‘World’s largest’ brain tumor removed from man after 20 years

Surgeons in India have removed what they claim is the largest brain tumor ever recorded from a man who let the cancerous mass continue to grow for two decades. Click Here: The watermelon-sized, 11-pound tumor was cut out of the 31-year-old man’s head during a 10-hour operation in the Indian city of Madurai last Thursday,Read moreRead more

Candy queen Dylan Lauren\u2019s favorite spots in the Hamptons

An outdoorswoman who can’t sit still, Dylan Lauren spends as much time in the Hamptons as possible, bicycling on back roads from her family home in Montauk all the way to her namesake Dylan’s Candy Bar in East Hampton and beyond. “I have been going out to Montauk ever since I can remember — beforeRead moreRead more

Man faces life in prison for cutting up, dissolving girlfriend’s body

A Texas man who killed his live-in girlfriend, cut her body into small pieces, and dissolved the remains in chemicals was sentenced to life behind bars for the horrifying murder, prosecutors said this week. Kevin Wayne Powell, 50, described in local reports as a self-employed home remodeler, was found guilty of capital murder in connectionRead moreRead more

Summer 2019 preview: Streep, Springsteen, ‘Spider-Man’ heat things up

Springsteen, Streep and Spider-Man — and that’s just for starters. This summer promises to be a hot ticket, with new albums from The Boss and Madonna, plus four live shows in New York by Ariana Grande. Stay tuned, too, for movies — both new (Mindy Kaling and Emma Thompson’s “Late Night”) and sequeled (“Spider-Man: FarRead moreRead more

Looks like Assembly’s top Dems just don’t need little people back home

We knew New York state’s top leaders take big campaign money from special interests, but it’s still a shock to learn how little they rely on anyone else. The reformers at Reinvent Albany just revealed that the top two dozen members of the Assembly majority barely get any donations from the residents of their districts.Read moreRead more

Mike Pompeo explains the Trump Doctrine

Mike Pompeo doesn’t reckon himself a media critic, but the secretary of state can’t help but grin at the hysterical coverage that attends the Trump administration’s every move on the world stage. The latest example came last week, when reporters and liberal foreign-policy types managed to convince themselves that Team Trump was prepping a full-scaleRead moreRead more

How is this not colluding with America’s enemies?

Imagine, for a moment, what the political reaction would be if a leading Republican senator met with an antagonistic foreign power, say Russia, in the midst of high-tension standoff between President Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin? Such a scenario seems nearly ­inconceivable. Yet, it’s exactly the situation Sen. Dianne Feinstein created when hosting Iranian ForeignRead moreRead more

MS-13 gangster convicted of killing man for wearing Peyton Manning jersey

An MS-13 gangster was found guilty on Thursday of conspiring to kill a man for wearing a No. 18 Peyton Manning jersey. Jose Suarez, also known as “Chompira,” was convicted on murder, racketeering and assault charges for the Jan. 29 killing of Esteban Alvarado-Bonilla in a Long Island deli, according to federal prosecutors. see alsoRead moreRead more

Geek Squad, online shopping lift Best Buy’s second-quarter profits

Best Buy forecast second-quarter sales and profit above estimates on Thursday, as more people signed up for the consumer electronics retailer’s subscription-based tech support services and shopped on its website and app. The company reported a better-than-expected profit in the first quarter, but did not raise its full-year forecast, taking into account a potential impactRead moreRead more

Nasdaq CEO’s social media habit lands her in court

Nasdaq’s CEO should probably get off social media. Adena Friedman, the head of Wall Street’s second-largest stock exchange, got dragged into Manhattan federal court on Thursday over a business dispute with a fund manager — and a key piece of evidence was her response to an upset businessman who messaged her on LinkedIn. Nasdaq hasRead moreRead more