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Left: Antonia Albino, who died in 2005, is seen in a 1966 Oakland Tribune photo. She kept a long vigil for her son, Luis, who was kidnapped in 1951. Right: Luis Albino, right, is seen in an undated photo with his older brother, Roger. (Oakland Tribune archives) Luis Armando Albino was 6 years old when … Read more

Schools Chancellor David Banks never obtained a waiver to meet with vendors who hired his younger brother, Terence, despite a possible conflict of interest, officials told The Post. “Public servants are prohibited from taking any official action to benefit any person or firm ‘associated’ with that public servant,” said Carolyn Miller, executive director of the … Read more

He had a killer final meal. A South Carolina inmate who died by lethal injection Friday chowed down on a hearty multi-course meal before the Palmetto State carried out its first execution in 13 years. Freddie Owens, 46, killed Greenville convenience store clerk Irene Graves when she failed to open a safe during a botched … Read more

The deadly episode unfolded when the unidentified suspect sped off from an NYPD traffic stop around 11 p.m. Friday, Nassau Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder said at a news conference. news12 Police shot and killed a man on Long Island after he blew off a traffic stop in Queens and left eight cops — including two … Read more

The father of Rev. Al Sharpton has died, the MSNBC host announced Saturday. He was 93. “I’m deeply saddened to announce the passing of my father, Al Sharpton, Sr. Our relationship was complicated, but he was still my father,” the civil rights activist, 69, said in a statement. “Over the past 18 years, I was able … Read more

A slew of senior leaders of Hezbollah’s elite fighting force were killed alongside top commander Ibrahim Aqil, in a rare airstrike Friday in Beirut as the longtime enemies inch closer to a full-blown war, military officials said.   The Israel Defense Forces said Saturday morning that the strike not only killed Aqil, the head of Hezbollah’s military operations and … Read more

Part of the police search for a shooting suspect included a wooded area alongside Interstate 75 near Livingston, Ky. (Timothy D. Easley / Associated Press) Human remains found in Kentucky were identified as those of the man who shot 12 vehicles and wounded five people on Interstate 75 more than a week earlier, Gov. Andy … Read more

Injured Palestinians, including children, are brought to Al Ahli Baptist Hospital after an Israeli attack on a market in Gaza City on Friday. (Momen Faiz / Getty Images) An Israeli strike on a school in northern Gaza on Saturday killed at least 22 people, according to the Gaza Health Ministry, while the Israeli army said … Read more

An explosion is seen as three bodies lie motionless on rooftops in the West Bank town of Qabatiya during a raid. (Majdi Mohammed / Associated Press) Israeli soldiers pushed four apparently lifeless bodies from rooftops during a raid in the occupied West Bank, according to an Associated Press journalist at the scene and videos obtained … Read more

The tires came from a 40,000-tire breakwater installed in 1990 to expand the Beauharnois marina. Volunteer divers are surveying the river bed near Beauharnois, in the Montérégie region, to remove from the water hundreds of tires that have been polluting the aquatic environment for decades. Unusual webbed feet are taking over the St. Lawrence this … Read more