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Estranged husband convicted of murder-for-hire in killing of New York City art dealer in Brazil
The estranged husband of a prominent New York City art dealer was convicted Friday of hiring a hitman to kill him in Brazil
Lawsuits and political blowback don’t dim interest in $1.8B ‘Anti-Weaponization Fund’
Trump allies, Jan. 6 defendants and those pardoned for crimes during the Biden administration say they’d like a piece of the money pot. Challenges remain.
California woman dead in murder-suicide may have given thousands to a scammer claiming to be Tom Selleck
An elderly California couple found dead in a suspected murder-suicide had recently been scammed by someone posing as actor Tom Selleck, a longtime friend said
40,000 Southern Californians ordered to evacuate amid threat of chemical explosion
An estimated 40,000 people in Orange County, California, have been ordered to evacuate over fears that a tank containing a toxic chemical may explode, officials said Friday
First responders exposed to fentanyl in deadly New Mexico incident, officials said
First responders were exposed to fentanyl and sickened after arriving at a rural New Mexico home Wednesday to investigate a possible overdose that left three people dead, officials said Friday.
Danny Go! creator mourns 14-year-old son who succumbed to cancer after battling rare genetic disorder
Daniel Coleman, the popular children’s YouTuber better known as Danny Go!, announced Friday that his 14-year-old son died, five months after being diagnosed with cancer.“There’s so much I want to say, but I don’t know how yet.
Lupita Nyong’o shrugs off racist ‘Odyssey’ backlash over Helen of Troy casting
Oscar winner Lupita Nyong’o said she’s losing no sleep over racist criticism of her casting as Helen of Troy, the mythic beauty whose face “launched a thousand ships” and ignited the Trojan War
Long Island woman arrested after allegedly decapitating Jesus statue
A Long Island woman was arrested last week for allegedly decapitating a statue of Jesus at a Catholic church
A proposed additive ban could change New York’s pizza and bagels, some say for the better
NEW YORK — After more than a decade of mixing and kneading dough in his family’s Brooklyn pizzeria, Salvatore Lo Duca recently made a distressing discovery: A key component of their thin-crust pies, bromated flour, contained a suspected carcinogen already banned in much of the world
Brooklyn mother who drowned 3 kids on Coney Island beach sentenced to 20 years to life
A Brooklyn woman was sentenced to 20 years to life in prison on Wednesday for drowning her three young children in the ocean near Coney Island’s famed boardwalk