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A New York City bus driver crashed into a closed Burger King early Thursday in Brooklyn after he apparently suffered some sort of medical episode while driving. The unidentified driver remains in critical condition at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn following the accident, which happened near Fort Hamilton Parkway and Caton Avenue in Kensington just … Read more

City lawmakers are pitching new hotel rules that could drive up room rates in the Big Apple – a move officials say would be a “nuclear bomb” on the hospitality industry. The bill advanced by Councilwoman Julie Menin would ban hotels from contracting out critical services or push hotels to directly employ most workers with … Read more

Former “Jeopardy!” champ Winston Nguyen — an ex-con teacher at a posh Brooklyn private school — was arrested on child porn charges Thursday, prosecutors said. Nguyen, 37, surrendered to Brooklyn prosecutors Thursday morning after a month-long probe into accusations involving explicit photos and minors, authorities said. He was expected to be arraigned in Brooklyn Criminal Court that … Read more

Vice President Kamala Harris launched her first campaign ad Thursday, ripping GOP rival Donald Trump for his criminal convictions and painting herself as the candidate who wants a country “where no one is above the law.” The ad leans into Harris’ background as a prosecutor, contrasting her anti-chaos vision with that of the GOP ticket … Read more

Lala Kent is living her best life in her third trimester. The pregnant “Vanderpump Rules” star – who is expecting her second child in September – stripped down to her birthday suit in a new selfie video shared via Instagram on Wednesday. In the clip, Kent gave fans a glimpse at her burgeoning belly while … Read more

Montreal’s administration isn’t endorsing or promoting the hijab. It’s merely reflecting the city’s diverse reality, whether that diverse reality displeases some or not. Some Quebecers seem to believe that Bill 21 gives tacit permission to erase religious symbols — and the people wearing them — from Quebec’s public spaces, city hall included. Montreal has always … Read more

Hantavirus is spread from rodents to people through viral droplets from handling materials with the animals’ urine, saliva or feces (Picture: Getty Images) A rodent disease that can be spread to humans and has no cure has killed several people in the US and prompted a health warning. Cases of hantavirus, which is spread from … Read more

A Philippine-flagged tanker MT Terra Nova carrying 1.4 million litres of industrial fuel oil capsized and sank off Manila (Picture: Getty) A crewman has died and 16 others were rescued after an oil tanker carrying more than a million litres of fuel capsized off the coast of the Philippine capital earlier today. Oil tanker Terra … Read more

The victims, both in their 20s, died after a collision involving a black e-bike just after midnight on Monday on the A316 southbound slip road onto the M3 at Sunbury (Picture: Google) The victims, both in their 20s, died after a collision involving a black e-bike just after midnight on Monday on the A316 southbound … Read more

Southwest Airlines announced it will begin offering assigned seats, ditching the free-for-all policy that has been a defining feature of the carrier for more than half a century. (Kiichiro Sato / Associated Press) For the first time since it was founded more than half a century ago, Southwest Airlines will assign seats — a shift … Read more