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“Absurd’’ New Jersey pols scheduled the state’s June primary elections during the holy Jewish holiday of Shavuot, prompting infuriated religious groups to demand the date be changed. Shavuot is celebrated by observant Jews as the day when the Ten Commandments were given on Mount Sinai, and next year, the holiday ends at sundown, 9:14 p.m., on … Read more

The firm at the center of bid-rigging claims involving Gov. Kathy Hochul’s overhaul of a $9 billion home care program added staff weeks before it won the contract, records show. Public Partnerships LLC posted a job for a manager as early as August, almost two months before it was officially awarded the contract to essentially … Read more

NYPD divers Sunday continued to search the Central Park Boathouse pond for potential clues including the gun used in the slaying of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson as cops were still hunting the killer. Investigators believe the on-the-law suspect may have tossed evidence into the lake in the middle of the sprawling park, sources said. The … Read more

The stars of the hit movie “Wicked” have finally addressed their strangest interview moment from a pre-release press tour loaded with awkward viral clips. Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande raised the internet’s collective eyebrows with their response to a bizarre statement by Out magazine reporter Tracy Gilchrist last month, who told the duo she had … Read more

Eminem headlined a concert at the F1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix after his mom, Debbie Nelson, died following a battle with lung cancer. The “Mockingbird” rapper — born Marshall Mathers — returned to the stage to perform in front of around 40,000 fans at Etihad Park in the United Arab Emirates on Saturday night. The hitmaker documented … Read more

Century 21, the discount fashion department store, slimmed down from 250,000 square feet to 100,000 square feet when it reopened in May 2023 after more than two years of pandemic closure. But the ASG Equities, the real estate arm of the store’s owners, the Gindi family, went right to work finding new tenants and uses … Read more

‘With U.S. President-elect Donald Trump to discuss Canadian border controls and tariffs on Canadian products,’ Premier François Legault wrote in a post on X Quebec Premier François Legault crossed paths with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump in Paris on Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024, during the reopening of Notre-Dame Cathedral.Photo by Jacques Boissinot /The Canadian Press Quebec … Read more

With alternating snow and freezing rain in the forecast, many of Saskatchewan’s highways were marked “travel not recommended” on Sunday. Work was underway this week on filling the Cameco Meewasin skating rink in downtown Saskatoon along the banks of the South Saskatchewan River. The rink is one of the most popular gathering places in the … Read more