Bloody conflicts marred the West Indian Day Parade and J’Ouvert celebrations in Brooklyn on Monday — with four people shot and wounded, and one person slashed as the popular annual events wound down. The mayhem began with two people shot around 5:35 p.m. near Eastern Parkway and Utica Ave. in Crown Heights; one man in… Read More »
Nestlé has fired CEO Laurent Freixe because he had a romantic relationship with a direct subordinate, the company announced Monday. Freixe will be replaced by Philipp Navratil, who has worked at the food and drink company since 2001. Navratil was previously in charge of the company’s Nespresso division. “This was a necessary decision,” said Paul… Read More »
An 11-year-old boy was fatally shot after he and friends were wringing door bells and then running away in Houston Saturday night, authorities said. The victim has not been publicly identified. A suspect, who also was not named by police, was detained for questioning on Sunday. Cops said they plan to formally file charges on Tuesday.… Read More »
The key for the Mets over the next month will be out-hitting their own starting pitching inefficiencies. Good thing they have Juan Soto. A monster game by Juan Soto helped the Mets to a 10-8 win over the Detroit Tigers on Monday afternoon, with the slugger driving in six runs on his own. The Mets… Read More »
Making history is nothing new for Juan Soto — but this type of history certainly is. In August, the Mets slugger hit 10 home runs, stole 11 bases and walked 27 times in 28 games. That made Soto the first player in MLB history to record at least 10 homers, 10 steals and 25 walks… Read More »
A Polish CEO who grabbed a hat from a boy at the U.S. Open last week apologized Monday for his actions. Piotr Szczerek, who runs a paving company, said sorry for his “extremely poor judgment and hurtful actions” in a Facebook post addressing the incident. “It was never my intent to steal away a prized… Read More »
It was a rematch six years in the making. Facing each other at the U.S. Open for the first time since their instant-classic match there in 2019, No. 3 Coco Gauff and No. 23 Naomi Osaka met again at Arthur Ashe Stadium on Monday afternoon. And once again, Osaka came out on top. Osaka pulled… Read More »
A 19-year-old New Hampshire woman has been identified as the motorist who rammed into Rudy Giuliani‘s car, causing the 81-year-old former mayor multiple injuries. New Hampshire State Police determined that a Honda HR-V driven by Concord teenager Lauren Kemp struck the back of a Ford Bronco in which Giuliani was a passenger Saturday night. “As… Read More »
The body of internet personality Esmeralda Ferrer Garibay, 32, was found wrapped in plastic inside a pickup truck along with three dead family members in Mexico. Prosecutors said all four victims’ bodies were discovered Aug. 22 in a mechanics shop in Guadalajara, Mexico. They were later identified as Garibay, her 36-year-old husband and their children,… Read More »
Kelsey Bateman, who appeared with Poison frontman Bret Michaels on the reality show “Rock of Love” in 2009, is dead at 39. A family source told TMZ her death was recent and unexpected, but offered little other information. From 2007 to 2009 “Rock of Love” followed 25 contestants vying for the affection of the hair… Read More »