CHICAGO — Free advice to Billy Eppler: Don’t worry for a second about a manager, not for a millisecond about coaches, once you officially take over the Mets’ baseball operations. Hot Stove League is heating up and the Mets are in dire need of players. The most important aspect of this feeding frenzy is that […]
“Tiger King” star Carole Baskin has repeatedly refused to speak to a Florida detective investigating the disappearance of her second husband who vanished in 1997, authorities said. Cpl. Moises Garcia of the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office said Thursday that Baskin turned down three interview requests after the investigation into the disappearance of Don Lewis was […]
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry had to get strategic when hanging out together before “it was out in the world” that they were dating. The now-married couple once went incognito on Halloween for “one fun night out on the town” in Toronto, Markle, 40, revealed in a sneak peek clip of “The Ellen Show” Thursday. […]
Queens residents will soon be able to lighten the night in this new rental. Sven, a 958-unit Durst Organization property in Long Island City — where 288 apartments are income-restricted — will offer a dazzling amenity far beyond the typical luxury-market trappings of a screening room, a gym and a pool. When leasing soft-launches on […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Years after coming under scrutiny for contributing to ethnic and religious violence in Myanmar, Facebook still has problems detecting and moderating hate speech and misinformation on its platform in the Southeast Asian nation, internal documents viewed by The Associated Press show. Three years ago, the company commissioned a report that found Facebook […]
On Wednesday night, the United Federation of Teachers delegate passed a resolution rejecting transfer of school security responsibility from NYPD to Department of Education. The measure prevailed with 75 percent of the tally at the labor group’s Delegate Assembly meeting. While members voted to maintain the NYPD’s purview, the resolution also called for changes to […]
Former UFC flyweight champion Nicco Montano said she never agreed to appear nude in a documentary film that “exposed” her body. “I never said it was OK for me to be exposed on film,” Montano said on “The Fighter vs. The Writer” podcast while discussing the film titled, “Warrior Spirit.” “And when I asked about […]
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — The first half was ugly. It was difficult to get through the second half. Combine the two, and St. John’s suffered its first defeat of the young season. They started slow when faced with one of the two non-conference test. In the second half, they rebounded. But it wasn’t enough. It was […]
I love “Jeopardy!” And after the great Alex Trebek passed away, we’ve had a national debate about his successor. Unfortunately, the process of selecting a successor has been more painful than a presidential election. It involved mud-slinging, digging for dirt, and just making up stories. The latter is true for my “Renaissance Man” guest Mayim […]
Frozen vials labeled “Smallpox” were recently discovered by a laboratory worker at a Pennsylvania facility that conducts vaccine research, federal officials said. According to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the vials came out of a freezer that was being cleared by a worker at an unspecified location. “CDC, its administration partners, and law […]
