A college freshman pleaded guilty Tuesday to fooling Secret Service agents and sneaking onto Mar-a-Lago while President Trump was in town over Thanksgiving. Mark Lindblom, 19, apologized to a federal magistrate, saying he didn’t mean any harm when he infiltrated the swanky Palm Beach club. “I wanted to see how far I could get,” Lindblom Read more about College student fooled Secret Service, snuck into Mar-a-Lago[…]
A celebrity hairstylist whose clients have included everyone from Kate Moss to Richard Gere is suing his Madison Avenue landlord for not fixing his moldy, leaky office, according to new court papers. Julien Farel — whose flagship Restore Salon & Spa is in the Loews Park Avenue Regency New York — has been forced out Read more about Celeb hairstylist sues Madison Ave landlord over mold, leaks[…]
“My son. He’s nuts, but I didn’t know he was this nuts.” Click Here: Sports Water Bottle Accessories That’s what stricken Shelley Gilbert told a 911 operator when asked who shot her hedge-fund-manager husband in their Manhattan apartment in 2015. Audio of the phone call was played in Manhattan Supreme Court on Tuesday as Gilbert’s Read more about Alleged Ivy League killer’s mom says she ‘didn’t know he was this nuts’[…]
Godzilla has long been served with a side of preachiness. The big lizard’s origin story in the 1950s was that it was awakened by nuclear explosions to wreak havoc on Japan. Makes sense, right? Then in the 1998 Matthew Broderick film, nuclear tests don’t just wake ’Zilla up, they create him — by affecting the Read more about ‘Godzilla: King of the Monsters’ review: Reboot is too touchy-feely[…]
Mayor Bill de Blasio is giving Amazon the cold shoulder, saying the e-tailing giant won’t get any help from the city if they close on plans to move to Manhattan’s West Side. “Look, if Amazon decides — as Google did and as many other tech firms have — that they’re going to expand their presence Read more about De Blasio says NYC is ‘very jaded’ about Amazon[…]
A mysterious prehistoric forest has risen again on a Welsh beach thanks to Storm Hannah. The collection of ancient tree stumps had been buried under water and sand more than 4,500 years ago and now people are connecting it to an ancient legend about a “sunken civilization.” The forest is being associated with a 17th Read more about Storm uncovers 4,500-year-old prehistoric forest in Wales[…]
Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza’s crusade against “toxic” whiteness at the city Department of Education created an “Us vs. Them’’ culture that saw three longtime officials demoted in favor of less-qualified persons of color, a blockbuster $90 million lawsuit claims. “If you draw a paycheck from DOE … get on board with my equity platform or Read more about Bombshell suit claims Carranza’s ‘toxic’ whiteness purge cost DOE execs their jobs[…]
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, which Read more about The feds have charged Assange with committing … journalism[…]
You're probably aware that Google keeps tabs on what you're up to on its devices, apps, and services—but you might not realize just how far its tracking reach extends, into the places you go, the purchases you make, and much more. It's an extensive set of data, but you can take more control over what Read more about All the Ways Google Tracks You—And How to Stop It[…]
YouTube recently announced plans to change the way subscriber counts are displayed on the site. Beginning in August, instead of showing precise totals (i.e., 14,230,974), the video service will show a rounded number (i.e., 14 million). Paris Martineau covers platforms, online influence, and social media manipulation for WIRED. Unlike similar redesigns by Twitter and Instagram, Read more about YouTube's Change in Subscriber Counts Sparks Its Own Drama[…]