French authorities investigating a suspected bomb factory near Paris believe three suspects were preparing attacks and had made calls to Syria, a minister said Thursday. Interior Minister Gerard Collomb said the suspects were possibly planning to attack a bank and had made phone calls to unidentified contacts in Syria. “Those under investigation spoke of wanting...
Hurricane Jose, which is trailing behind Hurricane Irma in the Atlantic Ocean, has strengthened to a Category 2 storm. The National Hurricane Center announced Thursday afternoon that Jose now has maximum sustained winds of 105 mph. A hurricane watch has been issued for Antigua and Barbuda, which already suffered catastrophic damage when Irma passed directly...
A budding teenage surf pro drowned while riding a large swell generated by Hurricane Irma, according to a new report. Zander Venezia, 16, died Tuesday while surfing a particularly nasty wave on Barbados’ east coast, Surfline.com reported. “I feel empty, we are in shambles over here,” surf-pro-turned instructor Alan Burke said. An autopsy report showed...
A man got a little too hangry at a Manhattan soup kitchen Thursday — cutting the line and getting violent with a guard, who had to use pepper-spray to subdue him, cops and witnesses said. The middle-aged man was waiting for chicken parmesan and meat loaf at the St. Paul the Apostle on West 59th...
A worker is in serious condition in the hospital after his penis was apparently “sawed off” in a horrific industrial accident. Paramedics were called to the scene in the village of Moreton Valence near Gloucester, England at 3:48 p.m. on Monday to reports of a man with a serious groin injury. The small village is...
The first episode of the hit legal dramedy aired 20 years ago.
Two young girls playing hide-and-seek on holiday made a grim discovery in their hotel — someone’s ashes. The little ones stumbled upon a small heart-shaped object with the name “Thade” engraved into it. It turned out to be a small urn containing a baby boy’s ashes. Unbeknown to the family of the girls, Thade’s mother...
With the blaring of alarm clocks across the five boroughs, more than a million city school kids marked the end of summer Thursday morning and kicked off a fresh school year. Following custom, Mayor de Blasio and schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña accompanied a youngster and his proud mom on their route to PS 277 in...
NEWARK, N.J. — A lawyer for the wealthy doctor pal of Sen. Bob Menendez slammed bribery allegations against the two Thursday as “baloney” – saying the physician’s Caribbean vacation home is nothing more than a modest abode. The Democrat is accused of accepting bribes – including frequent trips via private jet to pal Salomon Melgen’s...
Australia is in the grip of a hidden animal welfare crisis that could see one of our most cherished and famous creatures wiped from existence. While issues like cruelty and puppy farming rightly dominate headlines, causing outrage and legislative change, animal welfare groups say tree-clearing is a far more serious problem that’s being ignored. A...
President Trump signed on to an idea pitched by Sen. Chuck Schumer to do away with Congressional votes to hike the federal debt ceiling, a new report said Thursday. Schumer raised the issue with Trump on Wednesday during an Oval Office huddle with House Speaker Paul Ryan, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Minority...
GAZA — Ibrahim Ghunaim, or MC Gaza as he likes to be called, raps to a different beat in an Islamist-ruled Palestinian enclave rocked by internal conflict and three wars with Israel over the past decade. The 25-year-old, who grew up listening to American rapper Eminem, began rapping when he was 13 and hopes for...
“There are a lot of things that I have been the forerunner of,” he said.
The city of Houston is now two centimeters lower because of torrential rains and flood waters brought by Hurricane Harvey. GPS data showed that America’s fourth largest city sank about three-quarters of an inch, under the heavy weight of Harvey waters, according to Chris Milliner, a postdoctoral fellow at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory at Caltech....
In three months, Calvin Pryor has been dumped by two teams with a combined six wins last year. The 2014 18th overall pick was cut by the Browns on Thursday after reportedly getting into a fight with teammate Ricardo Louis,
Hurricane Irma is on a path to slam straight into South Florida this weekend, and could “catastrophically devastate” the Sunshine State, Gov. Rick Scott said Thursday. “This is a catastrophic storm our state has never seen,” the governor said at an afternoon press conference, announcing that he had activated another 3,000 National Guard members to...
As Hurricane Irma churns toward the US with 175-mph winds, Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal issued a mandatory evacuation order for areas along the coast, including the city of Savannah. “I encourage all Georgians in our coastal areas that could be impacted by this storm to evacuate the area as soon as possible,” said Deal, who...
Being bored at work could spark your next brilliant idea. Daydreaming — in moderation — should be embraced and is actually beneficial for our brains and careers, according to Manoush Zomorodi, author of “Bored and Brilliant: How Spacing Out Can Unlock Your Most Productive and Creative Self,” out now. “When you’re bored and your body...
Democratic mayoral contender Sal Albanese joked Thursday that Mayor de Blasio drop his allegiance to the Boston Red Sox and slammed both hizzoner and the Sox for their cheating ways. A day after squaring off with de Blasio in the second and last debate before Tuesday’s primary, Albanese declared on the steps of City Hall...
The remains of the Alabama teenager who disappeared 12 years ago in Aruba were mixed with a dog’s in order to make it difficult to identify her, according to a TV mini-series about the girl’s death. A renewed 18-month probe into the disappearance of Natalee Holloway, by her father Dave and investigator T.J. Ward, led...
Sutherland, along with three other honorees, will receive their Oscar statuettes at the ninth annual Governors Awards ceremony in November.
Their golf game was on fire! Approximately 60 wildfires have been blazing on the West Coast, but these golfers on a Washington course seemed completely unperturbed by the raging flames, intent on finishing the round. “When we first started there was a fire maybe the size of a grocery store. By the end of hole...
CLEVELAND — So it begins. Browns rookie defensive end Myles Garrett will be sidelined for weeks because of a sprained right ankle. The top overall pick in this year’s draft was injured Wednesday during Cleveland’s first full practice leading to Sunday’s opener against the Pittsburgh Steelers. It’s not known how Garrett was hurt. The team...
Justin Verlander’s big night was all about Kate Upton. Making his first start Tuesday with the Astros, the former Detroit Tiger
The Oscar-nominated actor will be at the festival for a gala screening of his “Stronger,” a movie about the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings.
