Get ready for “House Hunters Intergalactic.” Scientists analyzing data from the Kepler space telescope have identified 20 planets that could potentially harbor human life someday. New Scientist reports that the research team is 70 to 80 percent certain that these planets — whose orbit times range from as much as 395 days to as little...
LENEXA, Kan. — Police and court records say an investigation into a man found sleeping with his two children in a Kansas storage unit has led to the discovery of a body in a cooler. Thirty-five-year-old Justin Rey is jailed on $1 million bond in Johnson County, Kansas, on two counts each of aggravated child...
Rope would have probably sufficed. A Wisconsin woman thought it would be “OK” to have her 9-year-old son ride on the roof of her minivan — in the attempt to hold down a plastic pool — and now she’s facing up to ten years in prison, cops said. Amber Schmunk, 28, was charged Tuesday with...
Burberry creative director Christopher Bailey is stepping down from the renowned luxury label, known for its trench coats and distinctive check print, by the end of 2018. Since joining the brand in 2001, Bailey — who was the company’s CEO for a stint — has been credited for helping escalate the transformation of the company...
A coach bus driver was charged Tuesday in the death of an investment banker riding a Citi Bike — the first fatality involving the bike-share program in New York. Dave Lewis, 52, was arraigned on a misdemeanor and a violation in the death of Credit Suisse banker and former Israeli army sergeant Dan Hanegby in...
Halloween turned truly terrifying for students and parents Tuesday when a driver went on a deadly rampage in front of several lower Manhattan schools — right as the afternoon bell rang. Kids ran screaming down the sidewalk after the killer plowed his van into pedestrians and then emerged waving guns and shouting “Allahu Akbar.” “Two...
Halloween turned truly terrifying for students and parents Tuesday when a driver went on a deadly rampage in front of several lower Manhattan schools — right as the afternoon bell rang. Kids ran screaming down the sidewalk after the killer plowed his van into pedestrians and then emerged waving guns and shouting “Allahu Akbar.” “Two...
President Trump on Tuesday tweeted his outrage over the suspected terror attack that killed at least eight and injured at least 15 people in Manhattan. “In NYC, looks like another attack by a very sick and deranged person. Law enforcement is following this closely. NOT IN THE U.S.A.!”
Conservative: Clinton-Putin Link Is the Real Bombshell That Hillary Clinton’s campaign and the Democratic National Committee both paid for research used in the discredited Trump-Russia dossier is “bombshell” news, asserts The Washington Post’s Marc Thiessen. But even “more shocking” is that the firm the campaign hired, Fusion GPS, has been accused in sworn congressional testimony...
In light of the recent sexual misconduct allegations against Kevin Spacey, "This Is Us" has chosen to edit the new episode to remove a line referring to the embattled actor.
A University of Alabama freshman will be remembered during a prayer vigil on Wednesday, days after she died from complications stemming from a soccer injury that left her in a coma for three weeks. Allie Brodie, a freshman member of Christian sorority Alpha Delta Chi, was hit in the head by a soccer ball during...
The head of news for National Public Radio — a former New York Times bureau chief — has been accused of sexually assaulting two women seeking jobs from him nearly 20 years ago, a report said Tuesday. NPR is now investigating the claims, which involve its senior vice president of news, Michael Oreskes, suddenly breaking...
Seth MacFarlane bid on a private dinner with the two hosts.
The Bills swooped in at the last second to steal Cam Newton’s favorite target. Buffalo, off to an unexpectedly hot start this season, acquired wide receiver Kelvin Benjamin from the Panthers
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Police in Florida say a daughter suspected her mother’s live-in partner was having an affair, so she looked at files under his profile in their shared household computer. Instead of another woman, the daughter found pictures and video of herself — naked and undressing in the privacy of her bedroom and...
A 96-year-old retired Catholic priest kept a large collection of kiddie porn on his computer — with pictures of girls as young as eight years old — and shared it with others at the retirement home for priests where he lived, according to prosecutors. Monsignor Harry Byrne was charged Tuesday with more than 70 counts...
Love has no boundaries, and that doesn’t just apply to humans. This pet parakeet, for example, doesn’t have access to any female birds, so he regularly makes love to a toy penguin.
A suburban Chicago man whose mother’s dismembered remains are believed to have been found in a Chicago park lagoon has been ordered held without bond. Brian Peck of Elgin was charged with two counts of first-degree murder and one count of concealment of a homicidal death. Police say the 55-year-old Peck told Elgin authorities on...
Jon Ledecky has figured out the NHL equation for a successful franchise, and he has figured out how to get the answer within his grasp. Now the Islanders co-owner and the rest of the organization are just waiting to see if it’s finally theirs to have. The equation starts easy enough: In order to make...
The New York Jets have acquired cornerback Rashard Robinson from the San Francisco 49ers for a pick in next year’s draft. A person with direct knowledge of the deal tells The Associated Press that New York traded a fifth-rounder to San Francisco on Tuesday. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because neither team announced...
The New York Jets have acquired cornerback Rashard Robinson from the San Francisco 49ers for a pick in next year’s draft. A person with direct knowledge of the deal tells The Associated Press that New York traded a fifth-rounder to San Francisco on Tuesday. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because neither team announced...
A friend of the power pair says: “They broke up — he’s been seeing someone else.”
The FBI and NYPD have launched a terror probe into the deadly incident in which a pickup truck driver fatally mowed down at least eight people in downtown Manhattan Tuesday afternoon, police sources sources said. The truck driver who plowed into several people along the West Side bike path shouted “Allahu Akbar” after getting out...
The FBI and NYPD have launched a terror probe into the deadly incident in which a pickup truck driver fatally mowed down at least six people in downtown Manhattan Tuesday afternoon, police sources sources said. The truck driver who plowed into several people along the West Side bike path shouted “Allahu Akbar” after getting out...
US home prices rose sharply in August from a year ago, a trend that is thwarting many would-be buyers and potentially slowing sales. The Standard & Poor’s CoreLogic Case-Shiller national home price index, released Tuesday, increased 6.1 percent in August from a year earlier. That’s higher than the 5.9 percent annual gain in July. In...