Getty Images Mayor Eric Adams declared a drought warning Monday — and halted a major aqueduct repair project to preserve the city’s waters supply — as New York City faces the threat of severe water shortages. Adams also directed city agencies to roll back water usage and urged New Yorkers to voluntarily do the same … Read more
Lakers coach Pat Riley, center right, and player Michael Cooper are swarmed on court following a 114-104 win over the Philadelphia 76ers to clinch the 1982 NBA championship. (Lennox McLendon / Associated Press) Not much is known about the next statue the Lakers plan to have erected outside Crypto.com Arena. But it is almost certain … Read more
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) is pointing the finger at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee for Democrats’ Election Day losses — setting off a firestorm from critics who say she’d rather blame Jews than second-guess her own left-wing policies. “If people want to talk about members of Congress being overly influenced by a special interest … Read more
Proponents of Mayor Eric Adams’ controversial “City of Yes” housing plan rallied outside City Hall on Monday ahead of a series of key lawmaker votes to decide its fate. The rally — which drew about 200 people — was part of a final media blitz meant to gather public support for the proposal, which would … Read more
The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania struck down a bid by Democratic officials Monday to count illegal ballots in the 2024 US Senate race, as incumbent Sen. Bob Casey still refused to concede to Republican projected winner Dave McCormick. In an unsigned opinion, the commonwealth’s high court ordered local election board members to comply with its … Read more
The pastor at a Brooklyn Catholic church under federal investigation for questionable loans to a former City Hall insider is out of the job — as newly revealed racist recordings become part of the scandal. Controversial Monsignor Jamie Gigantiello, whose $1.9 million in loans to a former aide of Mayor Eric Adams got him in … Read more
A Florida teen was able to fight off her wannabe kidnapper and send him running after he tried to drag her away with him during her walk home from school. Dramatic footage shows the moment Kymorah Reid, 13, stepped off her school bus at around 5:30 p.m. in Lauderhill outside Fort Lauderdale when a man … Read more
The com-dancer-in-chief’s moves are catching on. President-elect Donald Trump has been known to cut a rug on the campaign trail — and now his signature moves are being borrowed as a celebratory dance by athletes on the football field, the soccer pitch and even in the mixed martial arts octagon. Trump attended Saturday’s UFC 309 … Read more
An attorney representing two women who testified before the House Committee on Ethics about Attorney General-designate Matt Gaetz said Monday that both his clients stated under oath that the former Republican congressman paid them for sex — and one saw him in flagrante delicto with a 17-year-old. Orlando-based attorney Joel Leppard told ABC News that … Read more
Matty Healy fueled rumors that he was the inspiration for the song “Guilty as Sin” from his ex-girlfriend Taylor Swift’s latest album, “The Tortured Poets Department.” The 1975 frontman took to his Instagram Story on Monday to share Annie Lennox’s rendition of The Blue Nile’s 1989 song “The Downtown Lights.” “If you don’t know this … Read more
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