Month: August 2019

Labor leaders and a close ally of Gov. Andrew Cuomo dueled over the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s bombshell examination of its soaring overtime tab Friday, trading barbs over the causes of the agency’s runaway labor costs. The furious exchanges between the president of the MTA’s largest union, John Samuelsen — a non-voting board member — andRead moreRead more

Good judgment is apparently not part of the curriculum. When notorious rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine showed up at his former middle school in Brooklyn last year, he was welcomed in and gave a spontaneous performance that quickly turned into a “dangerous situation” — when he threw cash at star-struck students, a newly released investigative report obtainedRead moreRead more

Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner negotiated a “phony baloney” sentence with the gunman in the harrowing 7 1/2-hour standoff that ended with six cops shot. Krasner jumped on the phone with suspect Maurice Hill while he was holding three people hostage Wednesday night, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported. Hill wanted to know what kind of punishmentRead moreRead more

Protesters in Hong Kong have come out swinging at Jackie Chan after the martial arts legend and actor called the recent events there “sad and depressing.” Chan, who was born in Hong Kong, broke his silence on the pro-democracy demonstrations and said he hoped the semi-autonomous territory “can return to peace soon,” the UK’s ExpressRead moreRead more

Jeffrey Epstein’s former gal pal Ghislaine Maxwell isn’t holed up in her British manor or summering on the Massachusetts coast. More On: ghislaine maxwell Rumored CEO beau of Epstein’s gal pal was accused of assaulting ex-wife Tech CEO tells The Post: I’m not dating Jeffrey Epstein’s gal pal Epstein’s gal pal lying low with newRead moreRead more

Airlines are selling thousands of seats on Boeing’s still-grounded 737 MAX aircraft, betting the planes will be cleared to fly by the time they’re scheduled to take off. American and United are among the airlines that plan to use them for more than 32,600 flights later this year, according to the Sunday Times of London.Read moreRead more

’Tis the other season. It’s time for back-to-school shopping, a period that is starting to catch up with the Christmas holiday shopping season as a reason for angst. As retailers are understandably crowing about what seems to be shaping up as another record-setting back-to-school shopping season, a growing number of Americans say they are participatingRead moreRead more

Live streaming dei Finali Boulder of the IFSC World Youth Climbing Championships, i Campionati Mondiali Di Arrampicata Sportiva ad Arco. Oggi è il grande giorno, quello del verdetto definitivo. Infatti, dopo tre intensi giorni di gara, oggi è il momento della verità, delle tre finali del Boulder che assegneranno i titoli mondiali. I primi, vale laRead moreRead more

Il video di climber finlandese Nalle Hukkataival che tenta una nuovo super boulder nei Grampians, Australia. Nalle Hukkataival è tornato in uno dei suoi posti preferiti per fare boulder, il massiccio australiano Grampians, dove sta provando una linea che lo ha totalmente assorbito da quando l’ha scoperta tre settimane fa. Il finlandese è caduto dall’ultimoRead moreRead more

Il racconto di Andrea Polo, Gabriele Gorobey e Carlo Giuliberti che quest’estate hanno effettuato la prima libera della via d’arrampicata Mai più così – Never the Same sul Tsaranoro Atsimo in Madagascar. I tre sono stati accompagnati da Marco Sterni che, nel 1998, aveva aperto la via insieme a Rolando Larcher ed Erik Svab. SeRead moreRead more