By HOWARD FENDRICH Coco Gauff kept wiping the tears welling in her eyes between points in her second-round match at the U.S. Open on Thursday night, trying to stay composed, trying to give herself a chance to win. Coco Gauff competes in the 2nd round of the 2025 U.S. Open tennis championships at the USTA… Read More »
An Ohio Amish mother who claimed God told her to throw her 4-year-old son into a lake has been charged with murder in the boy’s drowning. Ruth Miller, 40, was under care at a mental health facility when authorities charged her on Wednesday with two counts of aggravated murder, two counts of domestic violence and… Read More »
New Jersey health officials announced on Thursday the state had recorded 3 human cases of West Nile virus, the first cases of the year. A child tested positive in Atlantic County after showing symptoms in July. An adult in Middlesex County also tested positive for the disease earlier in Augiust. Both residents have been released… Read More »
By MIKE FITZPATRICK Costly errors by first baseman Pete Alonso and left fielder Brandon Nimmo helped the Miami Marlins score three unearned runs in the seventh inning of a 7-4 victory Thursday night over the sloppy New York Mets. Nimmo hit a two-run double in the first and Alonso launched a two-run homer in the… Read More »
With Thursday night’s victory over the Chicago White Sox, the Yankees tied their season-high win streak. Home runs from Trent Grisham, Cody Bellinger, and Jazz Chisholm Jr. lifted the Yankees to a 10-4 victory, giving the Bombers a five-game win streak. Bellinger’s two-run homer in the first inning put the Yankees on the scoreboard first.… Read More »
Veteran cast members Heidi Gardner and Michael Longfellow are leaving “Saturday Night Live” ahead of its 51st season. Gardner, who had been the longest-tenured woman in the cast, was on the late-night comedy show for 8 seasons. Longfellow, who reportedly screen tested for the Weekend Update segment earlier this year, was in the cast for… Read More »
Veteran rapper and DJ Funkmaster Flex announced on Thursday he’s leaving Hot 97 after 33 years with the New York radio station. Funk Flex — who began hosting the station’s first-ever hip-hop show in 1992, and later became known for his signature “bomb drop” sound effects — said his final show will air on Labor Day Monday.… Read More »
A sinus infection has sidelined George Clooney during his anticipated return to the Venice International Film Festival. The two-time Academy Award winner dropped out of a string of major appearances at this 82nd annual event, which kicked off Wednesday on the barrier island of Lido. “George has been diagnosed with a sinus infection and is… Read More »
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A judge on Thursday ordered a new trial for three former Memphis police officers who were convicted of federal charges in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols, after defense lawyers argued that another judge who presided over their trial was biased against the men. U.S. District Judge Sheryl H. Lipman issued… Read More »
Two officers with the Department of Correction’s Emergency Service Unit were badly slashed by a notoriously violent detainee late Wednesday on Rikers Island, city and union officials said. The eruption of violence began just after 4 p.m., when a man held in the North Infirmary Command started a fire in his cell. Heavy smoke poured… Read More »