Three men were wounded in a shooting in the Bronx Friday night, police said. The shooting comes one day after Mayor Eric Adams announced the deployment of 1,000 extra cops to the troubled borough, which saw five murders in six days, plus several more people wounded in separate shootings across the Bronx. Gunfire broke out… Read More »
Cops are searching for a man who slashed a 23-year-old woman on the back of the head with an unknown object last month after she wouldn’t respond to his amorous advances on a Bronx street, police said Friday. The woman was walking near Fulton Ave. and Claremont Pkwy. in Mott Haven shortly after midnight on… Read More »
A 53-year-old man was arrested after he chased a woman pushing a stroller with a small child in it down a Queens street as he brandished a metal pipe and spewed anti-Semitic hate, police said on Friday. The 59-year-old victim was pushing a 7-year-old in a stroller outside of Khal Chassidim of Bayswater synagogue on… Read More »
A Florida man wearing Batman pajamas helped Cape Coral cops catch an early morning burglar. Officers at the Cape Coral Police Department were responding to a burglary in progress at around 2 a.m. Wednesday when they located their suspect, who was already being detained by a local man dressed as the Caped Crusader. “The neighbor,… Read More »
Chris Foreman, the longtime guitarist for English ska and pop band Madness, has revealed he’s been diagnosed with a rare and incurable form of blood cancer known as multiple myeloma. The 69-year-old father of four shared the shocking health news on Friday. “Earlier this year, I had severe pain in my upper back and shoulders,”… Read More »
It’s the end of the road for Emma Raducanu. Raducanu’s redemption run at the U.S. Open came to an abrupt end Friday as Elena Rybakina surged past her, 6-1, 6-2, at Louis Armstrong Stadium in the third round. Rybakina, the world’s 10th-ranked women’s player, needed only 62 minutes to eliminate Raducanu, who struggled to find… Read More »
By JANIE HAR, Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal appeals court on Friday blocked the Trump administration’s plans to end protections for 600,000 people from Venezuela who have had permission to live and work in the United States. A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously upheld a lower court ruling that maintained… Read More »
Cracker Barrel has quietly deleted a Pride page and removed references to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging employee resource groups from its website. The changes, first reported by CNN, follow a highly publicized decision by the Tennessee-based restaurant chain to scrap a new logo after pressure from right-wing groups. Until earlier this week, a page… Read More »
Nine firefighters were injured, two seriously, as they battled a smoky early-morning blaze that tore through a two-story Queens home Friday, the FDNY said. The heavy blaze broke out inside the 111th St. home near 95th Ave. in Richmond Hill at about 7:10 a.m., officials said. More than 100 firefighters and EMS personnel were deployed… Read More »
A pro-Palestine protester splattered red paint across the Greenwich Village home of the New York Times executive editor early Friday, police said. The red paint was found on the front steps, walls, sidewalk and lamps outside the entrance to the swanky apartment building on Fifth Ave. near E. 11th St. at about 3 a.m. on… Read More »