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Former New York Gov. George Pataki is speaking out forcefully as his new Ground Zero documentary prepares to premiere this week. Pataki, 79, who led the Empire State during the September 11 attacks, has funded “Out of the Darkness” through…
Burning Man is graying fast as Gen Z stays home and middle-aged millennials and Gen Xers dominate the playa. The share of burners under 30 has collapsed from 30% in 2014 to just 14% last year, according to the annual…
A mother has come forward claiming her city-worker son confessed to being the masked gunman who killed a Bronx mom through her apartment peephole in 2018. The woman, whose name has not been released, told private investigator Manuel Gomez that…
Gloria Steinem’s death at 92 has renewed attention on the undercover assignment that made her famous and then haunted her for decades. The pioneering feminist, who died Wednesday, was 28 and struggling for footing in New York City’s male-dominated journalism…
A spatula-wielding customer is being praised as a hero after leaping through a drive-thru window to stop a woman terrorizing staff at a California In-N-Out Burger. The confrontation unfolded last week at the Lake Elsinore location in Southern California, where…
Lisa Manobal is pulling back the curtain on the dating restrictions she faced as a K-pop idol in her upcoming documentary “Always Lalisa.” The 29-year-old BLACKPINK member’s film will have its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on…
Newport Beach is racing to finish a massive sand wall before weekend waves strike. The Orange County city, 47 miles southeast of downtown Los Angeles, has deployed extra contractors alongside municipal crews to build protective berms in just four days…
The family of a 26-year-old Oregon man has filed a $23 million wrongful death lawsuit against an urgent care clinic, alleging doctors dismissed his crippling headache as minor anxiety just days before he died from a ruptured brain aneurysm. Brandon…
Dr Paramdeep Bilkhu, clinical advisor at The College of Optometrists, has issued an urgent warning to men participating in a viral social media trend of shaving off their eyelashes in pursuit of a more masculine appearance. The trend gained traction…
PG&E CEO Patti Poppe is warning that California’s wildfire liability rules have pushed the utility to freeze roughly $2 billion in planned 2027 investments. Poppe, who leads the state’s largest utility, said the company’s financing costs have spiraled because banks…
Hurricane Lowell is still barreling toward a possible northward turn that could threaten Hawaii early next week, forecasters warned Thursday. The storm, which briefly hit Category 5 strength on Wednesday before weakening to Category 4, was located 450 miles south-southwest…
Anila Baby, 32, has been charged with murder after allegedly running down her friend with an SUV in a Milpitas apartment complex parking lot, with a second close friend found stabbed to death less than two hours later in a…
A rifle-wielding man who allegedly fired more than 200 rounds during a neighborhood standoff is being held without bail after a SWAT team pinned his getaway tractor with an armored vehicle. Erik Gordon Shunn, 53, was arraigned Monday in Clackamas…
Jiang Xueqin has laid out five grim forecasts for 2027 in a new podcast appearance. The Chinese-Canadian educator and presenter, who has been dubbed “China’s Nostradamus” after past political predictions, shared his outlook on the Jack Neal podcast as the…
Tom Hardy is officially returning for Season 3 of “MobLand,” Paramount+ confirmed Thursday, ending months of speculation about his future on the crime drama. The streamer announced that Hardy, 47, will reprise his role as fixer Harry da Souza alongside…
Indian professionals now face a staggering 179-year wait for green cards under tightened federal caps, according to a new report that lays bare the human cost of America’s immigration bottleneck. The National Foundation for American Policy, a Virginia-based nonprofit that…