One worker killed, another injured in construction accident at Orange County high school

Street view of Villa Park High School, where one worker was killed and another injured Thursday, reportedly when bleachers in the gymnasium collapsed. (Google Maps) A worker was killed and another was injured Thursday in a construction accident at an Orange County high school, according to authorities. Two workers were reported injured around 10:21 a.m. … Read more

Emotional bodycam footage of officer attempting to resuscitate Laken Riley shown in court: ‘I’m not getting any pulse’

ATHENS, Ga. — The judge in Georgia nursing student Laken Riley’s murder trial issued a warning to the courtroom about graphic bodycam footage about to be shown — prompting several people to get up and leave and family members to cover their eyes. “I’m going to interrupt you,” Judge H. Patrick Haggard said to prosecutor … Read more

Israel envoy pick Mike Huckabee says Gaza hostage ‘breakthrough’ under new admin ‘would not surprise me’: ‘Trump doesn’t play around’

WASHINGTON — A second Donald Trump administration will have no “mixed messaging” toward Israel, the president-elect’s pick to be US ambassador to the Jewish state told The Post. “The biggest challenge is that the message that our nation has given to Israel has often been very mixed,” former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee said in his … Read more

Frustration grows over fossil fuel influence at U.N. climate talks

People protesting fossil fuels hold up signs at the COP29 climate talks in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Friday. (Peter Dejong / Associated Press) The United Nations’ climate negotiations process itself has became the focus of the international talks that aim to curb warming from coal, oil and natural gas. Environmental advocates released reports Friday decrying fossil … Read more

Bill Clinton ‘fought to contain frustration’ during MeToo era interview about Lewinsky affair: memoir

Former President Bill Clinton’s new memoir reportedly details his irritation at being questioned about his infamous affair with Monica Lewinsky during an interview six years ago. Lewinsky was a White House intern in her early 20s during the Clinton administration when she became involved with the president, leading to public ridicule and an impeachment scandal … Read more

John Fetterman unpacks Trump’s victory — and calls it a ‘serious flex for bros’: ‘They’re not fascists’

Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) declared President-elect Donald Trump’s victory on election night a “serious flex for the bros.” Fetterman spoke to Politico this week about Trump’s victory in his home state largely due to the former president’s appeal to male voters. He called out his fellow Democrats for failing to appeal to men in the … Read more

New York state buys share of Jay Z’s Roc-A-Fella Records to make deadbeat co-founder Damon Dash good on back taxes

New York has “99 Problems” — literally. The state government bought a one-third share of Jay Z’s Roc-A-Fella Records at an auction Thursday in hopes of recouping $8.7 million that the label’s embattled co-founder, Damon Dash, owes in back taxes. An anonymous Albany rep entered the winning $1 million bid at the federal auction in … Read more

House Speaker Mike Johnson ‘strongly’ requests ethics panel not issue report on Matt Gaetz sex misconduct allegations

House Speaker Mike Johnson “strongly” requested Friday that a House Ethics Committee report detailing allegations of sexual misconduct and other wrongdoing against now-former Rep. Matt Gaetz not be released, two days after the far-right ex-congressman was nominated by President-elect Donald Trump to be the next attorney general. “I’m going to strongly request that the Ethics … Read more

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