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Tommy John, the pioneering pitcher whose name became synonymous with career-saving elbow surgery, has died at 83. The left-hander passed away in hospice care at his home in Bradenton, Florida, after a career that spanned 26 major league seasons and…
A fast-moving brush fire erupted Sunday afternoon in San Diego’s Penasquitos Creek area, prompting mandatory evacuations as flames swelled to 131 acres with zero containment. The blaze broke out around 1:30 p.m. East of Interstate 15, with firefighters staging near…
Iranian Army Commander-in-Chief Amir Hatami announced a $30,000 bounty for killing or capturing US soldiers, with double pay for women. Hatami, speaking at a National Journalists’ Day ceremony in Tehran on Sunday, said the reward would be funded through public…
Horror legend Tom Savini says he is “devastated” after fire tore through his childhood home in Pittsburgh. The “Dawn of the Dead” star, 79, and his wife Jodii escaped unharmed from the blaze at their Bloomfield residence on Friday, Aug.…
An NYPD officer shot and critically wounded a knife-wielding man who charged at police during a domestic dispute call on the Lower East Side. Officers responded to a home at 126 Ludlow St. In Manhattan around 4 p.m. Sunday after…
The Mayor’s office and NYCHA have condemned a wave of bigoted flyers targeting a Manhattan housing redevelopment. The posters, which have appeared near the Fulton and Elliott-Chelsea Houses in Chelsea, attack the public-private partnership between the New York City Housing…
Mathata “Moe” Mpela is being sued for nearly $1 million in unpaid wages after allegedly recruiting college students for a green-energy apprenticeship that never paid them. The Brooklyn-based founder of Nalane Green Solutions, Mpela hired more than 20 students from…
A Bay Area school district is being sued over a mosque field trip where students were allegedly given Qurans and encouraged to wear hijabs. The federal lawsuit, filed August 7 by Community Members for Religious Neutrality in Public Schools, targets…
A 33-year-old woman bled to death in a Brooklyn bar bathroom after a stray bullet struck her during a massive street brawl. Sofronie Hartzog, 33, was hit in the back when gunfire erupted outside the Ooh La La Lounge near…
The family of Romanch Mahajan has filed a $105 million notice of claim against New York City, alleging that a known electrical hazard spooked the horse that caused the teen’s fatal carriage accident. Romanch Mahajan, 18, his parents, and his…
A homeless man who broke into a Portland granite shop and was shot three times by the owner is suing for $10 million in damages. Kenneth Voyles, who was homeless at the time, filed the lawsuit in Multnomah County in…
A Berlin woman survived a death-defying leap from an 11th-floor window Friday morning, landing in a firefighter’s rescue bucket as flames engulfed her high-rise apartment building. The woman, whose name has not been released, dangled from her window in the…
Indiana police recovered the body of college-bound football star Matthew Morey after he and three friends jumped into a flooded river during deadly Midwest storms. Morey, 19, of Albany, had been the sole person still missing after the group leapt…
Miguel Diego Sandoval, 21, pleaded guilty to four counts of first-degree murder in a Lancaster courtroom Friday. The former teen entered his plea at the Foltz Criminal Justice Center in downtown Los Angeles, admitting to the calculated killings of four…
Former Sen. Kyrsten Sinema admitted under oath to repeated sexual encounters with her married bodyguard in a deposition for a “homewrecker” lawsuit. Sinema, 50, the Arizona independent and first openly bisexual person elected to Congress, gave the sworn testimony on…
Emily O’Brien has shared how she built a popcorn empire from inside a federal prison cell after being jailed for drug smuggling at age 26. O’Brien, now in her mid-30s, was running her own social media company in Toronto when…