Black smoke was seen rising from the chimney above the Sistine Chapel at 9 p.m. local time Wednesday — signaling to 1.4 billion Catholics that the election of a new pope will continue. Cardinals from around the world have been gathered at the Vatican since early Wednesday morning to confer, meditate and pray before casting … Read more
A protective order has been issued against “Boardwalk Empire” star Michael Pitt, after he was arrested Friday for allegedly sexually abusing his ex-girlfriend at the Brooklyn home they previously shared. A Kings County Supreme Court judge ordered a full no-contact order of protection for a year against the 44-year-old “Funny Games” actor, the Daily News … Read more
President Trump’s administration must return detained Tufts University student Rumeysa Ozturk to Vermont, an appeals court ruled Wednesday. Ozturk, a 30-year-old doctoral student originally from Turkey, has been held for weeks in an immigration jail in Louisiana while her case was argued in multiple courts. But the 2nd Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals gave ICE … Read more
Newark Airport was again plagued by dozens of cancellations and delays Sunday, the latest in a series of issues that prompted United Airlines to cut 35 daily flights from the airport. As of Sunday afternoon, more than 100 total flights in and out of Newark were canceled, while more than 300 were delayed, according to … Read more
The city is planning to put panic buttons linked to the NYPD in about 500 bodegas across the five boroughs, the mayor and police commissioner announced Sunday. Mayor Adams and NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said the city will allocate $1.6 million through an emergency grant to the United Bodegas of America, as part of the … Read more
A Hatzolah volunteer EMT struck and critically injured a 19-year-old man while responding to a call in Brooklyn, police sources said Sunday. The 39-year-old driver was behind the wheel of a smart car for the ambulance service, going north on McDonald Ave., lights and sirens on, when he struck the pedestrian as he was crossing … Read more
Three men in a white Lexus robbed a man at gunpoint in the Bronx about two blocks away from Yankee Stadium, and took a bag filled with $12,500 cash, police said Sunday. The 53-year-old victim was getting out of his car near Gerard Ave. and E. 157th St. just after 11 a.m. Friday when the … Read more
Jill Sobule’s friends believed the singer-songwriter escaped their house amid a blaze that killed the “Supermodel” singer in Minnesota early Thursday, as authorities try to establish whether Sobule died before or amid the fire. The couple, whose names have not been released, rushed out of the suburban St. Paul home upon realizing it was ablaze, at … Read more
A fired New York City firefighter charged in the drug-fueled drunk driving death of a Queens airport worker was released from jail Friday — and the victim’s family is livid. Michael Peña, 28, was sent to Rikers Island weeks after cops said he sped his Mercerdes through a red light and t-boned a BMW driven … Read more
Harvey Weinstein accuser Miriam Haley broke down in tears and cursed on the witness stand Friday as a defense lawyer questioned her account of the former Hollywood mogul forcing oral sex on her nearly two decades ago. “He was the one who raped me, not the other way around,” Haley told jurors. “That is for … Read more