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The day after the federal government indicted WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on 18 charges related to his publication of secret Pentagon and State Department documents, San Francisco’s police chief apologized for raiding the home of freelance videographer Bryan Carmody. Carmody had obtained a police report, about the death of a former city public defender, whichRead moreRead more

The contentious relationship between Kawhi Leonard and the San Antonio Spurs has, quite definitively, become the Toronto Raptors’ gain. Leonard, the two-time NBA Defensive Player of the Year, has keyed the Raptors’ charge into the NBA Finals, the first time in franchise history the team will play for the league title. It wasn’t that longRead moreRead more

A commercial flight in China was nearly forced to make an emergency landing when massive hunks of hail shattered the jumbo jet’s windshield, according to reports Monday. China Southern Airlines flight CZ3101 was headed from Guangzhou to Beijing when the hailstorm struck and badly cracked the Airbus A380’s front window as it soared at 37,000Read moreRead more

The New Jersey family involved in a fatal car crash near Niagara Falls had nine people, including three 4-year-olds, packed into a minivan without any car seats, authorities said Monday. Two of the dead were identified as Ondina Castro De La Cruz, 47, and Mayelin Brito-Castro, 32. Both women were in the van along withRead moreRead more

Not only did he fabricate the credentials of college applicants — he faked his own, too. College admissions guru William “Rick” Singer was a con man so brazen that he lied under oath about serving on admissions committees at a handful of schools, according to a new report. The sworn testimony came in 2016, whenRead moreRead more

His mood brightened the most, late Monday afternoon, when Manny Machado received a question about Yankee Stadium’s legendarily generous right-field porch. “I think everyone knows Yankee Stadium, how short right field is,” the Padres’ $300 million man said after he lost his Bronx debut in his new uniform, 5-2 to the Yankees. “You definitely sawRead moreRead more

TOKYO — Authorities say 16 people, including elementary school children, have been stabbed in an attack in Kawasaki, outside of Tokyo. One adult and one child have died. Fire officials tell the Kyodo news agency that a man has been detained in the attack. Click Here: It wasn’t immediately clear how serious the other injuriesRead moreRead more

New York prosecutors, police and politicians need to get moving now to prepare for Jan. 1, when the criminal-justice “reforms” rushed through in this year’s state budget take effect. Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance spelled out a host of problems in City Council testimony last week, including this doozy: The new law “essentially hands white-collarRead moreRead more

Even Mother Nature at her wildest couldn’t stop this soldier from paying his respects to the fallen. Click Here: Moving video and photos show a proud member of the 3rd US Infantry Regiment ignoring a raging storm to place a flag at Arlington National Cemetery’s Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. As onlookers took cover fromRead moreRead more

A new Gillette ad released last week Thursday features a transgender man shaving for the first time. Samson Bonkeabantu Brown, a Toronto-based artist, shares the personal on-camera experience with his father, who coaches him through the significant life moment. “Now, don’t be scared,” his father warns. “Shaving is about being confident.” “Growing up, I wasRead moreRead more