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Airlink has defended a low-altitude flyover that sent two jets screaming just feet above a packed Cape Town stadium, calling the display “spectacular scenes” despite social media backlash branding the stunt dangerous and unnecessary. The South African airline, an official…
Dolly Parton has revealed the hymn she wants played at her funeral, and it is not one of her own hits. The country legend, 78, has chosen “If We Never Meet Again (This Side of Heaven),” a gospel standard written…
Police are hunting a grinning attacker who swung a gardening tool at a fellow rider during evening rush hour on a lower Manhattan subway train. The assault unfolded around 7:30 p.m. On Aug. 9 aboard a northbound A/C train near…
European physicists have smashed together two of the tiniest atoms ever used to recreate a miniature version of the universe’s first moments. The breakthrough came from researchers at the Niels Bohr Institute in the Netherlands, who fired oxygen-16 and neon-20…
At least eight people died after a ferry carrying nearly 270 passengers and crew capsized off the northern coast of Cyprus on Sunday. The catamaran-style vessel sank about 7.5 kilometers off the coast in waters approximately 500 meters deep, complicating…
A 9/11 responder and Iraq War veteran has spoken out about how a service poodle pulled her from isolation and despair. Celeste Henry-Kemper, 66, a Brooklyn native and former National Guard member from Harlem, was paired with Titan, a trained…
A hit-and-run driver killed a 28-year-old nurse still in her scrubs just one block from the Brooklyn hospital where she worked the overnight shift. Jiayi Zheng, 28, was crossing at 55th Street and Third Avenue in Sunset Park around 7:30…
Caleb Shomo says he faced waves of homophobia after publicly coming out and separating from his wife of 14 years. The Beartooth frontman, 33, opened up about the backlash on Friday’s episode of “The Breakdown with Nath & Johnny,” revealing…
Teach Coalition CEO Sydney Altfield is calling for stepped-up police patrols at Jewish schools and synagogues nationwide as the High Holy Days open Sept. 11. Altfield, whose New York-based group works across seven states, framed the push around basic safety…
The US launched strikes on Iran’s Larak Island on Sunday, the first offensive in weeks, as the regime vowed revenge. The attack came after Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps were allegedly setting up another wave of underwater mines in the…
Abigail Lainton’s family has raised nearly $36,000 through a GoFundMe appeal launched after the 16-year-old died from burns sustained in a tour boat explosion off the Dominican Republic. The British teen, known as Abbie, passed away on the evening of…
A former British teacher has been barred from the classroom indefinitely after admitting he gave a young student a pen fitted with a hidden camera and instructed her to change clothes before using it. Matthew Udall, 33, taught in Warwickshire…
A mother bear and her three cubs were freed Saturday after more than half a day trapped inside a water storage tank in La Verne, California. Eric McDonald and Jamie Kirk, residents of nearby Glendora, discovered the distressed bear family…
An Ohio judge has ordered a convicted poacher to post an apology video on TikTok as part of his sentence for a sprawling illegal hunting operation. Carter Hickey, 21, pleaded guilty to 17 wildlife crimes after a probe by the…
Michael Fultz, 24, resigned from the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office on May 27 after an internal investigation uncovered multiple allegations of misconduct against the decorated Florida deputy. Fultz had been named the agency’s 2025 Deputy of the Year and received…
Josey Dorsey, the 11-year-old son of late “Glee” star Naya Rivera, is making his acting debut in an independent film directed by Evan Coury. The boy will appear alongside his father, Ryan Dorsey, 43, in “The Burning Valley,” a drama…