Exile from national politics plainly hasn’t cost Rahm Emmanuel an ounce of chutzpah: The Chicago mayor took to The New York Times op-ed page the other day to sound off about how New York can better manage its subways. It’s a bit like the Charleston River Dogs telling the Yankees how to play: Chicago’s eight...
Does anyone really know Ronald Reagan? In his new book “The Working Class Republican,” a bracingly revisionist account of the 40th president, Henry Olsen answers “no.” One of the most astute political analysts at work today and a fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, Olsen argues that Reagan’s politics bear the distinctive stamp...
Ray Shero asked that Devils fans look at his actions as general manager and recognize the direction he is trying to lead the team. And Shero is correct that the evidence is there, and at the very least he isn’t sitting on his hands. The active offseason continued when he was able to pry salary-cap...
PHILADELPHIA – Some American history museums belabor visitors with this message: You shall know the truth and it shall make you feel ashamed of, but oh-so-superior to, your wretched ancestors. The new Museum of the American Revolution is better than that. Located near Independence Hall, it celebrates the luminous ideas affirmed there 241 Julys ago,...
YouTube star Stevie Ryan’s death has been ruled a suicide.
A tattooed torso that washed up in Brooklyn last week belongs to a 31-year-old New Jersey bar manager — whose blood was found in her boyfriend’s bathtub, according to police and other reports. Cops identified the dismembered body as that of Jennifer Londono, 31, of Englewood — who has been missing since June 25, according...
The 6,409-square foot home is on the market for $6.5 million.
A suspect was shot to death on Monday after attempting to steal a helicopter at an airport in Hillsboro, Oregon, the Oregonian newspaper reported. All arriving and departing flights were put on hold at the airport, about 15 miles northwest of Portland, the newspaper said. A Hillsboro Police Department spokesman confirmed to Reuters that there...
Clarence Gaines Jr., former Knicks president Phil Jackson’s top adviser, reacted angrily when asked about an NBA TV video that some allege shows him and GM Steve Mills laughing at Carmelo Anthony’s workout tape. The tape showed Anthony doing running drills on a soccer field in Chelsea at 1:45 a.m. Sunday, taken by former Knicks...
The NYPD sergeants’ union released a scathing video Monday targeting Bronx DA Darcel Clark for her role in prosecuting the officer who shot dead a bat-wielding woman. In the 3-minute clip, the Sergeants Benevolent Association slams Clark’s decision to charge Sgt. Hugh Barry with the murder of Deborah Danner, calling it the top prosecutor’s “latest...
A lawsuit filed by filmmaker Maria Demopoulos accuses the porn star of fraud, conversion and breach of fiduciary duty, claiming she is owed at least $150,000.
Scott Cawthon, the creator of the horror video game franchise “Five Nights at Freddy’s,” has confirmed he is canceling the planned next installment of the popular series. Since its debut in 2014, the video game series has attracted a large cult following, especially among teenage audiences. In a statement posted on Steam, Cawthon announced he...
Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy may retire next year, giving the Trump administration the opportunity to fill the vacancy and move the court to the right for years to come. Kennedy, who turns 81 on July 23, has told people who are applying to be his law clerks for the court’s term beginning in October...
An Indian woman who survived an alleged gang rape and four acid attacks was burned with the deadly liquid a fifth time, according to a report. The unnamed 35-year-old mom has been targeted in the past by her rapists to get her to drop the charges against them, British media said. In the latest assault,...
Russian president Vladimir Putin was a “mediocre” KGB agent, according to his former boss at the sinister Soviet spy agency. Retired general Nikolai Leonov says Putin was sent to an unimportant posting in East Germany after he was recruited as a spy. Leonov was in the KGB from 1956 to 1991 and was the number...
You deal with more crap than you realize every day. We all suspect that high-traffic public surfaces like subway poles, railings, and door knobs are covered in toilet germs. But recent reports reveal that the iced coffee you’re sipping – and even the cash you used to pay for it – also probably carry bacteria...
Williams and Chad Gilbert wed last February. They got engaged Christmas Day in 2014.
A Flatbush man was charged Monday with hurling anti-gay slurs at a couple aboard a Q train before knocking one of them out with a sucker punch. Antoine Thomas, 27, was indicted on second-degree assault as a hate crime and other related charges for the sickening May 21 attack that began on the Brooklyn-bound train...
A chapter has been closed in the long-running drama between J.R.R. Tolkien’s estate and Warner Bros. over “The Hobbit” and “Lord of the Rings.” The estate of the English author and HarperCollins have settled their multi-million dollar copyright infringement and breach of contract lawsuit against the film studio, according to Deadline.com. Details of the settlement...
A fisherman in Florida wowed a crowd of beachgoers by reeling in a hammerhead shark at Panama City Beach in Florida. Luckily for the shark, he released it after catching it, but not before a drone operator caught the event on camera.
A 16-year-old girl who believed that human beings are actually robots admitted Monday to killing a 7-year-old girl as the child played in a field in England, according to a new report. The teen, who was not identified, copped to manslaughter charges in the Jan. 9 death of Katie Rough in York. Leeds Crown Court...
A boob job patient claims she was scarred for life and left with dying nipples after a horror surgery. Kirsty Adam, 24, from Glasgow, Scotland, had an operation to boost her bust from a 36D to a DD cup after weight loss caused her breasts to “sag.” She opted for a $7,700 mastopexy, commonly known...
The Nets reportedly will finally get their meeting with top target Otto Porter Jr. on Monday. And if they want any chance of landing the best restricted free agent on the market, they’ll have to give him every penny they can. The Wizards small forward already has a four-year, $106 million maximum deal from Sacramento in...
Even the MTA’s website is breaking down now. The struggling transit agency’s service status page — which lets straphangers know just how late their subway ride will be — was broken for hours during the Monday morning rush, prompting eye-rolls and mockery from commuters. “Lemme guess…signal problems or police activity?”
It’s Air bed and bordello! Prostitutes are using Airbnb rentals as “pop-up brothels” across the UK, according to a Daily Mail report. Police just uncovered 10 temporary houses of ill repute in the towns of Cheltenham and Gloucester — and have previously found ones in half a dozen other towns across England and Scotland, according...
