London’s Metropolitan Police say that they are treating the crash outside of Parliament as a terrorist incident. Authorities said in a statement Tuesday that a man in his 20s was arrested on suspicion of terrorist offenses after the silver Ford Fiesta collided with a number of cyclists and pedestrians before crashing into the barriers during Read More…
LONDON — A car slammed into security barriers outside the Houses of Parliament on Tuesday, injuring a number of pedestrians. Armed police swooped into the area and cordoned off streets surrounding the heart of Britain’s government. Police appealed to the public to stay away, and the Westminster Tube station was closed. The area was the Read More…
NEWCASTLE, Australia — The most senior Roman Catholic cleric convicted of covering up child sex abuse was ordered by an Australian court Tuesday to serve his 1-year sentence in home detention rather than jail. Newcastle Magistrate Robert Stone on Tuesday ordered former Adelaide Archbishop Philip Wilson to be detained at his sister’s house for at Read More…
A New Mexico judge granted bail Monday to five suspects — one the son of a controversial Brooklyn imam — who were accused of keeping kids in a filthy, heavily fortified compound. see also Brooklyn imam says missing boy found dead in New Mexico compound was grandson A controversial Brooklyn imam confirmed Thursday that the Read More…
Iranian nationals are posing as MAGA-loving Twitter trolls an attempt to sow fear and spread hatred about Indian immigrants living in the US, a report says. “Indian ppl are stealing American graduates jobs,” wrote one of the faux Trump supporters in a tweet last month. “Indians are doing their best to keep the silence!” another Read More…
Indiana cops are investigating a disturbing case of animal abuse, in which shelter workers allegedly euthanized kittens by freezing them alive. Several ex-employees have come forward and claimed to have witnessed the cruel and inhumane procedure being performed at the Spencer County Animal Shelter on at least two different occasions. One former worker named Bridgett Read More…
SAGAPONACK, LI — Good fences make good neighbors — unless they’re blocking a neighbor’s view in the Hamptons, that is. The wife of noted hedge-fund tycoon Greg Lippmann — the shrewd investor played by Ryan Gosling in “The Big Short” — wants to build a fence around the couple’s 34-acre estate, claiming that she’s starting Read More…
Who is responsible for the stock market getting back to near record levels? The answer: US taxpayers. Let me put the bouncing ball in motion so you can follow my logic. As everyone already knows, earlier this year the Trump administration cut taxes on individuals and companies. Companies fared better because not only did their Read More…
There’s one other thing that the tax reductions did: They raised corporate profits. The stock market was wildly overvalued coming into this year. Those extra profits that companies have been able to keep thanks to the feds’ generosity have made stocks a little less expensive relative to their earnings. And that seems to have surprised Read More…
Consumer spending is soaring — so much so that a major trade group revised its annual forecast upwards. Thanks to the tax cuts, a tight jobs market and higher incomes, consumers are spending their hard-earned cash more freely, according to the National Retail Federation, which said on Monday that retail sales rose 4.8 percent for Read More…
A 12-year-old boy who was stranded on a fallen tree encircled by rushing floodwaters was rescued successfully, authorities said. First responders in Phoenixville, Pa., threaded a rope to the boy, as Fox 29 reported. A small inflatable boat was sent to the rescue position, and the boy jumped to the boat and was pulled to safety. It’s Read More…
Waffle House shooting suspect Travis Reinking has been declared “mentally incompetent” — and may no longer stand trial, according to reports. State officials reached out to the victims’ families on Monday and informed them that their months-long mental evaluation of Reinking, who allegedly gunned down 17 people on April 22, was complete. A motion was Read More…
The Kobe Japanese Steakhouse in Clearwater, Fla., offers a variety of choice meats, sushi specialties and a pretty generous happy hour deal. The one thing they don’t offer, however, are live nude shows. Not always, anyway. James Dylan Jordan, a 24-year-old restaurant patron from nearby Dunedin, was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct after he Read More…
