College Football Playoff rankings has Penn State-Clemson surprise
Ohio State, LSU, Alabama and Penn State are the top four in the College Football Playoff selection committee’s first rankings of the season. Next up were defending national champion Clemson, Georgia...
View ArticleAmerica is tripping over Donald Trump and dance dunce Sean Spicer
America has voted. And the winner is … Donald Trump. I’m not referring to the 2020 presidential election (not yet), but to the 28th and weirdest, wackiest season of the popular ABC-TV reality contest,...
View ArticleAccused Texas homecoming party shooter released from jail
The man accused of opening fire at a homecoming party in Texas, killing two people and injuring 12, was released from jail Tuesday after authorities said additional information had “come to light.”...
View ArticleWriters who left revamped Gawker still looking for full-time work
Being principled doesn’t always pay off. The two writers who helped derail the Gawker 2.0 relaunch in January by resigning in protest of controversial comments by management have not landed full-time...
View ArticleFormer Goldman Sachs exec creates pop-up exhibition to aid orphans in Ghana
Pop-ups are hot — and they’re not just for selling stuff anymore. An upcoming exhibition created by a former Goldman Sachs exec that required a pop-up lease is raising money for an African children’s...
View ArticleMormons murdered in Mexican cartel shootout were victims of a hit or a...
Nine US citizens — including three moms and six children — were massacred on a road in northern Mexico, possibly because a drug cartel mistook their SUV caravan for rivals, authorities said on Tuesday....
View ArticleMelinda Katz easily wins Queens district attorney race
Queens Borough President Melinda Katz — who survived a Democratic primary scare — was easily elected as the county’s new district attorney in Tuesday night’s general election. Veteran pol Katz defeated...
View ArticleTransfer tax revenue suffering from apartment building sales slump
The city’s transfer tax revenue is already taking a hit from the sudden drop in apartment building sales. Property tax revenue, however, is unlikely to be affected for several years. And by then, Mayor...
View ArticleWhat Jets fans are ignoring in wanting Adam Gase fired
The easy thing to do is blame Adam Gase for the entire Jets mess and pretend that firing him will fix everything. I get it. However, this is not all on Gase. The roster holes we all saw back in the...
View ArticlePressure is on Pat Shurmur in ugly Giants-Jets clash
There is virtually no calculation or analytic data the Giants can print out and circulate to make a case they are showing improvement and a better team than they were a year ago. On defense, the Giants...
View ArticleKentucky governor’s race: Dem Andy Beshear declares victory, Gov. Matt Bevin...
Democratic candidate Andy Beshear declared victory in the closely-watched Kentucky governor’s race — despite President Trump’s last minute campaign efforts for the state’s Republican incumbent....
View ArticleNets are really pumped for tough, long road trip
After underwhelming play through the soft beginning of their schedule, the Nets have to head out on their longest road trip of the year. And they don’t consider that a bad thing. “I love it,” Taurean...
View ArticleGoodwin: NYC needs a true reformer to be the next mayor
New York is a city of some 8.6 million souls. But is there a single reformer in the house who wants to be the next mayor? The question is an urgent one. Day by day, evidence mounts that the city is in...
View ArticleCeltics’ Gordon Hayward proves he’s back after career outing
Gordon Hayward just might be back to his old self. After losing the 2017-18 season to injury and spending most of 2018-19 trying to regain his footing in a crowded Celtics rotation, Hayward showed...
View ArticleStolen car ditched by driver hits and kills woman in Queens
A suspect ditched a stolen car on a Queens street Tuesday night — and the vehicle ended up slamming into a woman and killing her on a nearby sidewalk, police sources said. The 38-year-old man hopped...
View ArticleTulsi Gabbard pushes Saudi Arabia 9/11 coverup theory
Democratic presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard on Tuesday pushed the theory that the US government is actively covering up Saudi Arabia’s role in 9/11. The Hawaii congresswoman sent a campaign email...
View ArticleQueen Latifah is the only good part of soggy ‘Little Mermaid Live!’
Perhaps Ariel should have stayed under the sea. ABC’s “The Little Mermaid Live!” was an over-the-top, neon-filled spectacle, with grand staging and high-floating jellyfish and crabs. But the live...
View ArticleDevils take down Jets after scary Bryan Little head injury
WINNIPEG, Manitoba — The New Jersey Devils are making up for a slow start to the season. Nikita Gusev and Jesper Boqvist scored in the shootout to lift the Devils to a 2-1 victory over the Winnipeg...
View ArticleJersey City voters pass limits on Airbnb, short-term rentals
JERSEY CITY — Voters in a New Jersey city that’s just a few minutes by train from the tourist sights of Manhattan approved restrictions Tuesday on Airbnb and other short-term rental companies. The vote...
View ArticleDemocrats win full control of Virginia statehouse for first time in decades
Democrats in Virginia gained majority control of the statehouse for the first time in over two decades on Tuesday. They were able to flip both chambers — state Senate and House of Delegates — which had...
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