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Actor Jonathan Majors’ domestic violence trial scheduled for Aug. 3
NEW YORK (AP) — Actor Jonathan Majors’ domestic violence case will go to trial Aug. 3, a Manhattan judge said Tuesday, casting him in a real-life courtroom drama as his idled Hollywood career hangs in the balance. Majors’ accuser alleges he pulled her finger, twisted her arm behind her back, struck and cut her ear…
Hunter Biden will plead guilty in a deal that likely averts time behind bars in a tax and gun case
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s son Hunter will plead guilty to federal tax offenses but avoid prosecution on a separate gun charge in a deal with the Justice Department that likely spares him time behind bars. Hunter Biden, 53, will plead guilty to the misdemeanor tax offenses as part of an agreement made public…
Free Fishing Weekend will be this weekend
New Yorkers and visitors to the state may take advantage of the year’s second Free Fishing Weekend on June 24-25, when the requirement for a freshwater fishing license is waived. Free fishing day participants are reminded that although the requirement for a freshwater fishing license is waived during Free Fishing Days, all other fishing regulations…
Singer Bebe Rexha says she’s OK after being hit in the face on stage by thrown phone
NEW YORK (AP) — Pop star Bebe Rexha was hit in the face and injured by a cellphone hurled from the audience at a hometown show in New York City Sunday night, and a man was arrested, police said. The Grammy-nominated, multiplatinum-selling singer-songwriter was taken to a hospital after the phone hit her, police said.…
Public hearings on proposed LIRR fare and toll increases start this week
Commuters can take part this week in a series of public hearings about the MTA proposals to hike transit fares by around 4% and tolls by as much as 10%. The MTA is also hosting four hybrid public hearings from its headquarters at 2 Broadway in Manhattan. There will be two hearings on Thursday, at…
A search is underway for missing submarine that takes people to see Titanic
(AP) A rescue operation was underway deep in the waters of the Atlantic Ocean on Monday in search of a submersible vessel that carries people to view the wreckage of the Titanic. The Joint Rescue Coordination Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia said the vessel was reported overdue around 9:13 p.m. Sunday, about 435 miles (700…
Blinken meets Chinese President Xi in bid to ease soaring US-China tensions
BEIJING (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday as he wrapped up a two-day high-stakes visit to Beijing aimed at easing soaring tensions between the countries. The meeting at the Great Hall of the People had been expected and was seen as key to the success…
‘The Flash’ opens to $55 million, a step off the typical superhero pace
(AP) DC and Warner Bros.’ long-in-the-works superhero movie “The Flash” opened to $55 million in its first three days in North American theaters, according to studio estimates on Sunday. Though a fair amount of money by normal standards, a sizable jump from DC’s last release, the “Shazam!” sequel, and enough for a first place start,…
A beginner’s guide to Juneteenth: How can all Americans celebrate?
(AP) For more than one-and-a-half centuries, the Juneteenth holiday has been sacred to many Black communities. It marks the day in 1865 enslaved people in Galveston, Texas found out they had been freed — after the end of the Civil war, and two years after President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation. Since it was designated a…
Long Island animal rescue’s Facebook page hacked
Michelle DeSanti The owner of Remember Me Rescue New York a Huntington-based animal rescue says she’s been hacked and someone is using her Facebook page to scam people. Two days ago, DeSanti received a message from Facebook that she had been hacked. She then she saw a post about a dog that needed a home…
Long Island animal rescue’s Facebook page hacked
Michelle DeSanti The owner of Remember Me Rescue New York a Huntington-based animal rescue says she’s been hacked and someone is using her Facebook page to scam people. Two days ago, DeSanti received a message from Facebook that she had been hacked. She then she saw a post about a dog that needed a home…
Pope Francis leaves Rome hospital 9 days after operation; surgeon says ‘he’s better than before’
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis on Friday was discharged from the Rome hospital where he had abdominal surgery nine days earlier to repair a hernia and remove painful scarring, with his surgeon saying the pontiff is now “better than before” the hospitalization. Francis, 86, left through Gemelli Polyclinic’s main exit in a wheelchair, smiling and…