Ex-FDNY firefighter Michael Peña, accused in fatal drunk driving crash, is released; victim’s family outraged

Ex-FDNY firefighter Michael Peña, accused in fatal drunk driving crash, is released; victim’s family outraged

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 breaks down in tears, runs out of court during sex assault testimony

Harvey Weinstein accuser Miriam Haley breaks down in tears, runs out of court during sex assault testimony

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

With game on the line, Knicks stars forced to watch

With game on the line, Knicks stars forced to watch

Jalen Brunson and Josh Hart could only watch. From the scorer’s table — not the court — two of the Knicks’ key players stood sidelined as Game 5 slipped through their fingers. The Knicks had a chance to win a playoff series at Madison Square Garden for the first time since 1999. Instead, they burned … Read more

Manhattan subway corpse rape suspect paused sex as passengers got on and off train: prosecutors

Manhattan subway corpse rape suspect paused sex as passengers got on and off train: prosecutors

A man accused of raping and robbing a corpse in a Manhattan subway car violated the dead body for nearly a half hour — pausing only when the train pulled into stations to let passengers on and off, prosecutors said Tuesday. Victim Jorge Gonzalez, 37, had only been dead for about 30 minutes before Felix … Read more

Man, 40, stabbed to death by girlfriend inside his Bronx apartment: NYPD

Man, 40, stabbed to death by girlfriend inside his Bronx apartment: NYPD

A Manhattan paralegal was fatally stabbed by his girlfriend inside his Bronx apartment, police said Tuesday. Dwayne Valentine, 40, was stabbed in the chest at his home on Grand Ave. near W. 190th St. at about 11:05 p.m. Monday, cops said. He died at the scene. “Dwayne was a remarkable young man, smart, very quiet and … Read more

Mariah Carey won’t like ex-assistant’s new book

Mariah Carey won’t like ex-assistant’s new book

Mariah Carey won’t like the way the protagonist is portrayed in “The Last Living Diva.” Matthew Stevens, who worked for Carey for a year, spent seven years recuperating from the nightmare and writing a work of fiction loosely based on his experience. Stevens was one of three assistants who were part of a staff of … Read more

Yankees’ Jazz Chisholm Jr. off the hook for suspension: source

Yankees’ Jazz Chisholm Jr. off the hook for suspension: source

If his unimpeded presence in the Yankees’ lineup had not made it clear already, Jazz Chisholm Jr. is no longer facing a one-game suspension for the mid-game, post-ejection tweet he sent on April 17. Chisholm made it clear that he planned to appeal that suspension after Major League Baseball announced it on April 18. As … Read more

Knicks’ put crunch-time clamps on Pistons’ Cunningham in Game 4 win

Knicks’ put crunch-time clamps on Pistons’ Cunningham in Game 4 win

DETROIT — This is why you pay OG Anunoby and trade for Mikal Bridges — even if the cost of doing business is steep. Because when the Knicks need stops, they call for the wings. With a playoff series on the line, “Wing Stop” delivered. Pistons All-Star Cade Cunningham got hot in the second, third … Read more

11 killed in car attack on Filipino festival in Vancouver

11 killed in car attack on Filipino festival in Vancouver

Eleven people were killed and at least 20 more hurt in a car-ramming attack on a Filipino festival in Vancouver, police said Sunday. A 30-year-old man was arrested at the scene of the Lapu Lapu Day festival after the Saturday night attack, authorities said. The street party in south Vancouver honors an indigenous Filipino chief. … Read more