A woman who claimed she lost her unborn child during a shooting at an Ohio gender reveal party earlier this month wasn’t pregnant at the time, police revealed Monday. Colerain police said the woman, Cheyanne Willis, 21, had lied about her pregnancy, The Cincinnati Enquirer reported. It’s unclear why she hosted the July 8 gender...
ALBANY, N.Y. — A 59-year-old woman who had tried for nearly four decades to become pregnant has given birth at a New York hospital after fertility treatments. Akosua Budu Amoako gave birth to a full-term 7-pound, 4-ounce boy on June 15 at Bellevue Woman’s Center in Niskayuna, near Albany. Budu says she and her husband...
A congrats may be in order for for the "Mindy Project" star.
Cops blocked off a swath of Midtown Monday in response to bogus reports that a man perched atop a Midtown building with a rifle. Someone called cops Monday afternoon saying a man was on the roof of 550 West 45th Street and with a long gun, but police confirmed it was a false alarm after...
From the right: The Resistance That Cried Wolf When the “rhetorical judo” known as “whataboutism” — citing similar bad acts by the opposition party — “is used to defend the indefensible, it is obviously wrong,” asserts Jim Antle at The Week. But he adds that all too often, President Trump’s “fiercest critics declare his every...
The first look at Al Pacino playing the late former Penn State football head coach Joe Paterno is striking. HBO released the first image Sunday of its as-yet-untitled film that will chronicle the infamous Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal. The film will be directed by Barry Levinson. Pacino will be working with Riley Keough,...
The UK government will introduce compulsory identification checks by April of 2018 to ensure those viewing pornography online are over age 18. UK Digital Minister Matt Hancock signed the commencement of the Digital Economy Act on Monday which will eventually ensure those who cannot “normally” access porn are unable to do so online. It will...
A former supervisory city official in Chicago used a municipal email account to send and receive racist emails — including one that offered “safari tickets” to see life-threatening violence committed by “animals” in crime-riddled neighborhoods, according to a watchdog report released Monday. The report by Chicago’s Inspector General found that one employee from the city’s...
New gym members are overconfident about their dedication to fitness, and not even free money or a gift can get them working out. Researchers offered 836 new gym members at a private gym a range of incentives — some received $30 as a one-off gift with no strings attached, while others received $30, $60 or...
An alert bus driver in San Francisco helped catch a woman who snatched a 6-month-old girl out of a parked car early Sunday, authorities said. The San Francisco Police Department told KTVU the woman grabbed the baby from the father’s vehicle around 8:30 a.m. in the city’s South of Market neighborhood while the father was...
Police say 22-year-old Speck Mellencamp was arrested early Sunday after he and his 23-year-old brother, Hud, were involved in a fight outside a restaurant.
Leo has found a cheap DIY solution to the fanny pack, Melissa Benoist proves even superheroes get hungry and more...
There were no cold feet at this Antarctic wedding – despite the 15-degree chill. Polar guides Tom Sylvester and Julie Baum became the first couple to officially hold a wedding ceremony in the British Antarctic Territory this weekend. The frosty lovebirds braved the elements when they tied the knot at the Rothera Research Station on...
Well, that’s one way to do dinner and a movie. Instead of settling for concession popcorn or candy, one woman brought two Ziploc bags filled with spaghetti into the cinema. Her boyfriend called into a podcast called /Film to discuss her exploits, and — after some listeners expressed disbelief — host David Chen tweeted out...
Artificial sweeteners may actually make people fat, a study has found. Many dieters switch to the sugar substitutes to avoid the calories while still getting their sweet-tooth fix. The sweeteners, such as saccharin and aspartame, are used in thousands of diet products including drinks, desserts, ready meals, cakes, chewing gum and even toothpaste. But researchers...
Walmart is apologizing on Monday after an appalling description of a product by a third-party vendor made its way onto the retail giant’s website. The retailer was slammed early Monday after the color of a netting weave cap — used as a protective layer between a person’s hair and sewn-in hair extensions — on its site...
The homeless man who fatally shoved a drunken Queens father in front of a Q train nearly five years ago was acquitted of all charges Monday. Naeem Davis, 34, was cleared in Manhattan Supreme Court about a week after his lawyer, Stephen Pokart, told jurors that his client had acted in self-defense against a “deranged...
A boat that fuels itself is setting off around the world from Paris on a six-year journey that its designers hope will serve as a model for emissions-free energy networks of the future. Energy Observer will use its solar panels, wind turbines and a hydrogen fuel cell system to power its trip. The $5.25 million...
Martin Shkreli doesn’t save his vitriol just for the internet, a Brooklyn courtroom heard Monday. “Do you know how I know you’re an incompetent idiot?” the pharma cad once wrote to an accountant who was attempting to reconcile his company’s messy financials. The 34-year-old penned the venomous email after threatening to sue financial firm SEC...
The “Real Housewives of New York” star's marriage is struggling after just seven months.
JOHANNESBURG — A baboon in Zambia has interfered with machinery at a power station in a tourist town near Victoria Falls, knocking out power to tens of thousands of people for several hours. State broadcaster ZNBC says the blackout affected residents in Livingstone and surrounding areas Sunday and reports that it was caused by an...
Queens Councilman Ruben Wills flew into a rage in court Monday — slamming his fists on the table and yelling at the top of his lungs — as a judge all but threw out his defense in his ongoing corruption trial. The pol grew infuriated when Queens Supreme Court Judge Ira Margulis barred his lawyer...
A woman in Rome reportedly suffered serious injuries after her handbag got caught in a subway’s doors as the train was exiting the station. The driver was seemingly unaware that she was stuck, and dragged her along with the train until passengers pulled the emergency alarm.
A British family accused of lying about getting sick on vacation to extort nearly $68,000 in compensation from Thomas Cook travel agency are set to appear in court in a landmark case. Deborah Briton, 53, and partner Paul Roberts, 43, allegedly submitted fake food poisoning claims for themselves and their two children on all-inclusive holidays...
However, arresting Habersham County Sheriff’s deputies said they had no idea who Carter was until well after Saturday's arrest.
