Two of the three NYPD cops who were injured in an unprovoked attack in Brooklyn this week were released from the hospital Friday to a cheering crowd of fellow officers. The policeman who was stabbed in the neck in the Wednesday late-night attack in Flatbush gave two thumbs up after getting out of his wheelchair...
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Dozens of Louisville, Kentucky cops walked out on the city’s mayor as he prepared to address them during roll call this week in a silent display of their frustration with his leadership, according to a new report. Video taken Wednesday and obtained by The Louisville Courier-Journal shows Mayor Greg Fischer standing in the middle of...
The Brooklyn lawyer accused of tossing a Molotov cocktail into an NYPD vehicle blamed Mayor Bill de Blasio for not holding back cops for their own protection less than an hour before the incident, according to a video interview. “I think this protest is a long time coming,” lawyer Urooj Rahman said near the Barclays...
The Trump administration has ordered Marriott International to wind down hotel operations in Communist-run Cuba, a company spokeswoman told Reuters, extinguishing what had been a symbol of the US-Cuban detente. Starwood Hotels, now owned by Marriott, four years ago became the first US hotel company to sign a deal with Cuba since the 1959 revolution...
WASHINGTON — President Trump upbraided Washington, DC, Mayor Muriel Bowser on Friday, accusing her of being “incompetent” as tensions between the pair escalate. In a series of tweets, Trump ripped Bowser after the Democratic mayor painted “Black Lives Matter” in huge letters on the street leading to the White House earlier Friday and demanded the...
STOCKHOLM – Scientists in Sweden are hoping an alpaca named Tyson can help deliver a knockout blow in the fight to develop a treatment or vaccine against the novel coronavirus that has killed nearly 400,000 people worldwide. After immunizing Tyson, a 12 year-old alpaca in Germany, with virus proteins, the team at the Karolinska Institute...
George Floyd planned to open a restaurant called Convict Kitchen and staff it with ex-prison inmates — to give formerly incarcerated people such as himself a second chance, his girlfriend said Friday. Courteney Ross, a 44-year-old Minneapolis coffee shop manager, said the pair dreamed of hiring ex-cons to work at the eatery — which would...
Returning safely back to work after lockdown will be a challenge for Sarah Stephenson-Hunter, who started losing her sight aged seven, and is now completely blind after more than 50 eye operations. The half-marathon runner says friends received verbal abuse for not social distancing, despite their white cane or guide dog. This is her story....
The entire Buffalo police Emergency Response Team has resigned following the suspension of two officers who were caught on video shoving a 75-year-old protester to the pavement, according to reports Friday. A total of 57 officers resigned from the emergency team in solidarity with the two suspended cops, who pushed Martin Gugino, causing him to...
Renee Gracie was given the nickname “Devil Princess” as she started making waves on the karting circuit as a teenager. The Australian youngster was feisty on the track and dreamt of making it all the way to the NASCAR circuit. “I love speed, I love racing, I love overtaking people,’’ she said. “I’ve spun out...
In an era when perception can be tantamount to success, second-year quarterback Jarrett Stidham appears to be taking all the right steps to fill the gaping void left by six-time Super Bowl champion Tom Brady and become a leader in New England. With NFL facilities shuttered in response to the coronavirus pandemic, the 2019 fourth-rounder...
A GoFundMe account set up by George Floyd’s family has amassed the most individual donations in the site’s history. More than 500,000 donors have contributed to the page from around the world, more than any previous effort for anything, a rep there told TMZ on Friday. The donations have already topped $13 million in just over...
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Criminal charges will not be brought in the case of a transgender inmate who died in her Rikers Island cell last year, the city’s Department of Investigation said Friday. Layleen Polanco, 27, was found dead at Rikers’ Rose M. Singer Center on June 7, 2019 of complications from epilepsy. She was being housed in solitary confinement...
The outbreak of the coronavirus has dealt a shock to the global economy with unprecedented speed. Following are developments Friday related to the national and global response, the workplace and the spread of the virus. JOB CONCERNS: Mall operator CBL & Associates warned Friday in a regulatory filing that there’s “substantial doubt” that it will...
When word leaked Wednesday the NBA would vote in a 22-team plan to restart the season and officially exclude the Knicks, forward Bobby Portis did a humble-brag on Twitter. And that turned into an online skirmish with fans who disputed his contention, with Portis making a crack about his decreased playing time and shot attempts....
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Texas State is launching an investigation into men’s head basketball coach Danny Kaspar, who has been accused by two former players of repeatedly hurling racist remarks to the team. According to former point guard Jaylen Shead, Kaspar said that his players would run faster if a “brown man with a [turban] and an AK-47” was...
The NBA’s 22-team restart format has not swayed Kevin Durant and he’s still planning on making his Brooklyn Nets debut next season, according to a league source. Recently, Nets president Sean Marks had kept up the sliver of possibility of Durant making his return during the restart that begins July 31, but The Post reported...
Grubhub has received interest from at least two European companies, Delivery Hero and Just Eat Takeaway.com, as potential acquirers, CNBC reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. The news sent shares of Gruhub, which owns food delivery app Seamless, up 7.4 percent, to $61.76, in afternoon trading. Ride-hailing firm Uber in May approached...
A bat-wielding 75-year-old Michigan granny faced off this week against George Floyd protesters, blocking them from marching down a street in her affluent neighborhood, dramatic footage shows. In the tense video, Karla Anderson waves the slugger at a crowd of dozens of demonstrators in East Grand Rapids on Wednesday — before one of them grabs...
President Trump is expected to sign an executive order that will bypass environmental reviews to spur economic growth after the coronavirus pandemic through infrastructure projects. By declaring an economic emergency, the president will issue the order to expedite construction project permits of highways, mines, pipelines and other projects, The Associated Press reported. The order would...
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