Yankees’ Paul Goldschmidt knows he’s ‘hurt our team’ since scorching start

Yankees’ Paul Goldschmidt knows he’s ‘hurt our team’ since scorching start

Paul Goldschmidt had one of just three Yankees hits in Saturday’s 7-0 loss to the A’s, but that didn’t stop him from sharing some self-depreciation after the game. “I have not played well for the last few weeks, maybe even this whole month,” the 15-year-veteran said. “That’s hurt our team the way I’ve played this … Read more

Police officer, suspect killed in shootout over illegal fireworks in Kansas

Police officer, suspect killed in shootout over illegal fireworks in Kansas

A Kansas police officer and the man he was trying to arrest shot and killed each other after an illegal fireworks report, authorities said Saturday. Brandon Gaede, a 30-year-old deputy with the Phillips County sheriff’s office, responded to the illegal fireworks call around 9:30 p.m. Friday in Phillipsburg, police said. He encountered 27-year-old Kolton Griffith … Read more

Why he will win the general election

Why he will win the general election

Of course it’s more fun when we have a competitive general election for the New York City mayoralty. And of course, the media will try to stir things up. But I just don’t think a competitive election will happen and Zohran Mamdani will win in November. Here’s why:  The Democratic nominee starts with a massive … Read more

NYC detainee’s parole bid in limbo as upstate staffing crisis swells Rikers population

NYC detainee’s parole bid in limbo as upstate staffing crisis swells Rikers population

One could argue, as his lawyers have for months, that Luis Bernier should be out of prison by now. Instead he has languished on Rikers Island since March 12 because he can’t get transferred to prison due to the ripples still emanating from the state prison guards strike that ended in March. Bernier, 34, is … Read more

Woman strangled in brutal attack by three men in possible hate crime

Woman strangled in brutal attack by three men in possible hate crime

Three men brutally attacked a 28-year-old woman in Queens, yelling anti-LGBTQ slurs at her — with one of the assailants strangling her until she lost consciousness — in what cops are investigating as a possible hate crime, according to a police source. The victim and her attackers, who knew each other, got into an argument … Read more

Trump staffers, supporters target Zohran Mamdani with barrage of Islamophobic hate

Trump staffers, supporters target Zohran Mamdani with barrage of Islamophobic hate

President Trump’s right-wing supporters have hit Zohran Mamdani with a barrage of Islamophobic hate since he stunned the political world Tuesday night by winning the Democratic primary for New York City mayor. MAGA loyalists have claimed that Mamdani might impose religious Sharia law in the Big Apple or even spark terrorism like the Sept. 11 … Read more

Bronx suspect in NYPD cop assault nabbed in CT police chase

Bronx suspect in NYPD cop assault nabbed in CT police chase

A Bronx man suspected of assaulting an off-duty NYPD officer and a Bronx woman who was with him as he fled were arrested in Connecticut following a wild police chase that left a state trooper injured and multiple vehicles damaged. At approximately 2:18 p.m. Wednesday, Connecticut State Police were alerted that Jonser Hernandez-Mota was traveling … Read more

2-year-old Montrell Williams was standing next to his dad before father tossed him in Bronx River: prosecutor

2-year-old Montrell Williams was standing next to his dad before father tossed him in Bronx River: prosecutor

An unsuspecting and innocent Montrell Williams stood next to his dad for several minutes on an expressway overpass last month before the unhinged father hoisted the toddler over the railing and into the cold, murky waters of the Bronx River below, prosecutors said Thursday. “Montrell was seen alive and standing near his father moments before … Read more

Man, 50, dies after being found stabbed in neck at NYC subway station

Man, 50, dies after being found stabbed in neck at NYC subway station

A 50-year-old man found stabbed in the back of the neck at a Greenwich Village subway station has died, police said Tuesday. The city’s medical examiner on Friday declared the death of Vincent Norman a homicide after he succumbed to his injuries at Bellevue Hospital. Transit officers were conducting an inspection at the W. Fourth … Read more

YouTuber Mikayla Raines, 29, died by suicide amid cyberbullying, husband says

YouTuber Mikayla Raines, 29, died by suicide amid cyberbullying, husband says

YouTuber Mikayla Raines, whose SaveAFox channel and organization focused on animal rescue, has died by suicide after years of online bullying reached a boiling point. She was 29. The activist’s husband, Ethan, announced her death Monday in an emotional video, just two days after Raines’ last post. “A couple days ago, Mikayla Raines passed away,” … Read more