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Daniel Penny’s chokehold of Jordan Neely isn’t what killed the homeless man — he died from the “combined effects” of synthetic marijuana, schizophrenia and other factors, the defense’s medical expert testified Thursday. Dr. Satish Chundru, a forensic pathologist based in Texas, told jurors in Manhattan Supreme Court that Neely’s autopsy records and video of the fatal F … Read more

Anyone up for a walk across the Central Park Reservoir? A rarely-seen divider that stretches across the center of the Manhattan watering hole was exposed this week as the city grapples with a historic rain shortage and drought. Dozens of birds were seen resting across the stone wall Thursday afternoon, taking advantage of a weir … Read more

A Manhattan homeless shelter where alleged mad stabber Ramon Rivera stayed has long created “serious threats to human life,” the leaders of a prestigious nearby life science center raged. Alexandria Center for Life Science leaders sent City Hall a blistering letter Thursday — exclusively obtained by The Post — calling for officials to fulfill their … Read more

United Airlines’ skies were suddenly unfriendly when a 28-year flight attendant spoke about his faith to a coworker, the fired employee alleges. REUTERS LAS VEGAS — A fired United Airlines flight attendant says the carrier’s “friendly skies” turned decidedly hostile when he spoke with a colleague about his faith’s gender doctrine.  The 28-year-veteran employee said … Read more

Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.) on Thursday finally conceded the US Senate race in Pennsylvania to Republican David McCormick. “I just called  David McCormick to congratulate him on his election to represent Pennsylvania in the United States Senate,” Casey said in a video posted on X. Bob Casey finally conceded his race, weeks after his Republican … Read more

A Manhattan federal judge will hold a hearing over whether to freeze the hotly contested congestion pricing plan — just two weeks before the first-in-the-nation toll is set to take effect. Judge Lewis Liman said Thursday that he’ll rule on whether to stop New York Gov. Kathy Hochul’s Jan. 5 rollout of the plan — … Read more

Cristian Fernando Gutierrez-Ochoa, son-in-law of the reputed Mexican drug lord known as El Mencho, shown here in a wanted poster, was arrested in Riverside after he allegedly faked his own death. (K.C. Alfred/TNS) When a man who called himself Luis Miguel Martinez moved into a $1.2-million home in an exclusive Riverside neighborhood in 2023, he … Read more

Michael Weinstein, president of the AIDS Healthcare Foundation. (Michael Owen Baker/For The Times) California voters have approved Proposition 34, a measure from an apartment trade group that aimed to restrict spending by the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, which has bankrolled several rent control initiatives and criticized the measure as unconstitutional revenge. The Associated Press called the … Read more

A raging bull stomped on the chest of a teenage rodeo star during an event in Florida – leaving the champion rider fighting for his life as he suffers a brain bleed and mini strokes.  Walker ‘Hollywood’ Smith, 17, was taking part in the Space Coast State Fair in Viera on Friday when he was … Read more

President-elect Donald Trump went from one Floridian to another Thursday, announcing that former Sunshine State Attorney General Pam Bondi would be his new pick to lead the Justice Department, hours after former nominee Matt Gaetz withdrew his name from consideration. “For too long, the partisan Department of Justice has been weaponized against me and other … Read more