New Mexico officials said Friday that actor Gene Hackman likely died on Feb. 18 from “severe heart disease,” with advanced Alzheimer’s as a significant contributing factor. His wife, Betsy Arakawa, may have died a week earlier from hantavirus pulmonary syndrome. The virus, which is often found in deer mice and can spread to humans, is more … Read more
One Garden State police officer was fatally shot and another wounded in a furious gun battle with at least one suspect in Newark on Friday night, according to sources and news reports. New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy said that two Garden State police officers were shot Friday night. News 12 New Jersey reported that one … Read more
So much for the crunch-time narrative at Madison Square Garden. Clutch performances have been a defining trait of the Knicks this season, fueled by Jalen Brunson, the NBA’s front-runner in crunch-time points. The NBA defines clutch time as the final five minutes of a game within a five-point margin. On Tuesday, the Knicks never got … Read more
A Manhattan jury on Tuesday was asked to convict a Harlem man for the horrific murder of his partner’s 10-year-old son and the grim litany of abuse that preceded it, including savage beatings that left the child looking like “he was hit by a train.” In closing arguments, Assistant District Attorney Jonathon Junig said the … Read more
Elon Musk amplified controversial podcaster Ben Shapiro’s plea for President Trump to pardon former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chavin for the 2020 murder of George Floyd. Shapiro on Tuesday suggested that “if we are issuing pardons … there is one person that President Trump should pardon from federal charges forthwith.” US Right-wing political commentator Ben … Read more
An NYPD commanding officer facing criminal charges for trying to cover up an off-duty drunk-driving crash involving a cabbie has been fired from the force, the Daily News has learned. NYPD officials confirm Deputy Inspector Paul Zangrilli was fired in late December following a departmental trial. Police sources say he was pushed out 18 days … Read more
Nine people were arrested Saturday afternoon at a raucous protest against Elon Musk at his Tesla car showroom in downtown Manhattan. Around 300 protesters flooded the street around 1 p.m. outside the Tesla showroom at Washington and and W. 13 Sts. in the Meatpacking District. Demonstrators’ signs filled the air with slogans like “Don’t Buy … Read more
Mason Alexander, a freshman football player at the University of Pittsburgh, was killed in a car crash Saturday night in his hometown in Indiana. He was 18. Alexander was a passenger in a 2016 BMW sedan that was traveling through the northeast Indianapolis suburb of Fishers, local NBC affiliate WTHR reported. The BMW tried to … Read more
A murder-for-hire suspect tried to smuggle 21 ceramic scalpel blades into the MDC Brooklyn federal jail after a visitor handed them to him in a Doritos bag, federal prosecutors say. Angel Villafane, who’s accused of being a member of the “Valentine Ave. Crew” in the Bronx, was indicted last week for the October attempt to … Read more
A 65-year-old man is dead after a fire broke out in a Queens home Sunday morning — and firefighters found a burned up e-bike at the scene, authorities said. The blaze started just before 11 a.m. in the two-story house on 146th St. near Foch Blvd. in Jamaica and quickly spread to three alarms. Firefighters … Read more