A wayward driver who crashed his van into the drink on Roosevelt Island is under investigation to determine if he was intoxicated, police said. The drama unfolded shortly before 2 a.m. Saturday at Main Street and East Loop Road, cops said. The unidentified 40-year-old driver was speeding when he lost control, hit a car, then … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched 5G services in India on Saturday, calling it a “step towards the new era.” The launch in select cities will cover the entire country over the next couple of years, a government statement said. Modi launched the much-awaited services that aim to provide seamless coverage, high data rate, less delay … Read more
Thankfully, she doesn’t write true crime books. Novelist Kaira Rouda’s new book centers around a scheming wife who offs her congressman husband after she discovers he’s been having an affair with a young staffer. Rouda just happens to be married to an ex-congressman. The plot of “The Widow” raised eyebrows among the staffers of then-Rep. … Read more
The unprovoked stabbing death of veteran FDNY paramedic Alison Russo-Elling will likely further fuel the ongoing exodus of emergency medical technicians and paramedics leaving the job, a top union leader predicted. “This will definitely change the game now,” said Oren Barzilay, president of Local 2507, the union representing more than 4,100 rank-and-file city EMTs and … Read more
Hundreds of Iraqi protesters were engulfed by tear gas fired by security forces Saturday during a demonstration marking the third anniversary of anti-government protests in Baghdad, Iraq. Amid concerns that the protests could spiral out of control, security officials installed checkpoints across Baghdad, shut down bridges and squares and closed some of the bridges leading … Read more
Russian troops began pulling out of the strategic city of Lyman in eastern Ukraine after they were surrounded by Ukraine forces Saturday, according to the Russian Ministry of Defense. The retreat of between 5,000 and 5,500 Russian soldiers came a day after Russian leader Vladimir Putin announced Russia’s illegal annexation of four occupied regions in … Read more
Bodycam footage shows the moment two New York State troopers rescued a teenage driver from a burning vehicle. The hero officers, Michael Winkelman and James Flynn-Kocourek were on Middlebush Road in Wappinger when they heard a crash around 3:26 a.m., state police said. Winkelman and Flynn-Kocourek sprung into action, motoring to State Route 9D, where they … Read more
A local magistrate in the Margalla area of Pakistan issued an arrest warrant Saturday against controversial former Prime Minister Imran Khan, according to a report. The warrant followed an explosive press conference in which Finance Minister Ishaq Dar accused Khan of stealing state secrets and using them for his own political benefit, BOL News reported. … Read more
She sees no evil. Defund-the-police socialist City Councilwoman Tiffany Cabán tweeted that “Subway violence is a one-in-a-million event” — outraging the woman who may lose the sight in her right eye after being viciously attacked days earlier in the transit system. Cabán made her pronouncement Monday as video circulated of the sickening assault on straphanger … Read more
Gabby Petito’s family on Friday praised a new, bipartisan Senate bill to help find missing persons as a “huge step forward.” The new bill introduced Thursday by Democratic Connecticut senators Chris Murphy and Richard Blumenthal and Republican senators John Cornyn of Texas, John Hooven of North Dakota and Thom Tillis of North Carolina, aims to streamline the … Read more