Capt. Brett DeVries said he had to think fast when a “donut of gas” enveloped his gun and aircraft over Michigan’s Grayling Air Gunnery Range — forcing him to make a dramatic belly-landing. The 30mm gun of his A-10 jet misfired just as the entire canopy of the aircraft blew off last month, the Air...
Todd Bowles added another line to his resume this summer: interior decorator. The Jets coach oversaw a redesign of the Jets’ training center in Florham Park, changing the messaging around the building as he attempts to establish a new culture with his team. Bowles began thinking of the changes last year, which were were then...
Surveillance video released by police Wednesday shows a teen being pummeled by two thugs during a robbery in The Bronx earlier this month. The attack happened at the corner of White Plains Rd. and Pelham Pkwy. in Allerton about 3 p.m. on Aug. 5. One of the suspects started arguing with the 16-year-old victim and...
A supermarket chain in Switzerland will start selling edible bugs in the form of burgers. Coop, the country’s second-largest chain, will begin selling insect patties and mealworm balls in seven of their stores beginning Aug. 21. Created by Swiss startup Essento, the burgers are made with mealworms, rice and vegetables, and flavored with oregano and...
The mother of Charlottesville victim Heather Heyer urged others to “make the world a better place” and channel their anger into “righteous action” at her packed memorial service Wednesday. “They tried to kill my child to shut her up. But, guess what? You just magnified her,” Susan Bro said to loud applause. “I want this...
We Are Manchester will be held on Sept. 9. The venue has been closed since the May bombing attacks that killed 22 people and injured more than 100 others.
The annual Angel Ball will take place on Monday, Oct. 23 at Cipriani Wall Street.
A 50-year-old man was found dead on a 6 train Wednesday morning — and his body was stored in an out-of-commission platform bathroom at a steamy 33rd Street station for about two hours until the medical examiner arrived to remove it, The Post has learned. Straphangers said they’re disgusted they have to share space with...
“She’s talked about putting a show together that she’d like to do with me,” Minnelli’s good friend Michael Feinstein shared.
An FBI agent was injured when a flash grenade inadvertently went off inside a Manhattan federal building Wednesday afternoon, according to officials. The agent accidentally discharged the grenade in his department car at the garage of 26 Federal Plaza around 1:45 p.m., a police source said. “A small incendiary device went off inadvertently,” another source...
A baby dolphin has died after tourists took it out of the water and posed for selfies with it on a packed beach. The female had become separated from its mother and was stranded in shallow water off a beach in Mojacar in southern Spain. The beachgoers took it out of its natural habitat, patted...
Ben himself said last month that he has no plans to leave the franchise.
Former NFL cornerback Dimitri Patterson disappeared on the Jets, and now he might be going away for a while again. The 34-year-old injured two police officers while trying to bolt out of a Miami family courtroom Tuesday, according to the Miami Herald, after the judge told him he would be going to jail. Patterson, who...
MALMEDY, Belgium — A Belgian town honored its 22-year-old tradition of making a giant omelet on Tuesday amid an egg contamination scare, cooking 10,000 eggs in a pan 13-feet wide. Millions of chicken eggs have been pulled from European supermarket shelves as a result of the scare over the use of the insecticide fipronil, which...
The NFL has been criticized repeatedly in recent years for how it has handled domestic violence committed by its players. It went on the offensive for an accuser Wednesday, blasting the NFLPA for its involvement in the Ezekiel Elliott case. And the NFLPA didn’t wait long to fire back. There have been multiple negative reports in...
The controversy around the white supremacist march and attack in Charlottesville, Virginia, has sparked interest in the meaning of words like fascism and bigot. The Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Want to know why it’s taking John Tavares so long to decide if he wants to sign a contract extension with the Islanders? That’s because the captain said he isn’t just weighing the terms on a new deal that would start after this season, or just the changing roster as its being tailored by general...
BERLIN — German customs officers say they have found and destroyed 20 rotten snake heads found in a package that had arrived from Nigeria. A spokeswoman for Munich’s main customs office said Wednesday that officers discovered the snake parts when they X-rayed a 6.6-pound package last week. Marie Mueller said that when officers then opened...
He’s “pastably” the most generous gent in China! A man bought 5,000 bowls of spicy noodles for Chongqing residents, all because one local returned a bag containing his $44,900 engagement ring, the South China Morning Post reported. The man, surnamed Wang, traveled to the southwestern city to propose to his girlfriend, but left his bag...
Two people were seriously injured when a pair of vehicles collided on the Upper West Side on Wednesday, causing one to jump the curb and slam into a subway entrance, officials said. The crash happened at the corner of W. 66th Street and Broadway around 6:10 a.m. An SUV was then forced up onto the...
For a lucky Canadian woman, this is no garden-variety 1-carrot diamond ring. Mary Grams lost the engagement ring in 2004 while pulling weeds and thought it was gone for good, according to the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. Before she had a chance to look for it, her son Brian called out that he needed a ride...
Hope Hicks, a longtime aide to President Trump, will be named the new White House director of communications, according to a report on Wednesday. Hicks, 28, will fill the post left vacant after Anthony Scaramucci was fired by White House Chief of Staff John Kelly last month, the New York Times reported. She is now...
“That almost ended tragically,” Black said.
President Trump appears to be hedging his bet on a Republican Senate race in Alabama. The president endorsed incumbent Sen. Luther Strange earlier this month in the primary election to fill the seat vacated by Attorney General Jeff Sessions, but after former state Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore got more votes Trump praised both...
