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San Francisco’s Ferry Building sat dark for three hours Wednesday morning after an unplanned Pacific Gas & Electric outage cut power to the landmark waterfront hub. The blackout began at 6:42 a.m. And stretched until 9:30 a.m., affecting roughly 455…
A newly revealed police transcript shows the Cornell student who accused seven fraternity brothers of sexual assault told campus investigators she could say “with 100% confidence I was raped,” undercutting the district attorney’s explanation for why no criminal charges were…
A 72-year-old man has been arrested in the hit-and-run death of former Nickelodeon actress Kianna Underwood. Michael Griffiths was taken into custody in Brooklyn on Tuesday and charged with two counts of leaving the scene of an accident, according to…
A top-hatted assailant remained at large Wednesday evening after stabbing three men during a predawn confrontation over food at a busy Lower East Side intersection. The NYPD released a photo of the suspected attacker, last seen wearing a black stovepipe…
The outlet analysis published Thursday found that only 13 percent of investigated sexual misconduct claims at Cornell University end with the accused student or staffer expelled or dismissed. The data review examined more than 1,200 allegations of sexual assault, domestic…
Desperate younger Americans are leaning on artificial intelligence and online betting as lifelines against mounting debt, a new survey has found. The poll, conducted by National Debt Relief and Wakefield Research among 2,000 US adults over 18, reveals stark generational…
A slain the outlet tech executive attempted suicide twice during a turbulent stretch of his relationship with the woman who would become his wife, according to court records. Jonathan McKinsey, who was transitioning from female to male and formerly went…
President Trump is mailing $500 checks to nearly a million Americans with Obamacare coverage. About 950,000 enrollees across 30 states will receive the payments as early as this week, according to a White House official who spoke. The checks are…
A German tourist was shot in the arm during a broad-daylight gunfight in Downtown Los Angeles while returning a luxury rental car. The visitor, whose name has not been released, had been driving a green-and-black McLaren when the shooting erupted…
The Federal Reserve’s internal watchdog has formally cleared former Chair Jerome Powell of criminal conduct while simultaneously tearing into the central bank’s handling of a headquarters renovation that has swallowed $2.5 billion. Inspector General investigators wrapped a 120-page review that…
A still-unidentified attacker remains at large after dousing a stranger with a scalding liquid outside an East Harlem eatery, leaving the victim with severe burns to his face and neck. The 44-year-old victim, who told police he did not know…
A couple was pulled alive from the Pacific Ocean after waves swept them off rocks at a notoriously dangerous Santa Cruz beach on Tuesday. The pair, who have not been identified, were fishing at Panther Beach when the ocean overtook…
A 19-year-old man was rescued from the ledge of the Williamsburg Bridge after threatening to jump, with dramatic video capturing NYPD officers pulling him to safety. The incident unfolded around 12:50 p.m. Wednesday on the Brooklyn side of the span,…
An off-duty Pueblo police officer was found dead hours after disappearing while wakeboarding at a Colorado state park. Corporal Stephen Biggs, 41, was discovered early Monday in Lake Pueblo State Park following an overnight search, according to the Pueblo Police…
Sabbir Ahmed, 27, was sworn in Wednesday as an NYPD recruit, vowing to carry on the legacy of his slain brother-in-law. Ahmed joined 754 other recruits at the Police Academy in Queens for the ceremony, which came almost exactly 14…
The FBI has added a former California firefighter to its Most Wanted list after federal authorities concluded he likely staged his own drowning death to escape child pornography charges. Charles Johnathen Harris, 46, of Modesto, California, was indicted by a…