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Jane Coates is traveling from England to Texas to demand that prosecutors reopen the investigation into her daughter’s shooting death. Coates, the mother of Lucy Harrison, 23, told The Post she wants Collin County authorities to sit down with her…
US commercial beef production dropped sharply through the first seven months of 2026, deepening concerns about tightening domestic supply. Output fell to roughly 14.4 billion pounds from January through July, down from about 15.2 billion pounds during the same stretch…
Rudy Giuliani has denied accusations that he concealed information about toxic air in Lower Manhattan after the Sept. 11 attacks. The former mayor, 81, insisted in a new interview with The Post that his administration “posted everything” and followed guidance…
James Copenhaver, a survivor of the 2024 assassination attempt on Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, has died from complications of his wounds. Copenhaver, in his mid-70s, passed away Thursday after spending nearly two years with permanent injuries from the shooting,…
Kate Gosselin is bracing for the October release of a memoir by her estranged son Collin that promises to expose long-buried family secrets. The 22-year-old, who stars in the upcoming fifth season of Fox’s “Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test,” will…
Two helicopter crew members died fighting the blaze before the road was shut. Greg King and Ryan Cutter, employees of aerospace contractor Fly Precision, were killed September 20 when their aircraft crashed in Mariposa County shortly before 3 p.m., the…
Tracey Clavel found her husband of 43 years unconscious on the floor of their Anaheim home last month and never spoke to him again. Daniel Clavel, 61, a father of five and grandfather to 13, died last week after spending…
Two people died after a small plane crashed Thursday morning in the California desert. The aircraft went down in Hesperia, a city north of Lake Arrowhead in San Bernardino County, according to the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department. Medics rushed…
Susan Sarandon was arrested Thursday during a mass police sweep outside the United Nations. The Oscar winner, 78, was among dozens zip-tied and loaded onto NYPD buses after officers cleared First Avenue ahead of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s General…
A knife-wielding Level 3 sex offender was arrested after chasing a Jewish student through Crown Heights while screaming Nazi threats, authorities confirmed. Devin Best, 48, of the Bronx, cornered the 24-year-old victim at Park Place and Brooklyn Avenue around 2:50…
Alicya Wix says she does not know how she will be the same without her sister. Jaquoya Wix, 34, was taking a break from her shift at a Detroit Chipotle around 2:30 p.m. Sunday when she was fatally stabbed in…
Former Boulder police detective Steve Thomas has broken nearly three decades of silence to name the killer he believes murdered six-year-old JonBenét Ramsey. Thomas, who spent years on the case before quitting, points directly at the child’s mother, Patsy Ramsey,…
A New Jersey parent says students in the Glen Ridge Public School system were forced to keep a promotional image of Democratic Rep. Analilia Mejia on their school-issued Chromebooks this week. The parent, who spoke anonymously to The Post out…
Kaia Gerber’s friends and boyfriend are searching her Hollywood Hills neighborhood for her missing cat, just days after her brother’s death. The model’s inner circle — influencer Jake Shane, director Carissa Gallo, and actor Lewis Pullman, who has been dating…
Two University of Mississippi students found dead this week in separate incidents have been identified as Robert Strang, 20, and Aidan Hamilton, 18, as authorities continue to investigate the circumstances surrounding their deaths. Strang, from Atlanta, and Hamilton, a freshman,…
Brian Laundrie’s parents remain pariahs in their Florida neighborhood five years after their son murdered Gabby Petito, with residents now openly admitting they trash the family’s lawn and refuse to clean up after their pets. Roberta and Christopher Laundrie, who…