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Clarkstown Highway Superintendent Bob Milone, 47, exploded at Town Supervisor George Hoehmann during a press conference Thursday, prompting a police report and formal workplace violence investigation. The confrontation erupted during a public announcement about repairs on the Congers Lake Trailway,…
Katie Zacharia has been offered the White House press secretary job, sources confirmed. Zacharia, a former Department of Homeland Security spokesperson, is currently working at Fix California, the conservative advocacy organization led by Richard Grenell. The offer was extended last…
A Nevada mother who served two years in prison after her miscarriage was blamed on drug use has received a $1.6 million settlement from the state. Patience Rousseau, 34, was the only person ever convicted under an obscure 1911 Nevada…
NYPD officers raced a wounded man to the hospital in their own patrol car after federal agents shot him during a Thursday afternoon operation in the Bronx, body-worn camera footage shows. The video captures the chaotic aftermath on Marble Hill…
A Southern California beachfront home teetered on the edge of collapse Friday as powerful waves from former Hurricane Rachel chewed through the Long Beach Peninsula boardwalk. The property, located along the vulnerable coastline, had already been red-tagged by officials a…
Keegan Allen, 37, is recovering after a violent armed robbery outside a West Hollywood grocery store left him bloodied and possibly concussed. The “Pretty Little Liars” actor was attacked in the parking lot of Laurel Supply, a high-end market on…
Rep. Monica De La Cruz’s campaign is standing by a new ad featuring a deputy who was fired last year over alleged sexual harassment and stalking. The Texas Republican’s spot, filmed in June, stars Deputy Zachary Garcia from Goliad County…
Alexia Umansky disclosed a seven-year-old sexual assault to her father, Mauricio Umansky, for the first time on camera during Thursday’s episode of “Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test.” The 30-year-old daughter of the “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” star and the…
The family of a toddler killed at a New Jersey pumpkin patch is speaking out about the “absolute devastation” of a weekend outing turned fatal. Robert Gabriel, the father of 2-year-old James Gabriel, was walking ahead with his 4-month-old daughter…
Rescuers recovered the body of Brian Seibert, 53, early Wednesday after the climber fell to his death while descending a treacherous 13,000-foot Sierra Nevada peak. The Mono County Sheriff’s Office had declared Seibert missing on Sunday when he failed to…
A geomagnetic storm watch is in effect through the weekend as solar eruptions barrel toward Earth, with up to 28 US states potentially in line for a rare Northern Lights display. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has forecast…
A 28-year-old woman was found dead in her airplane seat after a four-hour Volaris flight to southern Mexico. The passenger, whose name has not been released, was discovered unresponsive when fellow travelers noticed she was not moving as they filed…
C.W. Morgan’s daughter confirmed his death in an emotional Facebook tribute. Renata Macfie, the daughter of the actor best known for playing Hank Loomis in the 1996 horror hit “Scream,” announced his passing on Aug. 31. Morgan, 72, died one…
Olivia Piccolo found her two children and their father dead from gunshot wounds when she arrived to pick them up for a scheduled custody visit. Piccolo, 29, went to the Cocoa, Florida home of her ex-partner Joseph Dingwall, 37, on…
Christa Pike’s attorneys say she is now conscious but grappling with severe mental fallout after Tennessee officials twice failed to execute her. The 50-year-old death row inmate regained consciousness last Tuesday following two botched lethal injection attempts at Riverbend Maximum…
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s Bratenahl neighbor Katherine Bolton has publicly warned of “catastrophic sewer backups” if the couple plants evergreens near a shared sewage line, according to village planning meeting transcripts. Bolton, who has lived next door for more…