The TV networks have gone into overdrive to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Princess Diana’s grisly death in a Paris car crash. Not only are they dredging up clips you’ve probably seen countless times before, but they’re interviewing anyone with even the most tangential connection to the “People’s Princess,” who was 36 when she died...
Rumors are swirling that the actress is eyeing a bid for governor of New York.
North Korea is mulling a possible missile strike on Guam, where strategic US bombers and soldiers are based. The Hermit Kingdom official news agency announced Tuesday that they were examining plans for a medium-to-long range rocket attack. Their statement came just hours after President Trump threatened to unleash “fire and fury” on the North “like...
Both fans and foes of President Trump have come to share a similar presumption about him — that, like Elphaba, the heroine of the Broadway musical “Wicked,” he defies gravity. He won even though nearly 61 percent of the American people said they disapproved of him on Election Day. He scored only 36 percent approval...
Gov. Cuomo’s minions are rushing to explain away his recent admission that, yes, tolls across the state Thruway system would have to pay much of the cost of the new Mario Cuomo Bridge after all, despite years of denials on that point. Cuomo’s budget director, Robert Mujica, notes that the Tappan Zee Bridge throws off...
Harlem Globetrotters star Bull Bullard made the shot if his life — from a helicopter, 210-feet above the hoop. Video of the aerial shot was released by the club Tuesday. Bullard boarded the helicopter last Wednesday morning and by noon, got the ball through the net on the ground at Morey’s Piers Amusement Parks in...
If you’re a Baby Boomer, you’re expecting Medicare to pay for that knee replacement or cataract operation you’ll need in 10 or 20 years. Don’t count on it. Health-care reform is taking a dangerous turn. Democrats, energized by the failure to repeal ObamaCare, are again pushing a government takeover of health care they call “Medicare...
ORLANDO, Fla. — A woman says a University of Central Florida fraternity member sexually assaulted her at a party. The Orlando Sentinel reports that 22-year-old Alexander Garces was arrested Monday on charges of sexual battery and false imprisonment. Police are also investigating a second suspect. UCF police say the attack occurred at a party held...
Google gave the ax Tuesday to software engineer James Damore for daring to write a 3,300-word internal memo suggesting the Silicon Valley giant is “a politically correct monoculture” intolerant of dissenting voices. In other words, Google proved his point. Damore, the company said, was guilty of “perpetuating gender stereotypes” by suggesting that reasons besides discrimination...
Visiting Israel this week, House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer insisted that his party remains “overwhelmingly” pro-Israel. If only that were so. Some Dems still are: Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer announced Friday that he’ll co-sponsor the Taylor Force Act, pretty much assuring passage of the bill cracking down on Palestinian Authority subsidies to terrorists and...
And now, the hard part. Over the weekend, US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley displayed deft diplomatic skills, winning the consent of China and Russia to punish North Korea. The Security Council unanimously voted for new sanctions that could cripple Pyongyang’s ability to finance its arms race. By UN standards, the reaction to...
Beckinsale stars in “The Only Living Boy in New York” alongside Jeff Bridges and Cynthia Nixon.
Wall Street’s creepiest CEO is now also the luckiest. The feds have dropped their securities fraud case against New York Global Group boss Benjamin Wey — known to harass reporters who write critically about him and ordered to fork over millions for sexually harassing his former intern, Hanna Bouveng. Manhattan federal prosecutors on Tuesday said...
This is the bizarre moment a daredevil diver slashes open his own wrist in shark-filled waters to prove a very dangerous point. The chilling clip, which was posted on Facebook, begins with a close-up of Skyler Thomas, the owner of White Shark Video, brandishing a knife for the camera. As the camera pulls away, it...
A group of obsessive Barcelona fans didn’t think through this one. Large sections of the Spanish soccer fans were heard on camera Monday night chanting death wishes at Brazilian star Neymar Jr. — who last week left Barcelona to sign the most lucrative deal in soccer history with Paris St-Germain. It happened during Barcelona’s 5-0...