Month: June 2019

Mayor Bill de Blasio faced a fresh round of questioning Friday about co-opting a Communist rallying cry made famous by Che Guevara – and offered up the same lame excuse. “You can ask 1,000 times and I will give you the same answer: I had no idea it was associated with any one individual,” deRead moreRead more

LONDON — Our greatest homegrown product appears on the way to England: The home run. The center field fence at London Stadium is 385 feet away (117.4 meters on this side of The Pond), which would be the shortest in the majors — though with a 16-foot wall MLB officials insist it will play closerRead moreRead more

The origin of a mysterious celestial radio pulse has finally been pinpointed by astronomers and they say it came from a distant galaxy several billion light years away. This is the first time ever that scientists have been able to find the exact location of a non-repeating fast radio burst (FRB) and it’s a stepRead moreRead more

Investigators suspect a New Jersey woman killed her twin sister over a man with whom they were both romantically involved, according to a report Thursday. A “love triangle” is being eyed as the motive for the “fight that turned ugly” and ended in the shocking stabbing of Anna Ramirez, 27, a law enforcement source toldRead moreRead more

The Knicks may have to fly to Kawhi Leonard’s hometown for their meeting with the Raptors superstar. While things are still fluid, a source confirmed a tweet from confidant Cris Carter that Leonard will hold all his free agent meetings in Los Angeles. Leonard will get a late start as free agency begins Sunday nightRead moreRead more

On Friday, New York City — and the world — is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising. In the decades since the riots, the gay-rights movement has made huge strides in the US, from the legalization of same-sex marriage to openly gay candidates being elected to public office. But, ironically, as the cityRead moreRead more

The NYPD is working to overhaul its suicide prevention protocols following a disturbing spate of officers killing themselves this month, Police Commissioner James O’Neill said Friday. “Going forward in the next few days we’re gonna come out with some recommendations and some programs to make sure this never ever happens again,” O’Neill said during aRead moreRead more

The Celtics may have found a replacement for Kyrie Irving. The Hornets may be losing the face of their franchise. Though Kemba Walker has repeatedly stated his preference to remain with the team that drafted him in 2011, The Athletic reports that a sizable gap exists between the impending free agent and the Hornets. ThisRead moreRead more

It sounds like a cruel plot twist in a WWE storyline, but the news is real. Vince McMahon, the longtime boss of the wrestling empire, has tapped two of his ex-rivals to run the weekly shows “Monday Night Raw” and “SmackDown Live” — a surprise move that looks like a gut punch for his son-in-lawRead moreRead more

This is what it’s like to fly in roach class. Flight attendants on a Canadian airliner asked the passengers to play exterminators and squash an army of bugs that fell out of the overhead compartments, according to a report. The incident occurred on an Air Transat plane that was about to take off from LondonRead moreRead more