A protest in front of the New York Times building in Midtown spiraled into chaos Saturday afternoon when nearly 70 demonstrators were taken into police custody, according to cops. The protestors, identified as activist group Extinction Rebellion NYC, first gathered at Bryant Park around noon and then passed through Times Square before setting up in Read more about Mass arrests made at climate protest outside New York Times building[…]

“It was all a dream” is right. The “one-room shack” in Brooklyn that Notorious B.I.G. rapped about living in as a child is up for rent — with its owner charging a smooth $4,000 a month to reside there. The residence has been renovated and is now listed as a gentrified three-bedroom home. Gone are Read more about Notorious B.I.G.’s ‘one-room shack’ now costs $4K a month[…]

It isn’t the best policy to fire folks on the fly once a season is under way. It is, in truth, an indictment that no matter how carefully planned a season might be, how meticulously blueprinted it was, something has gone wrong. That’s never a good thing. Logically, rationally, we know there is no such Read more about The Mets are playing with dubious magic[…]

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi urged President Trump on Saturday to abandon planned raids around the country to deport illegal immigrants. “Tomorrow is Sunday, and as many people of faith attend religious services, the President has ordered heartless raids,” she said in a statement. “It is my hope that before Sunday, leaders of the faith-based community Read more about Pelosi urges Trump to abandon planned ICE raids nationwide[…]

The reputed gang member charged with shooting and critically injuring an 11-year-old Brooklyn boy was arraigned Saturday and ordered held on $500,000 bail. Angel Eaddy appeared stone-faced and rocked back and forth as he stood before a Brooklyn judge to answer charges including attempted murder, assault, and reckless endangerment for the Thursday night gunfire. Eaddy Read more about Stone-faced gangbanger charged with shooting 11-year-old held on $500K bail[…]

Since he announced his candidacy, President Trump has repeatedly vowed to deport illegal aliens — including a promise last week to kick millions more out of the US — and to build a wall on the southern border. But the feds say that Trump has fallen far short of President Barack Obama when it comes Read more about ICE claims more illegals were deported under Obama than Trump[…]

An artisan blue cheese sold for over $16,000 at an auction in Spain, shattering the Guinness world record for the most “expensive cheese in history.” In August 2018, 15 different restaurateurs from across the country met for an auction of 5.78 pounds of Cabrales cheese from the Valfríu cheese factory — one of the strongest Read more about Most expensive cheese in history sells for over $16K at auction[…]

NEW YORK – Martin Shkreli, the pharmaceutical entrepreneur serving a seven-year prison term for fraud, has settled all outstanding disputes with Retrophin Inc, the biopharmaceutical company he founded in 2011 and which ousted him three years later. A Retrophin spokeswoman said on Thursday that the accord covers Shkreli’s $30 million lawsuit last month accusing three Read more about Martin Shkreli settles all litigation with former company Retrophin[…]

These kids just can’t catch a break. The final trailer for Season 3 of Netflix’s “Stranger Things” dropped Thursday night, and once again the children of Hawkins, Indiana, are getting a less-than-relaxing summer. “You let us in,” begins Dacre Montgomery’s Billy, presumably to Millie Bobby Brown’s Eleven. “Now you have to let us stay.” “It Read more about ‘Stranger Things’ Season 3 looks bigger and crazier than ever[…]

When André Borschberg started flying as a 15 year old, he didn’t worry about how much fuel he had to burn to get and stay aloft. These days, it’s pretty much all he thinks about. It has been three years since Borschberg and Bertrand Piccard completed an around-the-world journey in Solar Impulse 2, the sun-powered Read more about An Aviation Pioneer Goes All In on Electric Planes[…]