ELIZABETH, N.J. — Authorities say a New Jersey police officer is accused of sexually assaulting a woman he first met while on duty. Union County prosecutors say North Plainfield officer Mike Jean-Baptiste was taken into custody without incident on Monday. He was scheduled to make his initial court appearance Tuesday, and it wasn’t known if...
Officials with Montana’s Glacier National Park say a visitor who was taking photographs of the scenery fell into a creek, was swept into a culvert and plunged off a steep cliff to his death. Park officials said in a statement Monday that 26-year-old Robert Durbin of Corvallis, Montana, died Saturday. They say Durbin was taking...
STAMFORD, Conn. — A Connecticut man who was convicted of killing a cab driver who was stabbed 127 times has been sentenced to 60 years in prison after having testified that he acted in self-defense. Shota Mekoshvili was sentenced to the maximum prison time on a murder conviction Tuesday in Stamford Superior Court. Prosecutors say...
WASHINGTON — Intelligence officials believe North Korea will have a reliable, intercontinental missile capable of carrying a nuclear weapon as early as next year, according to a report published Tuesday amid a warning from a top Republican lawmaker who says he has grown increasingly alarmed about Pyongyang’s weapons program. The Washington Post reported that a...
SAN DIEGO — Yoenis Cespedes broke out from his slump Tuesday night and then, in a move emblematic of his season, left the game. The Mets slugger had just hustled for a triple — scoring on the play on an overthrow at third base — and had moved within a single of hitting for the...
NEW BEDFORD, Mass. — Aaron Hernandez’s home is back on the market after an agreement to sell it for $1.3 million fell through, a lawyer for the former NFL star’s fiancee told a judge on Monday. George Leontire also told a Bristol Probate and Family Court judge that investigators have discovered additional Hernandez assets, including...
It looks like a former Yankee is headed to the Red Sox. Boston, who is in first place in the AL East, traded for Giants third baseman Eduardo Nunez and gave up a couple of minor league pitching prospects, according to multiple reports. Third base has been a problem area for The Red Sox all...
IRVINE, Calif. — Taco Bell is testing a new service that allows users of the ride-sharing app Lyft to add a Taco Bell stop to their ride with the click of a button. The companies have announced “Taco Mode,” an option for Lyft app users. Taco Bell says Lyft users who select Taco Mode get...
The British royal family is hiring and they’re using LinkedIn to find a worthy candidate. Prince William, his wife Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton, along with younger brother Prince Harry are looking to hire a new senior communications officer for their Royal Foundation. While the job ad was posted 15 days ago, Fortune reported Tuesday nearly 1,000 people have...
Welcome to Camp Competition. The Jets have plenty of jobs open after revamping their roster this offseason. Expect to hear lots of competition talk from coach Todd Bowles and general manager Mike Maccagnan. The Jets have gotten rid of most of their veterans, leaving young players on the roster fighting for spots. With training camp...
LOS ANGELES — If Jon Jones is really interested in taking on Brock Lesnar in a UFC superfight, Lesnar will be ready to roll. Jones is preparing for his rematch with Daniel Cormier in the main event of UFC 214 this weekend, but he made headlines during a recent Facebook Live chat by saying he...
WINCHESTER, Mass. — A Massachusetts mother has a new outlook on life after receiving a kidney donation from a complete stranger. WBZ-TV reports Nicole Baltzer never thought about being a living donor. Then she read a Facebook post about a single mother with lupus who needed a new kidney. Baltzer says she remembers reading about...
Matt Forte has a message for all of the Jets doubters out there. He doesn’t care about you. That’s essentially what the Jets running back said when asked about preseason predictions that have the team finishing near the bottom of the league. “People make all these predictions and stuff, and things go the opposite way,”...
A memorable line from Lily Tomlin fits the occasion. “No matter how cynical you get,” she said, “you just can’t keep up.” She could have been talking about Mayor de Blasio. His slippery character and transactional mayoralty make it impossible to be too cynical about his next move. However low the bar, he manages to...
The bitter 2015 divorce of David and Barbara Mikkelson is the fuel that ignited the battle for the popular fact-checking Web site, Snopes, which is now resorting to a GoFundMe drive to keep it afloat. The showdown takes on added gravity because the popular site, owned by Baday, is one of the outlets that Facebook...
Jordan Montgomery did everything the Yankees could have asked of him before manager Joe Girardi gave him a quick hook in the seventh, which nearly came back to bite the manager. Instead of locking down a victory, Dellin Betances nearly blew a two-run lead before he was bailed out by Adam Warren in a rough...
The day would’ve been spent celebrating their wedding anniversary, but instead a Georgia man was arraigned for his wife’s death. Walter Lowe, 51, appeared in court Monday after his wife of one year, Erica Powell, was found shot to death, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Lowe is accused of fatally shooting his 46-year-old spouse in...
Improved state test scores by city kids are likely due to diluted exams rather than Mayor de Blasio’s education policies, a report shows. Overall, the number of public-school kids who scored at a “proficient” level on state English exams rose from 30.4 percent in 2015 to 38 percent in 2016 — a robust 7.6-point hike....
A Manhattan judge has barred a disgruntled former patient from protesting outside a skin doctor’s offices with a poster that calls him “The Butcher” and the “Madoff of dermatology.” Judge Erika Edwards issued the temporary restraining order Tuesday morning pending an Aug. 9 hearing on the matter. The judge made the ruling after Dr. Eric...
BUDAPEST, Hungary — Katie Ledecky breezed to her third gold medal of the world championships, backing off a bit on her most grueling night of the meet. It was left to Lilly King, Kylie Masse and Adam Peaty to take down the swimming record book — and King to claim another impressive triumph over her...
Chipotle Mexican Grill on Tuesday said the $1 billion in value the chain lost over five days was caused by a single employee coming to work sick. The sniffly staffer spread the norovirus around a suburban Washington DC, store, sickening more than 130 customers. The headlines about the outbreak sent Chopotle’s shares on a five-day...
The big selloff is under way at Time Inc. “We are looking to sell Coastal Living, Sunset and Golf,” a Time Inc. spokeswoman confirmed on Tuesday, ending weeks of speculation. Media Ink had reported back on June 15 — in the wake of Time’ s announcement that it was chopping 300 jobs worldwide and would...
Mikhail Prokhorov got approval from the NBA Finance Committee to split up the Nets and Barclays Center, a move needed to sell a minority interest in the team. The approval was first reported by Forbes, which recently valued the Brooklyn franchise at $1.8 billion, the seventh-most valuable in the NBA — and one of the...
President Trump vowed to “liberate” the country from Obamacare Tuesday night during a celebratory campaign rally in Ohio. “We’re now one step closer to liberating our citizens from this Obamacare nightmare and delivering great health care for the American people,” Trump told a group of several thousand in Youngstown. Trump’s speech came just hours after...
YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO — This town was on fire. By 1 in the afternoon on Tuesday every main thoroughfare in downtown Youngstown was filled with happy people heading towards the Covelli Centre. Folks dressed in red, white and blue crisscrossed the main grids as vendors sold “Make America Great Again” ball caps, American flags and bottles...
