The Mets used their Rule 5 draft to wheel and deal Thursday, selecting right-hander Luis Oviedo from the Indians for the purpose of trading him to the Pirates for cash considerations. An industry source confirmed the trade, which was first reported by MLB.com. Oviedo, a 21-year-old Venezuela native, was ranked by MLB.com as Cleveland’s No....
An Ohio man shot and killed his son when he mistook him for a deer on a hunting trip, officials said. Bradley Smith, 63, shot his 28-year-old son, Andrew Smith, while with a group of friends last week in a heavily wooded area just outside of the city of Delaware, the Columbus Dispatch reported. “It’s...
Adam Gase believed he had a good relationship with Jamal Adams before the unhappy All-Pro safety was traded to Seattle in July. Thus, the Jets’ head coach admits he was “surprised” Adams took public shots at him even before the deal was finalized. “I thought it was good, but obviously he felt different,” Gase said...
There are mirrors everywhere -- including the ceiling, of course.
TikTok is giving Instagram the toughest competition it has ever seen, CEO Adam Mosseri said Thursday. In an interview with CNBC, Mosseri described his photo sharing app as “playing catch-up in a lot of ways” to the mega-popular Chinese app, whose US user base has quickly grown to more than 100 million. “TikTok is an...
Two B-52H bombers took off from Louisiana for a show-of-strength flight over the Middle East on Thursday, sending what US officials said was a clear message of deterrence aimed at Iran. The mission by the two massive Stratofortress aircraft comes as the US military assesses there is an increased chance for actions or miscalculations by...
Colin Kaepernick isn’t returning to the NFL, but he’s still getting endorsements, and using the proceeds for a good cause. The blackballed and long-time vegan quarterback is teaming up with Ben and Jerry’s ice cream for a new flavor, “Change the Whirled,” a play on his fight against police brutality and racial injustice. It’s a...
“It’s time to really reckon with a challenge that we’re seeing very, very clearly, which is the way that COVID has stood in the way of our kids’ education,” Mayor Bill de Blasio said.
Jets fans are happy Gregg Williams made the atrocious play call he did Sunday, because it gets the team closer to drafting Trevor Lawrence. The Jets players, coaches and the franchise itself clearly was not. Williams was fired Monday morning and rightfully so. It could be his final time as a defensive coordinator in the...
A diamond given to Hunter Biden by a since-vanished Chinese energy tycoon is part of the ongoing tax fraud probe and a potentially broader probe into President-elect Joe Biden’s son, according to a report Thursday. Investigators have examined the gift of the 2.8-carat gem Hunter got from CEFE China Energy founder Ye Jianming in 2017,...
Well this bites. Texas Rep. Louie Gohmert appeared to lose a tooth in the middle of a Washington, DC press conference this week, but carried on with minimal interruption. The dental dilemma came while the 67-year-old Republican was speaking about US military involvement in Afghanistan during a House Freedom Caucus briefing on Tuesday. “I have...
A Florida woman claims two strangers barged into her home, pummeled her and chopped off her hair in a bizarre attack that caused her to lose consciousness. Lashelle Jacobs said she was awoken at 11 p.m. last Thursday by someone banging at the door of her Jacksonville home, news station WJXT reported. “I open the...
Republican Sen. Tom Cotton called for a special counsel to be appointed to look into Hunter Biden’s business dealings, saying a grand jury investigation into President-elect Joe Biden’s son is the “least damaging” allegation against him. The Biden campaign disclosed the existence of the probe into Hunter Biden on Wednesday, noting that the US Attorney’s...
How fun is this Giants team right now? It’s hard to not root for this Joe Judge-led squad in the midst of a thrilling playoff race in the NFC East. After a 1-7 start, Big Blue has won four straight games to get themselves in first place in the division at 5-7. It’s going to...
Top Bernie Sanders surrogate Nina Turner has filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission amid mounting speculation she will launch a bid for outgoing Rep. Marcia Fudge’s House seat. The paperwork, filed Wednesday, is the first in a series of forms Turner will need to complete in order to declare her candidacy. Representatives for Turner...
Ranked teams San Diego State and Arizona State will duel in the desert on Thursday for West Coast superiority, with both looking to impose their style on the other. Arizona State ranks in the top 50 of Division I teams in possessions per game and San Diego State is in the bottom 50, but each...
SYDNEY – Australian scientists said on Thursday they had developed a rapid genome sequencing method that would cut to within four hours the time taken to trace the source of coronavirus cases, helping to quickly contain any future outbreaks. Genome sequencing can help scientists monitor small changes in the virus at a national or international...
They wish you a fiery Christmas. Protesters outraged by a police killing in Albania set fire to a Christmas tree and toppled decorative reindeer in a wild riot Wednesday night, according to reports. Hundreds of furious demonstrators took to the streets of Tirana — torching a towering tannenbaum outside Prime Minister Edi Rama’s office — after...
A Connecticut hunter is facing charges for gunning down his neighbor’s dog — which he said he mistook for a coyote, police said. Peter Martinelli, 53, told Vernon police he was hunting in a tree stand on his 12-acre property in early November when he spotted a deer about 50 yards away but didn’t fire...
The father and brother of Rep. Eric Swalwell unfriended the suspected Chinese spy who got close to the California Democrat and other elected officials in a bid to infiltrate the US political system. Eric Swalwell, the congressman’s father, and Joshua, his brother, had remained friends on Facebook with Christine Fang, also known as Fang Fang,...
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday claimed she had “no concerns” despite serious allegations that Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell, a member of the Intelligence Committee, was targeted by a suspected Chinese spy who slept with US politicians as a tactic to elicit government secrets. The California Democrat was asked whether background checks needed to...
To Elon Musk, MBA might as well stand for “misguided bum academic.” The billionaire Tesla chief thinks too many American companies are run by business-school graduates who care more about numbers than delivering for their customers. “I think there might be too many MBAs running companies,” Musk said during a Wall Street Journal CEO summit...
Jets rookie wide receiver Denzel Mims will miss Sunday’s game against the Seattle Seahawks after leaving the team to attend to a family emergency. Mims returned to his home in Texas earlier this week, and even if he makes it back to New Jersey in time for Sunday’s game, he will be ineligible due to...
Rep. Marcia Fudge, President-elect Joe Biden’s pick to run Housing and Urban Development, wrote a letter in 2015 in defense of a former Ohio judge who had been charged with brutally beating his wife and who eventually went on to stab her to death several years later. Fudge wrote to the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office...