Long Island man convicted in brutal torture, murder of longtime friend
A Long Island jury has convicted a 44-year-old man of brutally torturing and stabbing to death a buddy he’d known since high school after they met at a local bar.…
Jameela Jamil labels Blake Lively a ‘suicide bomber’ in private texts to publicist
Actress Jameela Jamil didn’t hold back in private texts to a publicist amid the ongoing drama between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni. The text thread between the “The Good Place”…
DC cop wounded on Jan. 6 nearly comes to blows at Jack Smith hearing
A former Washington, D.C. police officer seriously wounded in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol nearly came to blows with a right-wing election-denier during prosecutor Jack Smith’s congressional…
UN warns of ‘catastrophic’ hunger crisis in Nigeria as food aid funding runs out
By MARK BANCHEREAU DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The U.N. World Food Program said Thursday that more than a million people in northeastern Nigeria could lose access to emergency food and…
Colombo crime family heir apparent promised to steer clear, but feds say he’s running the family
He’s now the boss of the Colombo crime family, the feds say — and his decision to hold court at a family Christmas party in Brooklyn could land him back…
Man arrested for randomly shoving man onto tracks at Brooklyn subway station: NYPD
A man was arrested Thursday for shoving a straphanger onto the tracks at a Brooklyn subway station in an unprovoked attack, cops said. Ivan Negron was apprehended by a keen-eyed…
Formal U.S. withdrawal from WHO is decried as ‘scientifically reckless’
The United States formally withdrew from the World Health Organization on Thursday, one year after President Donald Trump announced plans to pull out of the preeminent global health alliance. Trump…
Venezuela opens debate on an oil sector overhaul as Trump seeks role for U.S. firms
CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuela’s legislature opened debate Thursday on a bill to loosen state control over the country’s vast oil sector in the first major overhaul since the late socialist…
Three people targeted, two of them Temple University students, in armed robberies near campus this week
A Temple student and another individual not associated with the university were robbed by armed suspects near the school’s North Philadelphia campus early Thursday morning, according to university officials. Around…
Mamdani details plans as NYC braces for potentially crippling winter storm
Mayor Mamdani said Thursday the city is bracing for potentially massive winter storm, doing everything it can to prepare for bitter cold and as much as a foot of snow…