With a little over three minutes to go in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference semifinal matchup between the New York Knicks and the Boston Celtics, Knicks forward Mikal Bridges hit a short pull-up jumper to give New York a 111-104 lead. After trailing by as many as 14 points …
Read More »Brooklyn Bridge collision with Mexican naval ship leaves multiple casualties
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Read More »In comeback, Journalism wins 150th Preakness Stakes
Two weeks after entering the Kentucky Derby as the favorite only to finish second, Journalism appeared beaten again entering the final straightaway at Saturday’s Preakness Stakes, the middle leg of horse racing’s Triple Crown. Once trailing by as many as five lengths, Journalism was still far behind Gosger at the …
Read More »Missing hiker Tiffany Slaton details her survival journey in California mountains
The day before Tiffany Slaton’s 28th birthday, she was looking forward to eating a pack of Dunkaroos — cookies with frosting dip — that she’d saved as a makeshift birthday cake. It was the only real food she had left after surviving 24 days lost in the Sierra Nevada mountains, …
Read More »Cassie’s graphic testimony of ‘freak offs’ may set the stage for what’s to come in Diddy’s trial
On red carpets from Los Angeles to the French Riviera, Sean “Diddy” Combs and the R&B singer Cassie intertwined arms, radiating an attractive and carefree façade for the cameras. But behind closed doors, she said, she “felt trapped.” In the first week of testimony in Combs’ federal sex trafficking trial …
Read More »Secret Service agents question Comey about his Trump social media post
Secret Service agents interviewed former FBI director James Comey on Friday regarding his “8647” social media post that administration officials called a death threat against President Trump and Comey called a political statement. “Today, federal agents from @SecretService interviewed disgraced former FBI Director Comey regarding a social media post calling for the assassination …
Read More »4 known dead, at least 10 injured in suspected St. Louis tornadoes
At least four people were killed when severe weather, including two possible tornadoes, swept through St. Louis, Missouri, on Friday afternoon, authorities said Mayor Cara Spencer announced the fatalities during a news conference. She said two of the dead were killed in North City, were a vortex was reported. Fire …
Read More »The man who stabbed author Salman Rushdie is sentenced to 25 years in prison
MAYVILLE, N.Y. — The man convicted of stabbing Salman Rushdie on a New York lecture stage in 2022, leaving the prizewinning author blind in one eye, was sentenced Friday to serve 25 years in prison. A jury found Hadi Matar, 27, guilty of attempted murder and assault in February. Rushdie …
Read More »Ukraine and Russia finally begin direct talks after false start
ISTANBUL — A diplomatic frenzy consumed Istanbul’s Dolmabahçe Palace on Friday, as Russia and Ukraine sat down to hold their first direct peace talks since the early months of this three-year war. Amid repeatedly changing plans, diplomats from Moscow, Kyiv, Washington, London, Paris and Berlin were attempting to navigate the …
Read More »New Jersey Transit engineers, trainmen strike, stranding potentially 350,000 commuters
Members of the railroad engineers union for New Jersey Transit went on strike right after midnight Friday morning, crippling a system that around 350,000 people rely on, officials said. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen said that its around 450 members in New Jersey Transit were walking off the …
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