Combined with the injuries, it has all caught up to Sandy Alderson’s club as the Mets trail the Nationals by 10 ¹/₂ games in the NL East. The Mets are in...
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A man and a woman were arrested and charged Monday after the remains of a newborn were found in the woods behind a Massachusetts home. Edwin Santiago, 31, and Jennifer Rheaume, 36, both of Worcester, face charges of removing a human body and concealment of the death of a child. Officers were sent to the...
Rickie Fowler walked off the 18th hole Sunday at Erin Hills sounding like he was perfectly satisfied with what had just taken place. And that was maddening. “It was nice to finish with some good swings … make a birdie at the last as well,’’ Fowler said. Those were Fowler’s first words as he stood...
HAWKINS, Texas — A Texas rancher lassoed a 10-foot alligator and wranglers crawled atop the thrashing reptile’s back after it got a little too close to the landowner’s cattle. Bystanders shot video of the recent takedown near Hawkins, a town about 100 miles east of Dallas. Byron South of Convergent Hunting Solutions says he got...
“My brother’s got two degrees. He got one for me.” Midseason form for Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski. With OTAs over and training camp six weeks off, Gronk and friends got down to business. Spent the weekend at Foxwoods Casino in Connecticut and ran up a bar tab of over $100,000. Top shelf. Dom Perignon,...
LOS ANGELES — Zack Wheeler’s return to prominence may have been fun while it lasted, but now he’s another wayward Mets starting pitcher gasping for oxygen. In a city in which it seldom rains, Wheeler was cascaded Monday by his own personal downpour. And as valiantly as the Mets tried, they couldn’t fully recover against...
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — In a hidden room in a house near Argentina’s capital, police believe they have found the biggest collection of Nazi artifacts in the country’s history, including a bust relief of Adolf Hitler, magnifying glasses inside elegant boxes with swastikas and even a macabre medical device used to measure head size. Some...
Known as a pioneer in the formation of the video arcade and modern video game industries, Atari is stepping back into the hardware business with a new game console — its first in more than 20 years. The New York company, swimming with the tide on the popularity and nostalgia of retro games, recently began...
