LUXOR, Egypt — Egypt on Saturday announced the discovery in the southern city of Luxor of a pharaonic tomb belonging to a royal goldsmith who lived more than 3,500 years ago during the reign of the 18th dynasty. The tomb, located on the west bank of the river Nile in a cemetery for noblemen and...
Hurricane Irma shifted its deadly course toward Florida’s west coast Saturday morning after slamming into Cuba as a Category 5 storm overnight. The most powerful Atlantic storm in a decade now has Fort Myers and Naples — and cities as far north as Sarasota and Tampa — square in its sights, forecasters said. Experts warned...
For a city that seems to move at the speed of light, being late is never a good thing. That’s true for budget agreements, that’s true for commuter trains, and as it turns out, it’s probably true for earthquakes as well. We tend to think of seismic activity as a west coast problem. Friday demonstrated...
A Harlem woman was sexually assaulted in the lobby of her apartment building early Friday, police said. A man approached the 19-year-old as she entered the building near West 145th and St. Nicholas Ave, exposing himself and pushing her against the wall. The sicko then pushed the her against the wall, rubbed up against her,...
As Hurricane Irma continued its devastating run in the Caribbean, Cuba evacuated dolphins held in a dolphinarium in the north of the country, where Irma made landfall Friday night. The six dolphins were wrapped in wet towels to ensure healthy travel and put on helicopters that took the dolphins to the province of Cienfuegos, the Mirror...
George Clooney directing a Coen brothers screenplay would seem a natural match-up. He’s been reliably great in their films, even lesser ones like “Hail, Caesar!” But “Suburbicon” is a surprisingly tone-deaf combination of two wildly different stories that simply don’t work in concert. What’s most cringey — especially for a movie arriving so soon after...
“The Florida Project,” from “Tangerine” writer-director Sean Baker, makes a fascinating counterpart to last year’s Best Picture Oscar winner “Moonlight.” Like that indie darling, it’s set in a poverty-stricken area of Florida — but its spirit is wholly different and defiantly joyful, with diminutive star Brooklynn Prince playing a six-year-old girl named Moonie who runs...
MIAMI — Dozens of staff from the Environmental Protection Agency are working to help secure some of the nation’s most contaminated toxic waste sites as Hurricane Irma bears down on Florida. The agency said its employees are evacuating personnel, securing equipment and safeguarding hazardous materials ahead of expected storm surges and heavy rains. The Associated...
Evidence submitted in a major 9/11 lawsuit moving forward against the Saudi Arabian government reveals its embassy in Washington may have funded a “dry run” for the hijackings carried out by two Saudi employees, further reinforcing the claim employees and agents of the kingdom directed and aided the 9/11 hijackers and plotters. Two years before...
For her first time as a solo director, Greta Gerwig comes out of the gate strong with “Lady Bird,” an irresistible coming-of-age comedy starring Saoirse Ronan as a rebellious Catholic high school senior chafing at just about everything that’s available to be chafed at. If you’re familiar with Gerwig’s work (“Frances Ha,” “20th Century Women”),...
Al Sharpton’s daughter capped off her 30th birthday by getting arrested after she allegedly attacked a cabbie and stole his keys, cops said. Ashley Sharpton was charged with petty larceny after briefly tussling with the cabbie on the West Side of Manhattan, then snatching his keys and tossing them, sources said. “I threw your keys...
REMEDIOS, Cuba – Hurricane Irma pounded Cuba’s northern coast on Saturday as it headed for Florida, where millions of residents were told to evacuate after the storm killed 22 people in the Caribbean and left devastation in its wake. Still a Category 5 storm when it crashed into Cuba in the early hours of Saturday,...
With Harvey’s floodwaters rapidly flowing into the Houston hotel where she worked, Jill Renick reportedly made a frantic cellphone call to a fellow employee: “I’m in an elevator. The water is rushing in. Please help me!” Those words were among the few clues Renick’s family and friends had to go on for a week and...
Mayor Bill de Blasio’s unintentionally hilarious, self-coronating interview in New York Magazine this week included this insane sentence: “I think people all over this city, of every background, would like to have the city government be able to determine which building goes where, how high it will be, who gets to live in it, what...
The helicopter hovered 1,500 feet above a stately prewar building across the street from Central Park, well known to “Seinfeld” fans as Elaine’s apartment in the early episodes of the sitcom. But this was no tourist chopper. The pilot was working for the federal Drug Enforcement Agency, and he zeroed in on the Beaux-Arts building...
MOSCOW – Russia’s newly installed ambassador to Washington said on Friday that he had a warm and constructive meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump, Russian news agencies reported. “I was received by President Trump, I presented my credentials. For my part I said that we are looking forward to an improvement in the relations between...
The FBI said on Friday it is examining whether federal laws were violated by a Utah police detective who is shown on video assaulting and arresting a nurse after she refused to allow taking a blood sample from an unconscious patient. The July 26 incident involving Salt Lake City police Detective Jeff Payne is already...
France’s public insurance agency estimates that Hurricane Irma inflicted $1.44 billion in damage on infrastructure in the French overseas islands of Saint Martin and Saint Barthelemy. In a statement Saturday, the Caisse Central de Reassurance, France’s public-sector reinsurer that provides coverage for natural disasters, said that amount covers damage to houses, vehicles and businesses. It...
TOKYO — Japanese F-15 fighter jets on Saturday conducted an air exercise with U.S. B1-B bombers in the skies above the East China Sea, Japan’s Air Self Defense Force (ASDF) said. The joint drill comes as South Korea braces for a possible further missile test by North Korea as it marked its founding anniversary, just...
ARLINGTON, Texas. — Didi Gregorius moved gingerly through the Yankees’ clubhouse late Friday night after fouling a ball off his right calf in the eighth inning of an 11-5 loss to the Rangers. He remained in the game, grounded out and then was replaced by Ronald Torreyes at short in the ninth. He was treated...
Two years ago, Kony Ealy was dominating in the Super Bowl with the Panthers. Two months ago, he was with New England, expected to win this season’s title. Two weeks ago, the defensive end was getting waived by those same Patriots. Now Ealy has landed with the Jets, bringing a chip on his shoulder and...
With last weekend’s surprise nuclear test, North Korea has reached the final stage of its crash course to develop thermonuclear weapons that can reach and destroy US cities. So why are we not on a crash course to protect our cities from North Korean nuclear missiles? Answer: Because for more than three decades, Democrats have...
ARLINGTON, Texas. — The Yankees won two of the three games Gary Sanchez missed while suspended in Baltimore and scored 22 runs in the series, so they didn’t melt without the catcher’s productive bat. Yet, they were certainly looking forward to having Sanchez return to the lineup for Friday night’s at Global Life Park. “It’s...
Last season represented a major league cameo for Mets outfielder Brandon Nimmo. He got in 32 games and did what he could when he could. This season has brought much more opportunity, with Mets outfielders being on a first-name basis with MRI exam technicians or getting traded here, there and everywhere. Recalled in mid-June, Nimmo...