WASHINGTON – President Trump slammed Gov. Andrew Cuomo Monday on guns, high taxes and dared the Democrat to challenge him for the White House in 2020. Speaking at a campaign event in Utica, Trump said Cuomo telephoned him and pledged to “never” run against Trump for president. “But maybe he wants to,” Trump said of Read More…
Welcome to the age of self-congratulatory media. “Democracy dies in darkness” goes the ridiculous tagline on The Washington Post’s front page. Reporters openly call themselves heroes and firefighters. Yet when it doesn’t fit the standard left-wing narrative, our Guardians of the Galaxy are MIA. On Sunday, the Unite the Right II rally of white supremacists Read More…
A widow is suing American Airlines, claiming a baggage handler made false accusations against her husband that led to his arrest. Debbie Cardarelli filed a lawsuit in the Court of Common Pleas in Philadelphia, seeking more than $1 million in damages and punitive charges after an incident in March 2017 led to her husband’s arrest. Read More…
Last week, left-wing politicians, activists, and columnists gleefully rejoiced that they had unlocked the easy path to single-payer health care in America: Just cut reimbursement payments to health providers by 40 percent and then raise taxes by $32 trillion over the decade. You know, nothing difficult or controversial. These liberals are cheering — and broadly Read More…
It was inevitable that the anniversary of last year’s racist march in Charlottesville, Va., would be treated as a watershed. The horrifying torchlight parade of neo-Nazis and Klansmen shouting racist and anti-Semitic slogans was straight out of our collective nightmares about the past. Yet its significance stemmed not so much from those scary images but Read More…
A 7-year-old boy in Missouri was left with deformities after another child doused him in nail polish remover then set him ablaze, according to reports. The victim’s mom, Ashley Lyons, said the horrifying attack Aug. 6 at their apartment complex in Independence has made her young son, Julien, unrecognizable, news station WDAF reported. Lyons said Read More…
For the second time in days, the NYPD has hurriedly reopened a criminal investigation after cops’ initial inaction was splashed across The Post’s front page. Is this an aberration? We hope so — but One Police Plaza had better make sure something more systemic isn’t involved. Last week, it was the case of the doorman Read More…
Starting this week, public schools in Florida will be required to display signs with the official state motto — “In God We Trust.” The phrase will be posted in “a conspicuous place” after being endorsed by Democratic Rep. Kimberly Daniels, who is the leader of a Christian ministry, according to the Orlando Sentinel. Gov. Rick Read More…
It’s hard to see any harm in letting Gov. Cuomo keep the eagle feather recovered on a long-ago family outing on Saranac Lake. But how to get around the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act? That obscure 1940s federal statute prohibits non-Native Americans from disturbing, taking or possessing eagle parts, eggs or nests — including Read More…
Police in South Carolina are investigating an unidentified body that washed ashore, according to officials An adult male body was reportedly found in the surf around 10 a.m. Monday at Myrtle Beach State Park, news station WBTW reported. Rescue crews reportedly blocked off a section of the beach at the popular vacation destination while they Read More…
BOULDER CITY, Nev. — An official says a search is on for a missing boater after his 25-foot sailboat was found floating unattended at the Lake Mead reservoir on the Colorado River. Lake Mead National Recreation Area spokeswoman Christie Vanover said Monday that 69-year-old Brian Yule of Las Vegas was last seen about noon Friday Read More…
Don’t be too shocked by the revelation in Sunday’s Post that real-estate reps accounted for 46 of the 136 lobbyist meetings with top Team de Blasio officials over just 54 workdays in March, April and May. After all, Mayor de Blasio’s open door to special interests (at least those that donate) is old news. It’s Read More…
BRANSON, Mo. — Authorities say two passengers on a bungee ride in the tourist town of Branson had to be rescued after becoming stuck 100 feet in the air. The Springfield News-Leader reports that Branson Frontier Adventures manager Carson Wright says a cable on the “Ejection Seat” ride got hung up and caused the ride Read More…
Police in Texas are searching for a teen who reportedly vanished while taking out the trash. Allana Nicole Martinez, 14, was reported missing Aug. 3 after she left her San Antonio home around 4 p.m. and never returned, mySanAntonio reported. Her brother and cousin were home playing video games and went to look for her Read More…
