A minorearthquake struck New York City on Tuesday morning, leading to buildings on the East River’s Roosevelt Island to shake and lose power. The U.S. Geological Survey(USGS) reporteda 1.7 magnitude earthquake hitting Astoria in Queens at about 5:45 a.m.It jolted residents on Roosevelt Island, who reported hearing a loud explosion, …
Read More »Rep. Jamaal Bowman pulled a fire alarm in Congress. Should he face jail time?
Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., has problems opening doors. That is the defense being put forward by supporters after Bowman was videotaped pulling a fire alarm in the middle of the heated budget negotiations and then running away. Bowman now claims that he was faced with a closed door clearly marked …
Read More »NY county lawmaker faces criminal mischief charges after allegedly slashing tire outside bar
A county lawmaker in New York is accused of slashing the tire of a truck parked outside a local bar. Niagara County Legislator William Collins Sr., a Republican, is charged in a warrant issued Monday with third-degree criminal mischief, a misdemeanor punishable by up to a year in prison. Collins …
Read More »September 11 anniversary: 13 years later, we’re still a nation of heroes
Thirteen years ago, our nation was attacked and nearly 3,000 of our loved ones lost their lives. Although their memory and grieving continues to this day, we remember the heroic events that also came to define a day of unspeakable tragedy. On that now historic day, heroes emerged who willingly …
Read More »Sean Hannity announces move from New York to 'free state of Florida'
Sean Hannity has officially relocated to Florida. The Fox News host first made the announcement on his radio show Tuesday, noting that he was “broadcasting now from my new home in the free state of Florida.” “If anybody is listening to this program for any length of time, been threatening …
Read More »Fired high school coach says he's 'scapegoat' over antisemitic slurs during game
A high school girls basketball coach was fired after antisemitic slurs were hurled while he was coaching against a Jewish school. Bryan Williams was coaching Roosevelt High School in Yonkers, N.Y., when a player on his team yelled “Free Palestine” toward an opponent playing for The Leffell School, an investigation …
Read More »GREGG JARRETT: Trump the victim, not villain, as lawfare war against him crumbles
Lawfare is a political weapon disguised as a legal one. It is destined to fail when the scrutiny of the law eventually catches up to it. That happened Thursday when the New York appellate court tossed out the roughly $500 million civil judgment — including interest — against President Donald …
Read More »Trump to award Rudy Giuliani the Presidential Medal of Freedom: 'Great American Patriot'
President Donald Trump announced on Monday that he will award former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani the Presidential Medal of Freedom. “As President of the United States of America, I am pleased to announce that Rudy Giuliani, the greatest Mayor in the history of New York City, and an …
Read More »Giuliani allies turn on GOP’s Sliwa, back Cuomo in NYC mayor race
Rudy Giuliani’s aides and allies have thrown themselves behind Andrew Cuomo instead of Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa in the race for New York mayor, according to reports. Joe Lhota, Giuliani’s former deputy mayor and the GOP’s 2013 mayoral candidate, confirmed to the New York Post Thursday he is firmly in …
Read More »Teen arrested for murder in shooting of 11-year-old boy in New York: 'An unimaginable tragedy'
A 13-year-old boy was arrested and charged with second-degree murder in connection with the fatal shooting of an 11-year-old boy inside a New York home on Thursday. Officers in Newburgh, located about 60 miles north of New York City, responded at around 8 a.m. on Thursday to a shooting at …
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