Disgraced NYPD cop Michael Valva and his estranged wife avoided looking at each other during a Monday court hearing at which she was awarded custody of their surviving sons due to his arrest in the alleged hypothermia slaying of their brother. Valva, who was handcuffed behind his back and surrounded by four court officers, also...
Who would have thought we would live long enough for Conor McGregor to be the voice of reason? A week on from his return to the UFC, it’s exactly the position he’s taken on, calling out big money ESPN personality Stephen A. Smith. Smith, who just signed a five-year contract with the network, was thrust...
NEW DELHI — Indian law enforcement agencies should be able to break end-to-end encryption to hunt down distributors of child pornography online, a parliamentary panel has urged as the South Asian nation looks to regulate social media. The panel met officials of companies such as Google, Twitter, Facebook and WhatsApp before preparing Saturday’s report, which...
President Trump met Monday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — a day before he plans to announce his long-delayed Middle East peace proposal, which he said has a “chance” despite being rejected by the Palestinians. Sitting down with Netanyahu in the Oval Office, Trump said his plan “makes a lot of sense for everybody,”...
The Mets will have to go outside of Pittsburgh if they plan on improving their outfield this offseason. The Pirates traded Starling Marte to the Diamondbacks on Monday for top prospects Brennan Malone and Liover Peguero, The Athletic first reported. The Mets had been linked to Marte for most of the offseason with Brandon Nimmo...
This could be either the most purr-fect fundraiser ever — or a total cat-astrophe. A trio of New Yorkers has started a GoFundMe campaign to raise $15,000 for HousingWorks, the NYC nonprofit that offers a “healing community of people living with and affected by AIDS.” But that just scratches the surface: If they hit the...
Radio stations in Southern California were honoring Kobe Bryant by going silent for 1 minute and 8 seconds on Monday afternoon. The Southern California Broadcasters Association had asked its members to pay tribute to the former Los Angeles Lakers star with the silence, symbolizing his original No. 8 jersey, at noon PST, or 3 p.m....
"Ugly Betty" actor Michael Urie says Silvio Horta was "almost too good for this world."
Eighty invasive Burmese pythons were caught during a 10-day hunt in south Florida, where the snakes are decimating the Everglades, state wildlife officials said. More than 750 people from 20 states took part in the 2020 Python Bowl, a Super Bowl-themed competition aimed at removing the snakes while raising awareness about the nonnative species, the...
The helicopter that crashed amid foggy conditions Sunday in California, killing all nine aboard, including basketball legend Kobe Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter, looped around several times and rapidly decelerated and accelerated during its chaotic final flight, air traffic records show. The Sikorsky S-76B lifted off from John Wayne Airport in Santa Ana at 9:06...
Hundreds of Americans will be be removed Tuesday from the epicenter of the deadly coronavirus in Wuhan, China, on a charter flight to California, according to a report. The operation will fly out only some of the estimated 1,000 US citizens trapped in the city, which has been on lockdown after the virus broke out...
Auschwitz survivors — alongside their families — returned to the concentration camp in Oświęcim, Poland, on the 75th anniversary of its liberation. The presidents of Poland and Israel were also in attendance to honor the Auschwitz liberation. They presented wreaths at the camp’s execution building and a monument to Rotamaster Witold Pilecki, a Polish war...
Half of Americans plan to escape to warm weather this winter, according to new research. A poll of 2,000 Americans found 35 percent typically travel to a warm vacation destination during the winter months as an attempt to escape the winter blues. People are escaping the brutal cold in search of more tropical weather for...
Kim Kardashian memorialized Kobe Bryant at midnight, Billie Eilish juggles her Grammys and more...
Kobe Bryant and his dad appeared to be on the way to mending their years-old rift when he was tragically killed, a former coach said Monday.
Republican senators were unmoved by former national security adviser John Bolton’s leaked book manuscript on Monday — telling reporters it would not jolt them into voting for impeachment witnesses. Bolton claims in his upcoming memoir that President Trump in August told him he wanted to freeze $391 million in security assistance until officials in Ukraine...
Kobe Bryant was remembered at the start of the US Senate impeachment hearing Monday. “As millions mourn the deaths of Kobe and Gianna Bryant and those who died with them, we think about life’s brevity, uncertainty and legacy,” Senate chaplain Barry Black said in his opening prayer of the session, referring to the NBA legend...
The pair were spotted holding hands outside the Universal Music Group Grammys afterparty on Sunday night.
LOS ANGELES – We all do what we can to commemorate: large gestures, small gestures, personal gestures. Most of us did not know Kobe Bryant personally, we knew only what we saw on a basketball court and, later, sitting beside a basketball court in the company of his beautiful daughter. Some of us did know...
The majority of Americans would shell out an extra 36 percent of the retail price if it meant what they were buying was ethically sound, according to new research. A poll of 2,000 Americans found a trend emerging among respondents, as 63 percent of those polled would be willing to pay over one-third more for...
A suspected drug dealer was shot and wounded by police on a busy street in downtown Seattle, Washington. Heart-pounding bodycam footage shows officers and deputies attempting to arrest the 25-year-old before he tries to flee — and crashes his vehicle into a patrol car. Officers then reported seeing a gun and opened fire. The King’s...
An Arizona woman suffering from cancer will not be allowed to use embryos fertilized by her ex-husband following their divorce -- and will need to donate them.
Sticking to those cooking goals in 2020 will be so much easier now that the Instant Pot has been markdown on Amazon. For Monday only, the six-quart Instant Pot is discounted 29% to $56.99. And this deal is actually just a few dollars more than its Black Friday price from last November — which was...
A Long Island man was arrested after violently attacking his parents with a knife, cops said Monday. Myron Mycio stabbed his 62-year-old father in the stomach just before 12:30 p.m. Sunday, while the man was in bed on the ground floor of their Old Bethpage home, Nassau County police said. “You’re next!” Mycio shouted at...
