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“Gladiator II” nearly had it all: epic battle scenes, heavy doses of nostalgia, emotional monologues and even an unexpected gay kiss — until filmmakers cut the latter. Denzel Washington revealed in an interview with Gayety that his kissing scene with another male actor was not included in the final edit of the movie, which hits theaters … Read more

A Chicago man learned that the owner of his favorite bakery is actually his birth mother – and is now running the business alongside her. “I was on the phone talking to my friend when a call came through from the bakery. I was like, ‘Why is Give Me Some Sugah calling me?’” Vamarr Hunter, … Read more

A lawyer for New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy has urged a federal judge to issue a ruling in one of the major lawsuits challenging the congestion pricing plan revived by New York Gov. Kathy Hochul Thursday. Attorney Randy Mastro sent a letter to the court Wednesday night — in anticipation of Hochul announcing the upcoming … Read more

Federal grant documents that contained a “blueprint” for creating the virus that causes COVID-19 may have been wrongly classified by the Defense Department, leading to a “flawed” probe of the pandemic’s origins by US intelligence agencies, according to whistleblower documents exclusively obtained by The Post. The whistleblower, Marine Corps. Lt. Col. Joseph Murphy — who … Read more

Also: Mercier Bridge down to one lane, part of Route 335 closed. The La Fontaine tunnel will be closed northbound (toward Montreal) all weekend.Photo by Allen McInnis /Montreal Gazette files Problem spots to look out for this weekend: La Fontaine Tunnel Mercier Bridge Route 335 Montreal streets Côte-des-Neiges Rd.: Will be closed northbound between Queen-Mary Rd. … Read more

A sicko raped a 30-year-old woman passed out in his car after the two met at a nearby bar in an early-morning Manhattan attack last month, law enforcement sources said Thursday. The victim – who had just met the sicko for the first time – was sexually assaulted inside his car at East 29th Street … Read more

President-elect Donald Trump officially named Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) as his choice to be secretary of state on Wednesday. Rubio joins a slew of pro-Israel officials Trump has tapped in recent days, including former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee as U.S. ambassador to Israel and Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) as his U.N. ambassador with a seat in the … Read more

Israel’s Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer met with President-elect Trump during a visit to his Florida estate on Sunday, The Washington Post reported on Wednesday. Sunday’s discussions at Mar-a-Lago centered on an Israeli cease-fire in Lebanon that involves Western and Russian cooperation, according to the Post. Dermer secretly visited Russia last week for follow-up discussions, after Russian officials visited Israel on … Read more

British-born Edwards was an original National Post journalist who was the paper’s UN correspondent for many years, covering a wide range of world events Former National Post reporter Steven Edwards in May 2011.Photo by Ashley Fraser/Postmedia/File Steven Edwards, who has died aged 67, was a newspaper correspondent whose youthful experience of the 1974 Birmingham IRA … Read more

A substitute teacher at Beverly Hills High School says she was fired due to posts she shared on Facebook criticizing Trump and condemning the behavior of students at a MAGA rally on campus, where Black students reported being harassed. (Reed Saxon / Associated Press) A substitute teacher at Beverly Hills High School says she was … Read more