A group of Houston’s homeless is shaking off Tropical Storm Harvey’s historic flooding and devastation — refusing to head to shelters and instead hunkering down in their tents under an overpass. “It’s just rain,” said vagrant Billy Matthews, 46, one of about a dozen vagrants who chose to brave the storm in their camp, made...
SAN DIEGO — Officials in San Diego County have declared a public health emergency due to the spread of the liver disease hepatitis A. Infections have killed 15 people and hospitalized nearly 400 more, with the homeless population hit hardest since the outbreak started last November. The Union-Tribune reports that Friday’s emergency declaration helps the...
A Manhattan subway conductor was head-butted by a passenger late Saturday when the motorman tried to wake him up, police sources said. The 65-year-old train operator tried waking the snoozing passenger as the Q train pulled into the 57th Street/7th Avenue station around 11:30 p.m. The stretched-out straphanger — angry about the wake-up call —...
A top Italian-American advocate slammed Mayor de Blasio and Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito for mulling the removal of a Christopher Columbus statue and is vowing to poll every candidate running for office on the issue. Angelo Vivolo, president of the Columbus Citizens Foundation, told radio host John Catsimatidis on Sunday that efforts to review the...
A man who caught on fire when he ran straight into the towering inferno at Burning Man died from his injuries on Sunday. The unidentified party-goer was chased by firefighters as he entered the bonfire in Black Rock City, Nevada at around 10:30 p.m. Saturday. But he could not be caught before entering the structure...
An apparent homeless man randomly stabbed a tourist in Columbus Circle on Sunday — as the victim was snapping photos of Trump International Hotel, according to police and witnesses. The suspect casually strolled up to his victim — a 23-year-old man with two suitcases who was taking photos at 1 Central Park West — at...
ASHBURN, Va. — Washington Redskins safety Su’a Cravens had to be talked out of retiring on Sunday during a meeting with team president Bruce Allen, and his future with the team is in doubt. The 22-year-old Cravens, Washington’s expected starter at strong safety, has been out since Aug. 15 following knee surgery to repair a...
Defense Secretary James Mattis on Sunday laid out a powerful threat to North Korea after its latest nuclear weapon test, saying the US wasn’t planning for the “total annihilation” of the rogue regime even though it has “many options to do so.” “All members unanimously agreed on the threat North Korea poses and they remain...
Michael Jackson's daughter couldn't wait to show the world her new chakras tattoo.
WWE legend Ric Flair has delighted wrestling fans by posting an update on his health, declaring: “I’m not dead yet mother f**kers!” The Nature Boy was in critical condition after undergoing surgery for “severe abdominal pain” last month after being rushed to hospital. Prayers were being said around the world for the 68-year-old’s recovery, but...
An eight-year-old Houston boy was stricken by an asthma attack in the middle of Tropical Storm Harvey — but couldn’t get treatment fast enough and died. Little Noah Delgado was home Monday as the floods raged outside and he began suffering an attack, his mother told local ABC affiliate KTRK. “He was getting worse and...
HOUSTON – The cliché really seems to fit for Wilmer Flores. It only hurts when he laughs. Or talks. Flores, the Mets utilityman who suffered a broken nose Saturday, when he fouled a pitch off his face, was back in the clubhouse before Sunday’s game with the Astros, another swollen testament to the absurdity of...
Hurricane Irma has strengthened again into a Category 3 storm, although it’s unclear whether she will hit the East Coast by next weekend or curve back out to sea. The ‘cane is currently swirling over the Atlantic about 2,000 miles west of Africa and 1,000 miles east of the Leeward Island, with winds were nearing...
A middle-aged man died after coming into contact with the third rail near a Queens subway station early Sunday morning, police said. The 49-year-old victim’s lifeless body was discovered by a subway operator as it lay on fire along the northbound tracks about 500 feet from the the Mets Willets Point station in Corona, police...
President Obama warned incoming commander in chief Donald Trump not to get swept up in the powers of his office, according to a newly leaked letter Obama gave to Trump on Inauguration Day. “We are just temporary occupants of this office,” Obama wrote in the note, first published by CNN. “Regardless of the push and...
The Cleveland police union will protest the national anthem in protest of national anthem protesters. Under the thinking that you can’t protest a flag that doesn’t exist, the union said it will launch an upcoming counter-protest, in which they vow they won’t hold the American flag for a pregame ceremony during the Browns’ season opener on...
A man literally went up in flames when he broke through a security barrier and ran straight into the towering inferno at the annual Burning Man festival in Nevada. The unidentified party-goer was chased by fire personnel as he entered the bonfire in Black Rock City, Nevada at around 10:30 p.m. Saturday. It was not...
The Treasury Secretary on Sunday urged Congress to “put politics aside” and link a Harvey relief package with legislation to raise the debt ceiling to ensure that billions in aid get to the storm-ravaged victims as quickly as possible. “The president and I believe that it should be tied to the Harvey funding,” Secretary Steve...
The hype may not have matched the Conor McGregor-Floyd Mayweather circus of last week, but there were still plenty of highlights at a UFC Fight Night in Rotterdam on Sunday — including a vicious knockout blow. Mairbek Taisumov put Felipe Silva to sleep with a destructive right hand, Zabit Magomedsharipov annihilated Mike Santiago and the...
[instagram url=” LAS VEGAS — Super Cam has a super little brother. Caylin Newton, the brother of the Panthers star, accounted for 330 total offensive yards and three touchdowns to lead 45-point underdog and FCS-member Howard to a stunning 43-40 win Saturday night in the season opener and debut for new Bison coach Mike London....
An elderly man mistakenly backed his car into a Staten Island laundromat, pinning as many as six people against the back wall of the store Sunday, authorities said. The 74-year-old driver, who had been seen using a cane to help him walk, was pulling his Ford SUV out of a spot in the parking lot...
The artist can explain why his painting “Quack-Quack, Trump” shows the president pointing six-shooters at his own head.
Over a week after Tropical Storm Harvey first rained down on Texas, death tolls have risen and hundreds are still missing, as displaced victims start making their way back home and others are told to evacuate. Evacuations for about 4,600 houses in western Houston started Sunday morning at 7 a.m. following an evacuation order by...
Carlina Rivera lives in federally subsidized Section 8 housing reserved for the poor.
While the bride wore a pink and white gown, Swift was a vision in a burgundy ensemble for the Martha's Vineyard ceremony.
