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Hollywood sex symbol Raquel Welch dies at 82
NEW YORK (AP) — Raquel Welch, whose emergence from the sea in a skimpy, furry bikini in the film “One Million Years B.C.” would propel her to international sex symbol status throughout the 1960s and ’70s, has died. She was 82. Welch died early Wednesday after a brief illness, according to her agent, Stephen LaManna…
White supremacist gets life in prison for Buffalo massacre
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A white supremacist who killed 10 Black people at a Buffalo supermarket was sentenced to life in prison without parole Wednesday after relatives of his victims confronted him with pain and rage caused by his racist attack. Anger briefly turned physical at Payton Gendron’s sentencing when a man in the audience…
Police investigating body found in Hempstead
The body of a female was found in the dumpster in the parking lot of an Advance Auto Parts store in South Hempstead, yesterday morning.Neighbors say they heard an alarm going off at the auto parts store through the night. Police say they were called around 7:30 a.m.There is no word on the identity of…
Senators beat Isles in shootout, 3-2
NEW YORK (AP) — Tim Stutzle and Drake Batherson each scored in the shootout and the Ottawa Senators defeated the New York Islanders 3-2. Stutzle and Brady Tkachuk each recorded a goal and an assist in regulation. Kevin Mandolese finished with 46 saves and the Senators won their sixth game in seven outings. Mandolese denied…
Nikki Haley announces run for president, challenging Trump
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Nikki Haley, the former South Carolina governor and United Nations ambassador, announced her candidacy for president on Tuesday, becoming the first major challenger to former President Donald Trump for the 2024 Republican nomination. The announcement, delivered in a tweeted video, marks an about-face for the ex-Trump Cabinet official, who said two…
Police: U-Haul driver saw ‘object’ before deadly rampage
NEW YORK (AP) — A U-Haul driver who veered onto sidewalks and rammed into bicyclists and moped riders Monday in New York City, killing one person and injuring eight, claimed he started mowing down people after seeing an “invisible object” coming toward the truck, police said Tuesday. Weng Sor, 62, was charged Tuesday with murder…
Knicks end 9-game skid vs Nets, 124-106
NEW YORK (AP) — Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving are gone, and so is the Nets’ dominance of New York’s basketball rivalry. Jalen Brunson scored 40 points, Josh Hart added a season-high 27 in his second game with his new team and the Knicks snapped a nine-game losing streak against Brooklyn with a 124-106 victory…
U-Haul driver’s NYC ‘rampage’ leaves 8 hurt and 1 person dead, police say
NEW YORK (AP) — A man driving a U-Haul truck swerved onto sidewalks and plowed into scooter riders in New York City on Monday, injuring multiple people before police were able to pin the careening vehicle against a building following a mileslong pursuit through Brooklyn. At least eight people were hurt, and one person has…
Arrest in Valley Stream hit-and-run that injured 8-year-old girl
Nassau Police have arrested the hit and run driver that hit a young girl in Valley Stream on Sunday.According to detectives, while playing in the alleyway behind a residential home an 8-year-old girl was struck by a black SUV. The driver then fled the scene.The victim suffered a broken leg and was transported to a…
Judge to release parts of Georgia special grand jury report
ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia judge on Monday ordered the partial release later this week of a report by a special grand jury that investigated efforts by former President Donald Trump and his allies to overturn his 2020 election loss. The report’s introduction and conclusion, as well as a section in which the grand jurors…
US jets down 4 objects in 8 days, unprecedented in peacetime
WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. fighter jet shot down an “unidentified object” over Lake Huron on Sunday on orders from President Joe Biden. It was the fourth such downing in eight days and the latest military strike in an extraordinary chain of events over U.S. airspace that Pentagon officials believe has no peacetime precedent. Part…
Pregnant Rihanna soars in Super Bowl halftime performance
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) Rihanna was above it all. And pregnant to boot. She began and ended the Super Bowl 57 halftime show hovering high above the field at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. The performance lacked the surprise guests stars included in many previous Super Bowl halftimes, save one — her representative revealed afterward that…