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A young Chicago mom was fatally shot while shielding her 1-year-old daughter from gunfire outside her home, police said. Brittany Hill, 24, had just gotten out of a car and was holding her girl when someone opened fire from a silver Chevrolet Impala around 8:50 a.m. Tuesday in a neighborhood on Chicago’s West Side, copsRead moreRead more

Go ahead, Seton Hall fans. Dream of a monster season — Myles Powell is returning for his senior year. The Pirates now have the pieces for a throwback campaign in South Orange, reminiscent of the P.J. Carlesimo glory days. Click Here: The 6-foot-2 sharpshooter from Trenton announced his decision Wednesday, hours before the deadline forRead moreRead more

DUBLIN, Ohio — Peyton Manning has heard the chatter. His good friend Adam Gase, the new Jets head coach, is in search of a general manager to pair with as he takes the struggling franchise forward after the recent firing of Mike Maccagnan. Manning has heard the rumors he was being considered for the job.Read moreRead more

The body of a missing 5-year-old girl from Utah was discovered less than a block from her home on Wednesday after her uncle informed authorities about the child’s location. The remains of Elizabeth “Lizzy” Shelley were found hidden under trees after her uncle, 21-year-old Alex Whipple, told his lawyer where he had hidden her inRead moreRead more

Gov. Cuomo loves to brag about his fiscal conservatism, routinely brandishing Power Point slides that show he has kept the growth of state spending at 2 percent or less for what’s now nine straight years. Problem is, that’s only by his accounting — and independent numbers paint a much more troubling picture. The gov isRead moreRead more

Did you know that the greatest single threat the world faces today is single, middle-aged women? I didn’t either. But the movies are dead certain they’re coming to murder us all. “Greta,” a thriller that came out earlier this year, starred Isabelle Huppert as a creepy New York woman who befriends a naive 20-something, onlyRead moreRead more

You can go from Niagara to Montauk but you won’t find better drinking water than in the Big Apple, according to a new study. In fact, the safeguards put in place by New York City to protect its water supply should be used as a model for the state, according to the NY Public InterestRead moreRead more

Select New Yorkers will soon bid farewell to the dreaded “please swipe again” message on their morning commutes. Starting Friday, the test phase of the MTA’s OMNY program — short for One Metro New York — will officially roll out, allowing for contactless payments to get onto the subway. These payments will be made throughRead moreRead more

A Brazillian pop singer with millions of fans on social media was killed in a plane crash at age 28, according to a report. Gabriel Diniz died traveling to visit his girlfriend Monday for her birthday on a flight from the city of Salvador, the Guardian reported. The Latin artist was a passenger on theRead moreRead more

A fast-thinking Long Island woman held up a sign reading, “Please call 911, CALL 911,” while she and her three kids were allegedly being held captive by her boyfriend in a car — ultimately leading to his arrest, police said Wednesday. A witness spotted the woman in the front passenger seat of a black 2005Read moreRead more