PITTSBURGH — For the better part of the season, the Islanders have been a three-game winning streak away from forcing people to take them seriously in the playoff race. They are going to have to reset the clock on that one after Sunday. In their second match against the Penguins in 24 hours, with a … Read more
ORCHARD PARK — It was 33-0 after three quarters. Then 40-0 a couple minutes into the fourth. In a Jets season that has resembled a complete organizational meltdown, Sunday was a 60-minute microcosm of the monthslong mess. If there was a morsel of anything that still mattered to this season for the Jets (which there … Read more
Short on personal wealth and long on political ambition, gubernatorial hopeful Gray Davis always has financed his campaigns the hard way: by persuading donors he is a good investment. But the aggressive fund-raising that netted Davis’ campaigns more than $19 million during the past 11 years has left him juggling and sometimes shirking his state … Read more
In the aftermath of the election last week, housing the homeless remains a burning issue, fueled by federal cutbacks in construction financing. Voter approval of Proposition 84, a $300-million state bond issue, should provide some relief, but homeless advocates are not optimistic about getting aid from Washington after George Bush is inaugurated as President. As … Read more
Gal Gadot is “pulling back the curtain” on the health scare that forced her to undergo emergency surgery when she was eight months pregnant. The “Wonder Woman” star, 39, revealed the “terrifying truth” she discovered after experiencing “excruciating headaches” while she was pregnant with her daughter Ori earlier this year. “In February, during my eighth … Read more
Federal prosecutors say their investigation dubbed Operation Varsity Blues blows the lid off an audacious college admissions fraud scheme aimed at getting the children of the rich and powerful into elite universities. Here is a breakdown: What is Operation Varsity Blues? According to prosecutors, wealthy parents paid a firm to help their children cheat on … Read more
Sauce Gardner wants to see Tee Higgins land a massive deal in the offseason, but that doesn’t necessarily mean he’ll be trying to convince the star wideout to sign with the Jets. When Higgins posted a highlight clip of his game-winning touchdown from the Bengals’ overtime thriller Saturday on Instagram, Gardner commented, “PAY THE MAN” … Read more
Former President Jimmy Carter, who died Sunday, led the US through a tumultuous time of conflict in the Middle East, gas shortages, Cold War drama and the Iran Hostage Crisis, all of which cemented his legacy as America’s 39th commander-in-chief. Carter — who was the longest-living president in US history by the time he died at … Read more
Democratic presidential nominee Jimmy Carter speaks to reporters at Hobby International Airport in Houston on Sept. 24, 1976. (Jack Thornell / Associated Press) California lawmakers expressed their condolences Sunday after former U.S. President Jimmy Carter’s death at 100. He was remembered for the role he played in a post-Watergate world and for leaving one of … Read more
Kim Kardashian and Kanye West’s four kids look all grown up in new holiday photos. The “Kardashians” star posed with daughters North, 11, and Chicago, 6, and sons Saint, 9, and Psalm, 5, in a carousel of festive snapshots shared to Instagram on Sunday. In the first slide of the post, Kardashian and three of … Read more
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