LAS VEGAS — There is more to know than a bus security video clip has shown about the case of a 25-year-old woman accused of killing a 74-year-old man by shoving him off a public bus in Las Vegas, an attorney defending the woman on a murder charge said Thursday. Cadesha Michelle Bishop’s attorney, Michael Read more about Suspect in bus shove murder case did not ‘intend to kill’: lawyer[…]
BEIJING — China’s airline industry association has thrown its support behind 13 Chinese carriers seeking compensation from Boeing for groundings of the 737 Max 8. The China Air Transport Association said in a statement Friday that the groundings and delayed deliveries of the planes were causing “serious damage” to the companies’ businesses. It estimated their Read more about China to support airlines seeking compensation from Boeing[…]
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York lawmakers are holding a hearing on sexual harassment and what the state can do to combat the widespread problem in the public and private sectors. The Democrat-led Legislature held a similar, day-long hearing in February, the first of its kind in nearly 30 years. Click Here: Friday’s follow-up hearing in Read more about NY lawmakers to hold hearing on sexual harassment[…]
Esquire editor-in-chief Jay Fielden told staffers on Thursday that he is exiting the venerable but struggling men’s title at the end of June, the latest high-level departure at Hearst Magazines. “For me, the time has come to explore new opportunities, perhaps more than one,” he said in a farewell post. On Instagram Thursday, he posted Read more about Esquire editor-in-chief Jay Fielden to step down[…]
The Trump administration is reportedly considering using a legislative loophole to sell billions of dollars worth of weapons to Saudi Arabia without congressional approval. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and other senior officials are pushing a plan in which President Trump would utilize a provision of the Arms Control Act that enables the sale of Read more about Trump administration may use loophole to sell Saudi Arabia weapons[…]
Memorial Day revelers might need to double-check their meat before they toss it on the grill this weekend. The US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service on Wednesday announced a recall of more than 62,000 pounds of raw beef that could be contaminated with E. coli. The products — largely cuts of steak, Read more about Massive beef recall announced days before Memorial Day[…]
MNG Enterprises, after losing its $1.36 billion bid to stage a hostile takeover of Gannett, this week got a consolation prize when it reached a deal to pay $5 million to acquire the Reading Eagle out of Chapter 11 bankruptcy. According to a WARN (Worker Adjustment and Retaining Notification) notice filed with the Pennsylvania Department Read more about Cost-cutting MNG reaches deal to buy bankrupt Reading Eagle[…]
The blunt-smoking wannabe rapper who defended his wealthy parents when they were exposed in the wide-ranging college admissions bribery scandal was busted this week for attacking his father, The Post has learned. Malcolm Abbott allegedly pushed, kicked, bit and whacked his father with a ruler during the assault at their Fifth Avenue home Sunday afternoon, Read more about Blunt-smoking ‘rapper’ busted for assaulting college admissions scam dad[…]
Weekends are for New York’s favorite tabloid. The Post has become the top-read tabloid on Sundays — surging past the Sunday Daily News in circulation, according to a new quarterly report from the Alliance for Audited Media. The Post averaged 184,668 Sunday newspapers sold — an increase over last year’s average of 184,418 copies, at Read more about The Post becomes New York’s most-read Sunday tabloid[…]
A large investor in the operator of Madame Tussauds is waxing nostalgic about the company’s days as a private entity. Activist hedge fund ValueAct is urging the company behind the maker of Meghan Markle and Ariana Grande wax figurines to pursue a deal to take itself private, saying a going-private transaction would result in a Read more about Hedge fund urges Madame Tussauds operator to go private[…]