A bike-riding attacker with a delivery bag stabbed a man twice when a feud turned violent outside Washington Square Park Tuesday evening, cops and sources said. The victim was crossing the street when he got into an argument with the suspect at Washington Square South and Thompson Street just after 5 p.m., authorities and sources … Read more
Their dream machines hauled away, many vintage car owners in Ontario are suddenly in limbo amid a police probe into alleged auto theft Their dream machines hauled away, many vintage car owners in Ontario are suddenly in limbo as a police probe into alleged auto theft reaches across the province from its southwest. Dale Carruthers … Read more
Three people were killed and another was hospitalized after a Tesla Cybertruck crashed in Piedmont on Wednesday, according to authorities. The Tesla was engulfed in flames by the time police officers arrived at the intersection of King Avenue and Hampton Road. (Google Maps) Three people were killed and another was hospitalized after a Tesla Cybertruck … Read more
Billionaire Elon Musk, tasked with slashing government costs by President-elect Donald Trump, on Wednesday called for the elimination of a federal regulatory agency charged with protecting consumers in the financial sector. The comment on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) follows Musk’s recent appointment to a government efficiency role, further amplifying the influence of the world’s richest man, who … Read more
Alba Rohrwacher, left, and Irene Maiorino as Lenù and Lila in the fourth and final season of “My Brilliant Friend.” (HBO) Welcome to Screen Gab, the newsletter for everyone who plans to have a lot of free time on their hands this weekend. Sure, you may spend some of it cooking (and eating), and some … Read more
Transgender students from kindergarten through college in Ohio now must use bathrooms that align with their biological gender under a new bill signed Wednesday. The bathroom measure, signed by Republican Gov. Mike DeWine, will require public and private schools, colleges and universities to designate separate bathrooms, locker rooms and overnight accommodations “for the exclusive use” … Read more
Visitors walk in snow at the Gyeongbok Palace, one of South Korea’s well-known landmarks, in Seoul, on Wednesday. (Lee Jin-man / Associated Press) The biggest November snowstorm to hit South Korea’s capital in more than a half-century blanketed the capital on Wednesday, grounding hundreds of flights, disrupting commuter traffic and leaving at least two dead. … Read more
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen arrives at the courtroom Wednesday for the last day of her trial on charges of embezzling European Parliament funds. (Aurelien Morissard / Associated Press) Marine Le Pen’s trial is ending with one key question: Will France’s leading far-right figure be able to run in the next presidential race? Her … Read more
Norway’s Marius Borg Hoiby and Crown Princess Mette-Marit in Oslo on June 16, 2022. (Lise Aserud / Associated Press) The eldest son of Norwegian Crown Princess Mette-Marit is to be released from custody after his arrest last week on rape allegations, Norwegian broadcaster NRK reported Wednesday. At the same time, however, Oslo police began an … Read more
The jury heard evidence that the 2021 drive-by shooting was intended as revenge for the death of a street gang member who was killed in Montreal. A Montreal police investigator examines a bullet hole in a car at the scene of a drive-by shooting in Rivière-des-Prairies in August 2021.Photo by John Mahoney /Montreal Gazette All … Read more