Mayor Bill de Blasio has found the ideal campaign headquarters for his improbable presidential bid — a converted vacuum factory that specializes in short-term leases and is a quick walk to his Brooklyn gym. The term-limited pol’s scant campaign staff of just five people has parked at The Yard, a co-working space between Park Slope Read more about De Blasio’s presidential headquarters is near his gym[…]
President Trump on Thursday evening ordered the intelligence community to cooperate with Attorney General William Barr’s probe into the origins of the Russia investigation — and gave Barr the green light to declassify related documents. “Today’s action will help ensure that all Americans learn the truth about the events that occurred, and the actions that Read more about Trump orders intelligence agencies help Barr with probe into Russia investigation[…]
Here’s one sign the subways have turned a corner since the disastrous days of summer 2017: A vandal has delayed hundreds of trains since March, yet New York City Transit in April still reached its best on-time performance rates since October 2013. The scoundrel somehow acquired a master key that lets him access the empty Read more about Even the brake-pulling bandit hasn’t stopped the subway’s turnaround[…]
SRINAGAR, India — Government forces in Indian-controlled Kashmir killed a top militant commander linked to al-Qaida in the disputed region, officials said on Friday. Zakir Musa was killed Thursday evening in a gunfight after police and soldiers launched a counterinsurgency operation in the southern Tral area, said Col. Rajesh Kalia, an Indian army spokesman. Musa Read more about India troops kill Kashmir militant linked to al-Qaida[…]
LeBron James isn’t wasting any time trying to improve the Lakers. With the chaos in the Lakers’ front office finally over, their star playing is getting to work recruiting potential free agents. He has already had contact with the Raptors’ Kawhi Leonard and the 76ers’ Jimmy Butler about joining him in LA, according to ESPN’s Read more about LeBron James is already recruiting free agents to help save Lakers[…]
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. 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, SWNS reported. Read more about ‘World’s largest’ brain tumor removed from man after 20 years[…]
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 — before Read more about Candy queen Dylan Lauren\u2019s favorite spots in the Hamptons[…]
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 connection Read more about Man faces life in prison for cutting up, dissolving girlfriend’s body[…]
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: Far Read more about Summer 2019 preview: Streep, Springsteen, ‘Spider-Man’ heat things up[…]
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 more about Looks like Assembly’s top Dems just don’t need little people back home[…]