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Cops make arrest tied to burning body found on Hutchinson River Parkway

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Police made an arrest in connection to the death of a man who was discovered burning on the side of the Hutchinson River Parkway more than three months ago, cops said Wednesday. Karim Allah, 26, of Van Nest, was busted around noon Tuesday in connection to the June 15 death of Kevron Marshall, 38, of...

UK concert hall sheds name of slave trader whose statue was toppled

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LONDON – A concert hall in the English city of Bristol that was named after 17th-century slave trader Edward Colston has renamed itself the Bristol Beacon saying the long-debated change was aimed at making everyone feel welcome. The concert hall was one of several places in Bristol named after Colston, who donated money he had...

Astros vs. Mariners prediction: Take Houston and Zack Greinke

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Breaking! The New York Football Giants are expected to replace Saquon Barkley with Devonta Freeman (5-8, 206) or Bryson DeChambeau (6-1, 240). The Indians pushed Shane Bieber back a day, bouncing our bet. Cleveland’s ace will go Wednesday against the White Sox’s Lucas Giolito (4-3, 3.53 ERA). Giolito pitched a no-hitter on Aug. 25, but...

Hunter Biden received $3.5M wire transfer from Russian billionaire: report

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Hunter Biden received a $3.5 million wire transfer from Elena Baturina, the richest woman in Russia and the widow of Yury Luzhkov, the former mayor of Moscow, Senate Republicans revealed in their report on the younger Biden’s work in Ukraine. Baturina is referenced in the 87-page report, which was released Wednesday, addressing her payment to...

Gardner Minshew, Ryan Fitzpatrick swap facial hair trash talk ahead of game

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Quarterbacks Gardner Minshew II and Ryan Fitzpatrick are spicing up what would otherwise be an unexciting iteration of “Thursday Night Football” in Jacksonville with some very on-brand trash talk. Both signal-callers have iconic facial hair, but Fitzpatrick — whose beard spills out of his helmet and mask — says men with mustaches would be bearded,...

Revel scooters are being targeted by scavengers for their parts: NYPD

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Scavengers are targeting Revel scooters for parts, the NYPD said on Twitter Tuesday. “If you happen to notice someone tampering with a @_GoRevel scooter, could you call us?” the Brooklyn’s 77 Precinct wrote. “In case you lost our number, it’s 911.” The precinct, which covers part of Crown Heights, didn’t provide any details in the...

UN labor agency warns of rising global wealth inequality amid COVD-19

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GENEVA — The U.N. labor agency warned Wednesday that the coronavirus pandemic has led to a massive drop in income for workers around the world and of rising inequality between rich countries that have injected government cash into their economies and poorer countries that can’t. In a report about the effects of the pandemic on...



8-year-old girl shot inside Bronx NYCHA apartment: cops

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An 8-year-old girl was shot inside a Bronx NYCHA apartment early Wednesday, cops said. The young victim was struck once in the stomach when a man walked into the apartment on East 143rd Street near Third Avenue just after 9 a.m. on the grounds of the Patterson Houses, cops said. The motive for the shooting...

Texas city releases video of ‘floating ant piles’ amid flooding caused by Beta

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A Texas city released nightmarish video this week showing piles of ants floating in floodwaters caused by Tropical Storm Beta. The frightening footage posted Tuesday by officials in League City southeast of Houston shows a mammoth mound of insects that appeared to be fire ants floating together in floodwater at a city park. “This is...

TBS adds Curtis Granderson in MLB playoffs shakeup

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TBS’ postseason studio show will have a new look led by familiar faces, The Post has learned. Ernie Johnson and Curtis Granderson are in, while Casey Stern and Gary Sheffield are out, according to sources. Jonhson is renowned for his work as a host of “Inside the NBA,” and had been miscast on play-by-play for...

Landlords rip ‘green’ rules adding heavy costs amid COVID-19 recession

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Landlords have blasted a new push by left-wing city lawmakers to require environmental retrofitting of about 1,000 Big Apple apartment buildings in a 2019 green buildings law expansion, saying the rash measure would require millions in upgrades they cannot afford during the COVID-19 economic downtown. “This bill would add a six-figure, and in some cases...

‘Hey Siri, where are the terrorists?’ directs iPhone users to police stations

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Apple’s virtual assistant Siri has been directing iPhone users to police stations when they ask for the locations of terrorists, according to a series of disturbing videos being shared online. In a video posted to Facebook, Joel Overstreet asked Siri, “Where are the terrorists?” and received four police departments in South Carolina as recommendations. “We...

Wells Fargo CEO apologizes for ‘limited pool of black talent’ comment

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Wells Fargo CEO Charlie Scharf apologized for a controversial comment that his bank’s diversity issues are caused by a shallow pool of minority talent. Scharf sent an all-staff memo Wednesday morning after reports swirled on Tuesday that he had repeatedly defended Wells Fargo’s inability to reach its diversity goals over the summer with the rationale...

Democratic lawmakers kill job-creating Industry City deal

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The bid to rezone Brooklyn’s Industry City was yanked on Wednesday — killing a deal that would have created tens of thousands of jobs amid the COVID-19 downturn, but was staunchly opposed by top Democratic lawmakers. Andrew Kimball, the CEO of Industry City, said the rezoning application that would have repurposed the sprawling, 16-building waterfront...

Hunter fatally mauled by grizzly bear in Alaskan national park

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A grizzly bear has killed a moose hunter at a national park in Alaska – the first known fatal mauling by the animals at the site since it was established in 1980, according to reports. The hunter was on a 10-day moose-hunting trip with a friend when he was attacked by the beast Sunday in...

Feds to give tobacco farmers up to $100 million in COVID-19 aid

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The feds are planning to dole out up to $100 million in government aid to tobacco farmers affected by the coronavirus pandemic, a new report says. The US Department of Agriculture will distribute the money as part of a $14 billion effort to help struggling farmers that’s funded by the CARES Act, the massive stimulus...

Chevron tells employees to delete WeChat from phones by end of month

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Chevron has asked its global workforce to delete popular social media app WeChat from their phones following the Trump administration’s attempts to ban the Chinese-owned platform. The oil giant called WeChat — an all-in-one messaging and social media app that is owned by Tencent and is massively popular in China — a “non-compliant application.” Chevron workers...





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