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A 33-year-old woman says she was bitten on the leg by a Secret Service dog during Vice President Mike Pence’s visit last week to western Michigan. Melissa Ramirez says she was outside the Amway Grand Plaza Hotel in downtown Grand Rapids on Wednesday when she was bitten. Ramirez tells WXMI-TV she Read More…
An 11-year-old boy managed to hack into a replica of the Florida state election website and change voting results in under 10 minutes — and an 11-year-old girl did it in about fifteen, according to reports. “These websites are so easy to hack we couldn’t give them to adult hackers,” Jake Braun, a former White Read More…
A South Carolina teacher allegedly bragged to colleagues that she “couldn’t control” herself when she had sex with two students at a booze-fueled party hosted with another coworker, police said. New details have emerged after Brittney Whetzel, 28, and Akina Andrews, 23, were arrested in April for allegedly throwing students a spring break party in Read More…
Papa John’s is snapping out of its baseball slump. More than a half-dozen MLB teams that broke ties with the embattled pizza chain have quietly restored their partnerships, which usually include free or discounted pies, The Post has learned. Some 20 sports leagues, universities and teams dropped Papa John’s last month after its founder and Read More…
From the right: Bill Clinton Paved the Way for Trump Not only are liberals suddenly in favor of a tough stand against Russia and vehemently opposed to tariffs, they’re now “personally invested in holding a lecherous president accountable for his lies and personal peccadilloes,” observes The Daily Beast’s Matt Lewis. Which, obviously, brings to mind Read More…
The ratings are in and it is time for Nielsen to sell itself. At least, that’s according to Paul Singer’s Elliott Management, which announced an 8.4 percent stake in the ratings company Monday and is pushing the company to put itself on the block, according to regulatory filings. Elliott’s stake was initiated shortly after Nielsen’s Read More…
Wrangler and Lee jeans will have to tough it out on their own. Parent company VF Corp. is kicking them out of the nest to focus on its faster growing brands, including Vans and North Face, the company said on Monday. Specifically, the $11.8 billion apparel giant plans to spin off to shareholders its slower Read More…
Elon Musk on Monday offered up details on his surprise tweet last week that he had “secured” funding to take Tesla private. The South African billionaire claimed in a Monday morning blog post that the reason he said “funding secured” is because the Saudi Arabian sovereign wealth fund had approached him “multiple times” about taking Read More…
Netflix chief financial officer David Wells will step down after eight years in the role, the video streaming company said Monday. Wells will remain with Netflix until his successor is found, a search that will consider both internal and external candidates, Netflix said. “Personally, I intend my next chapter to focus more on philanthropy and Read More…
ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey’s central bank took action Monday to free up cash for banks as the country grapples with a currency crisis sparked by concerns over President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s economic policies and a trade and diplomatic dispute with the United States. The Turkish lira has nosedived over the past week and tumbled another Read More…
The new owner of the chalky, heart-shaped, Sweetheart candies is a mystery — like that secret admirer in grade school who slipped you one with “Be Mine” printed on it. New England Confectionery Co., or Necco, has gotten its assets scooped up by an unnamed buyer that intends to sell some of its storied candy Read More…
Buyout groups are taking it in faster than they are spending it. Firms are raising more cash than ever, but the pace of their outlays has slowed to levels not seen since the financial crash of 2008, according to data cited by FT.com. This trend comes despite blockbuster deals like Blackstone’s acquisition of a piece Read More…
Sinclair Broadcasting shouldn’t have been so surprised about its mega-merger with Tribune Media getting blocked. The nation’s biggest TV station owner insisted last month it was “shocked” when the $3.9 billion deal got blocked by Federal Communications Commission — but insiders say government officials had made it clear that the deal was in trouble. By Read More…