Month: August 2019

Robinson Cano’s first season with the Mets might be finished. Placed on the injured list Monday, Cano underwent an MRI exam, which revealed the second baseman suffered a torn left hamstring during Sunday’s win in Pittsburgh. No surgery is required, but there is no timetable for his return. Cano, 36, once went nearly 11 yearsRead moreRead more

Chaos erupted in Times Square on Tuesday night as people stormed from the area when a backfiring motorcycle was mistaken for gunshots. The false alarm took place at around 10 p.m. as a loud boom sent tourists darting into restaurants and theaters, disrupting a performance of “To Kill a Mockingbird” at the Shubert Theatre onRead moreRead more

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea said Wednesday leader Kim Jong Un supervised a live-fire demonstration of newly developed, short-range ballistic missiles intended to send a warning to the United States and South Korea over their joint military exercises. The official Korean Central News Agency said two missiles launched from a western airfield flew acrossRead moreRead more

Buckle up — self-driving cars have arrived in New York City. Or at least to the confines of the Brooklyn Navy Yard’s 300-acre site, where, beginning Wednesday, workers and visitors will be able to hitch a ride on a fleet of six driverless shuttles around a mile-long loop. Fatoumata Camara, a 24-year-old personal banker, toldRead moreRead more

Facing intense criticism, the New York Times changed a front-page headline about President Trump’s response to the back-to-back mass shootings that claimed 31 lives in Texas and Ohio. “TRUMP URGES UNITY VS. RACISM,” read the original headline, which was slammed by members of the public, journalists and a number of Democrats, including several 2020 presidentialRead moreRead more

At some point in the late-1960s, you could be forgiven for thinking that the FBI was running the KKK. The bureau infiltrated, manipulated and ran the Klan into the ground. The name of the operation: COINTELPRO-White Hate. With violent white hate again on the rise, we should take some inspiration — even if the methodsRead moreRead more

BALTIMORE — The Replacements? The Expendables? The B-Team? Forget it, I’m not any good at nicknames. Someone smarter than me (setting the bar low) can come up with a handle for the Yankees’ never-ending array of guys fresh off the last Bus From Nowhere who have played a considerable role in getting them Somewhere. WithRead moreRead more

A Romanian tourist plunged to his death near a waterfall at Yosemite National Park last week — the third person to fall from elevated heights in the park over the course of seven days, authorities said. Lucian Miu, 21, was walking on wet rocks below Bridalveil Fall in the California park last Wednesday when heRead moreRead more

The nation’s largest newspaper chain just got a whole lot bigger. The parent of the nation’s second-largest newspaper company, Gatehouse Media, has struck a $1.38 billion agreement to acquire USA Today publisher Gannett in a cash-and-stock deal. The merger, which would combine Gannett with Gatehouse’s publicly traded New Media Investment Group, was formally unveiled MondayRead moreRead more

Now, what’s a president to do? President Trump made a big bet when he said last week that he was going to impose stiff tariffs on billions of dollars worth of Chinese-produced goods. And, just days later, the Chinese counterattacked by allowing their currency — the yuan — to fall sharply in value. That makesRead moreRead more