Six people were injured – one critically – in two separate Brooklyn shootings just hours apart on Monday night, police said. Three men were struck in the first shooting at about 6:50 p.m. at a cookout outside NYCHA’s Pink Houses on Hemlock Street and Stanley Avenue in East New York, cops said. A 42-year-old victim … Continue reading "Six wounded in two separate Brooklyn shootings hours apart"

A woman was critically injured when her family was tossed from an amusement park log flume in California. The unidentified woman was with her husband and their 10-year-old son at Castle Park in Riverside on Saturday when the ride malfunctioned and their log flipped, throwing them into water. Fire officials believe it crashed because water … Continue reading "Mom critically injured when family tossed from log flume"

Another climber has died on Mount Everest — the 11th this year — and the number could very well rise. The mountain’s 29,035-foot peak is more crowded than ever this climbing season and people at the summit are experiencing constant delays and traffic jams because of it. “Death. Carnage. Chaos,” described Canadian filmmaker and mountaineer … Continue reading "Another American climber dies on Everest amid summit traffic jams"

Sparrow is an American golden retriever living in the United Kingdom who’s training to become a service dog. Her owners run an Instagram account tracking her progress and sharing it with the world. They recently took Sparrow on a trip to Disney World in Florida for a training program and it was there that she … Continue reading "Service dog goes nuts for Chewbacca at Disney World"

Amazon shareholders overwhelmingly rejected a proposal that the company stop selling facial recognition technology to government agencies, while a resolution to audit the service drew more support, a regulatory filing on Friday showed. Some 2.4% of votes were in favor of the ban. A second proposal that called for a study of the extent to … Continue reading "Amazon will continue selling facial recognition tech to government agencies"

Europe’s centrist parties took a beating in the European Union’s parliamentary elections over the weekend — losing ground to environmental and liberal groups as well as far-right and populist parties. The upending of the traditional order was particularly noticeable in the UK, where Nigel Farage’s single-issue Brexit Party took a third of the votes — … Continue reading "Europe\u2019s centrists lose majority in EU elections, Brexit Party surges"

Dear John: Your broccoli comments could be viewed by some as market manipulation. Supply and demand can be a very personal and fickle thing, just like the like (or dislike) of broccoli. Now, with the possibility of all your followers shunning the beautiful green flowering crest of that vegetable, the demand may drop, thus causing … Continue reading "My hatred of broccoli has apparently struck a chord"

Click:that can PARIS — “Champion,” ”queen,” ”goddess” and “mother.” Those were the words, in French, printed on a black-and-white warmup jacket that Serena Williams wore before her opening match at Roland Garros on Monday. “Those are things that mean a lot to me and reminders for me and for everyone that wants to wear it,” … Continue reading "Serena Williams’ jacket turns heads: ‘goddess,’ ‘champion’"

President Trump may be guilty of many things, but a coverup in the Mueller probe isn’t one of them. Speaker Nancy Pelosi, attempting to appease forces in the Democratic Party eager for impeachment, is accusing him of one, with all the familiar Watergate connotations. The charge is strange, not to say incomprehensible, in light of … Continue reading "If this is a coverup, it\u2019s the worst ever"

It’s going to be a tough day Tuesday for disgraced celebrity lawyer Michael Avenatti, who faces two nearly back-to-back arraignments in Manhattan federal court. Avenatti’s first scheduled appearance involves charges that he tried to shake down athletic gear giant Nike for $20 million. He is then set to be arraigned before a different judge for … Continue reading "Michael Avenatti to face back-to-back arraignments in one day"