Live video shows the ongoing search of rubble from last month’s massive explosion in Beirut — after a rescue dog detected a child’s heartbeat beneath the wreckage earlier Thursday. Footage streamed by Reuters shows rescue workers in bright jackets near the search site, which was illuminated by flood lights after the sun set in the...
David Graeber, who helped organize the Occupy Wall Street movement, has died in Venice, his agent said. He was 59. A professor of anthropology at the London School of Economics, Graeber studied anarchism and anti-capitalist movements, and challenged the world to respond to the plight of Kurds in the Middle East. “David was a hugely...
"This predates any funding decisions that’s just the truth," de Blasio told MSNBC's Katy Tur when she asked about police unions blaming rising crime in part on defunding the NYPD.
"I have a better quality of life since doing this," he said.
EXCLUSIVE – Google announced Wednesday it has been chosen by a sector of the Defense Department to assist with a new U.S. health system designed to help pathologists study and identify certain types of cancers suffered by military veterans. The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) tasked Google with crafting a specialized artificial-intelligence model of information that...
The feds are reportedly gearing up to bring an antitrust lawsuit against Google by the end of September. Justice Department lawyers have been instructed to finish up their inquiry into the search giant this month as Attorney General William Barr is eager to take on the search giant, according to the New York Times. Representatives...
The New England Patriots officially will start the “Life after Tom Brady” era with Cam Newton at quarterback. Bill Belichick informed the Pats during a team meeting Thursday morning that Newton, the former NFL MVP, has been named the team’s starting signal caller, according to multiple reports. Brady, of course, signed with the Tampa Bay...
What better way to mark the 20th anniversary of Christopher Nolan’s groundbreaking “Memento” than with "Tenet," the strangest movie rollout in memory?
Using a hypothetical large earthquake off the coast of Washington, a new set of simulations shows why it’s so important to quickly head to higher ground. The Washington Department of Natural Resources recently released simulations that show how a powerful tsunami would overwhelm the state’s coastal and shoreline communities if a magnitude 9.0 earthquake struck...
A woman in California called the cops on three black women claiming she was attacked by “an African black person,” video shows. The three women — identified only as Brittany, Jessyka and Raquel – said they were jogging early Sunday at Dockweiler State Beach when an unidentified woman starting hurling racial slurs at them. “My...
Max Rose immediately blasted out a release opposing Trump's provocative plan to yank funds from the city shortly after The Post broke the story about the White House memo Wednesday night.
That’s one lucky fowl! A swan trapped in a storm drain on Long Island was rescued thanks a team of cops — and an eagle-eyed 5-year-old girl, according police and video footage. The child was walking with her dad on Lake End Road in Merrick on Wednesday morning when she “heard a strange noise” coming...
Facebook said Thursday that it’s removing a video of President Trump urging supporters to vote in-person if their mail-in ballots aren’t counted because that could amount to voter fraud. A spokesperson for the social network told Politico that the video “violates our policies prohibiting voter fraud” and will be removed “unless it is shared to...
A black Muslim woman says a traffic stop escalated to a violent arrest after her repeated requests for a female officer because of her religious beliefs, a new lawsuit against the cops and the city alleges. Rayhanah Alhanafi says that during the July 12, 2019 false arrest officer Tuhin Khan and three other male cops...
ALBANY — The State University of New York campus in upstate Oneonta is the first public college to shutdown in-person classes thanks to over 300 positive cases of COVID-19 among individuals, officials announced Thursday. Transition to remote learning begins Friday — just four days after SUNY officials announced that the campus would be closed for...
Tom Seaver’s reach extends even to celebrity sports fans. Adam Sandler sent out a personalized tribute to Tom Terrific after it was learned the Mets icon died Monday of complications from Lewy body dementia and COVID-19. “Tom Seaver. My dad loved him. My brother loved him. I loved him,” Sandler tweeted Thursday. “A hero to...
The Charlotte Hornets have parted ways with the radio announcer who had claimed last month that his use of a racial slur on social media was accidental. John Focke was suspended by the Michael Jordan-owned NBA franchise on August 18, one day after he’d tweeted the N-word in a post about the playoff series involving...
Dozens of pot packets rained down from the sky in Tel Aviv — sending folks running into the street to snag them and leading to two arrests.
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden on Thursday flouted COVID-19 social distancing norms and shook hands with an aide on the tarmac as he arrived in Wisconsin to meet with residents of riot-torn Kenosha. In a scene reminiscent of campaigning before the coronavirus pandemic struck in March, Biden extended his hands toward advance staffer Brian McPartlin...
A North Carolina elementary teacher died unexpectedly in her classroom just weeks into the new school year, officials said. Cindy Grindstaff, 50, a fifth-grade teacher at W.A. Young Elementary, had been in the school Wednesday morning for a faculty training session, The News Herald of Morganton reported. No students were in the classroom or being...
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Jabari Brisport, the Democratic socialist running to represent part of Brooklyn in the state Senate, see themselves as moles “on the inside” for the progressive, anti-capitalism movement, they said in an interview. Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Brisport, who won the Democratic primary for the state Senate’s 25th district with AOC’s endorsement, made...
LeBron James doesn’t like being compared to Scottie Pippen — to put it mildly. The self-described King lashed out on Twitter when ESPN’s Jay Williams suggested he was Dwyane Wade’s sidekick with the Heat when they won two titles in four years. Williams quote-tweeted former NBA player Richard Jefferson’s tweet that said Bucks superstar Giannis...
Nearly two-thirds of restaurants in New York State say they’ll have to shut their doors if they don’t obtain additional government relief, according to a grim survey released Thursday. The New York State Restaurant Association polled 1,042 eateries and 64 percent said they are likely to close by year’s end without help to counter a...
Forget smoking or non-smoking, this hotel may need to offer rooms neat or on the rocks. A whiskey-themed hotel, appropriately named The Whisky Hotel, is in the works in Los Angeles. The seven-story building, which is currently in the early stages of construction, will include 134 rooms and is expected to open in Hollywood in...
The MTA could lay off 8,400 workers by November or sooner if the federal government doesn’t come through with a $12 billion bailout, agency chairman Pat Foye said Thursday. “With respect to service cuts and layoffs, November board meeting or earlier,” Foye said at an event hosted by Reuters of a possible “cutoff date” for...
