Motorists along a Virginia highway got an eyeful Tuesday afternoon when a man who crashed his car stripped naked and went on a rampage, according to a report. The unidentified driver, who caused a three-vehicle crash on Route 28 near Dulles Airport around 3:30 p.m., was seen running off with nothing on his backside but...
Trump? Fine. Women? Attack away. UCLA, Chino Hills High? Go for it. But the Lakers are trying to clamp LaVar Ball’s mouth when Luke Walton is involved. The Los Angeles front office and Papa Baller recently had a meeting, ESPN reported Wednesday, in which the team told him to tone down his criticisms of the...
BOSTON — All comic book heroes need a sequel — even U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren. The Massachusetts Democrat was the focus last year of a 22-page comic titled “Female Force: Elizabeth Warren,” which told the story of Warren’s rise from Oklahoma schoolgirl to U.S. senator and champion of the liberal wing of the Democratic Party....
Lakers coach Luke Walton won’t use the triangle with the Lakers but wished it had worked in New York and wasn’t “in favor’’ of Phil Jackson’s termination last June. Walton, whom Jackson wanted to make his coach after the 2015-16 season, said he’s been in contact with the Zen Master recently. “Someone who means as...
This New York suburb is getting crappier by the day. Orchard Park residents have a “Mad Pooper” on their hands — one woman has called cops about a delinquent defector stinking up her lawn, and someone placed an ad warning the foul feces fiend to quit it, the Buffalo News reported. “To the person/jogger who...
ISTANBUL – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday all Muslim nations should work together to defend the rights of Palestinians following Donald Trump’s decision last week to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. Rouhani, attending an emergency meeting of Muslim leaders, said the U.S. president’s move showed the United States lacked any respect for the...
Oumuamua is a comet with an unusual, cigar-like shape. Or maybe it’s an alien spaceship. Russian billionaire Yuri Milner is leading a group of scientists as they attempt to scan the object when it flies by the Earth.
ISTANBUL, Dec 13 – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas told Muslim leaders on Wednesday that a U.S. decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital was a crime which showed that Washington should no longer play a role in Middle East peace talks. Addressing an emergency meeting of Muslim leaders in Turkey, Abbas said President Donald Trump...
ISTANBUL, Dec 13 – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas told Muslim leaders on Wednesday that a U.S. decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital was a crime which showed that Washington should no longer play a role in Middle East peace talks. Addressing an emergency meeting of Muslim leaders in Turkey, Abbas said President Donald Trump...
President Trump on Wednesday sought to turn the defeat of Republican Roy Moore in Alabama’s special election into his own personal victory – saying he was right in predicting the candidate was doomed from the start. “The reason I originally endorsed Luther Strange (and his numbers went up mightily), is that I said Roy Moore...
Whoahhhhh, they’re all the way there. Bon Jovi is finally being inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The New Jersey rockers will take their place with music elites in April at the induction ceremony in Cleveland, alongside the Cars, Dire Straits, the Moody Blues and Nina Simone. Rock-and-roll pioneer Sister Rosetta Tharpe...
A woman trying to save her dog was knocked around by powerful waves, before a bystander pulled the bedraggled animal out of the surf. The dramatic rescue took place just off the iconic Brighton Palace Pier in England.
There is no favorite. There are only assumptions. The Giants have not talked to anyone about their vacancy at general manager, other than Ernie Accorsi, the man who held that title for nine years and has been commissioned to help find the replacement for Jerry Reese, fired in the Dec. 4 Monday Massacre that also...
There is no favorite. There are only assumptions. The Giants have not talked to anyone about their vacancy at general manager, other than Ernie Accorsi, the man who held that title for nine years and has been commissioned to help find the replacement for Jerry Reese, fired in the Dec. 4 Monday Massacre that also...
Josh McCown’s broken left hand ends a remarkable run of good health for the Jets in 2017. One of the overlooked keys to the Jets winning five games this season has been how healthy they have been. Their biggest injury was losing wide receiver Quincy Enunwa in the preseason. That was a huge loss for...
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Gary Sanchez’s first step toward improving defensively has been to work on his body. Matt Krause, the Yankees’ strength and conditioning director, is in the Dominican Republic working out Sanchez. According to a person with knowledge of the program, Sanchez has dropped weight. While all of Sanchez’s defensive woes this...
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Gary Sanchez’s first step toward improving defensively has been to work on his body. Matt Krause, the Yankees’ strength and conditioning director, is in the Dominican Republic working out Sanchez. According to a person with knowledge of the program, Sanchez has dropped weight. While all of Sanchez’s defensive woes this...
Nets coach Kenny Atkinson has a reputation as a guard whisperer. First he had to convince Joe Harris he could be an elite shooter. Then, when they added Spencer Dinwiddie, the guard’s confidence was so badly battered he became timid on the floor. Next up: Nik Stauskas. Viewed as a throw-in for the Trevor Booker...
From being the top prospect in high school to being a national champion in college to being one of the top rookies in the NBA, Jahlil Okafor had been the golden boy, never really facing doubt or adversity. We’re about to find out how he handles it, joining the Nets as a reclamation project and...
LAWRENCE, Mass. — Three Massachusetts police officers were taken to a hospital after being exposed to a substance believed to be the powerful opioid fentanyl. The Lawrence officers were searching a home Monday night for drugs when they came into contact with the substance. They began to feel ill and went to a hospital as...
TOKYO — Japanese officials say a boy was injured in Okinawa when a metal window frame fell from a U.S. military helicopter, escalating anti-American sentiments on the southern island. Officials of Ginowan city said the window fell Wednesday from a CH-53 helicopter and landed on a school playground, leaving a boy with minor injuries from...
The Knicks were winless throughout the preseason and the first three games of the regular season. Even the most diehard Knicks fans were checking when pitchers and catchers reported, while also keeping an eye on the Giants and Jets. Well, football and Jarrett Jack helped bring their attention back to the Knicks. And this isn’t...
The Israeli military says it has carried out airstrikes in Gaza in response to rocket fire toward southern Israel. The military says it struck a Hamas military compound in southern Gaza early on Wednesday. No casualties were reported. The strike followed a rocket fired late Tuesday toward Israel’s southern coastal city of Ashkelon. It was...
Congressional Republicans claimed they had a deal Tuesday to save at least some federal deductions for state and local taxes. The so-called SALT deduction are crucial to residents of high-tax states such as New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and California. Republican lawmakers in those blue states are demanding that any final tax bill that ends...
While the Islanders recorded a 3-1 win over the Capitals on Monday night, the victory may have been even bigger because they did not allow a goal on the penalty kill. It snapped a streak of seven straight games in which the Islanders’ opponents had at least one power-play goal. Opponents had a combined 11...