A respected long-time upstate judge agreed to resign after he was caught dishing out orders from the bench that helped him in a divorce case he was working privately as a lawyer. New Paltz Justice Jonathan Katz was asked by authorities in late 2017 to sign an arrest warrant and order of protection — against … Continue reading "NY judge resigns after conflict of interest in divorce case"

Click:06SC 6kA Related Companies and development partner Hudson Companies just topped off Riverwalk Park on Roosevelt Island, a 21-story rental apartment building on Main Street that will have 340 new affordable housing units. Opening is set for 2021. It’s the eighth building by Related and Hudson and the first newly built and permanently affordable one … Continue reading "Related Companies share details on Roosevelt Island’s affordable new digs"

The Pennsylvania teen who won the Fortnite World Cup last month — pocketing $3 million in the process — was “swatted” over the weekend during a livestream on Twitch, he said. The criminal harassment tactic involves making a false report to police in hopes of getting a SWAT team to bust into a video gamer’s … Continue reading "Fortnite World Cup champ gets ‘swatted’ during live Twitch stream"

The season’s hottest shoe is guaranteed to turn heads — and probably a couple of ankles, too. Stars such as Kim Kardashian, Rihanna and Emily Ratajkowski are stepping out in spindly high-heeled flip-flops. These polarizing slip-ons have come back from the late ’90s to haunt us, but unlike so many other footwear trends from that … Continue reading "High-heeled flip flops are back"

If television is a form of comfort food, then the stars of long-running prime-time series are the ultimate visual nighttime snack. With the new fall season quickly approaching, here’s a look at the handful of returning series stalwarts we’ve been welcoming into our lives for lo these many years. Mariska Hargitay, “Law & Order: SVU” … Continue reading "These longtime TV stars keep us coming back for more"

Now he’s A-robbed! Alex Rodriguez had a half-million dollars’ worth of jewelry and electronics stolen from his ESPN rental car in San Francisco while having a post-game dinner with the production crew, according to a report Monday. A thief broke into the former Yankees slugger’s rental vehicle sometime between 9 and 11 p.m. Sunday while … Continue reading "A-Rod loses $500K worth of jewelry, electronics in car robbery: report"

A knife-wielding man suspected of stabbing a woman in Sydney, Australia was arrested after being pinned down by a group of good Samaritans on Tuesday afternoon, authorities said. Footage of the wild incident was captured by a 7NEWS reporter and shows the armed and bloody suspect hop atop a black Mercedes about 2 p.m. local … Continue reading "Good Samaritans pin down knife-wielding maniac in Sydney"

A year before Jeffrey Epstein apparently killed himself in a Manhattan jail cell while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges, he told a New York Times reporter that he thought criminalizing sex with girls was a “cultural aberration.” Epstein made the statement while speaking to reporter James Stewart at his Manhattan townhouse on Aug. 16, … Continue reading "Epstein called criminalizing sex with teen girls a ‘cultural aberration’: report"

In golf, there is the process players always speak of and then there is processing what just happened to them once a tournament has reached its conclusion. You won’t find a more positive player on the PGA Tour than Harold Varner III. He believes in his process, believes that his first career PGA Tour win … Continue reading "Harold Varner III is the Northern Trust’s happiest loser"

Ex-porn star Mia Khalifa got the Twitterverse talking on Monday night after she claimed in a tweet that she only made “a TOTAL of around $12,000” in the adult entertainment industry. “People think I’m racking in millions from porn,” tweeted the 26-year-old. “I made a TOTAL of around $12,000 in the industry and never saw … Continue reading "Mia Khalifa claims she made only $12K doing porn"