Posts by Sophie Clearwater
Hochul’s funding for extra NYC subway cops has already run out — forcing Mamdani to honor Adams-era OT deal
A $77 million cash infusion from the state to flood the subway system with extra NYPD cops has already run dry — forcing the Mamdani administration to cover the added patrols, The Post has learned. The state fund — touted by Gov. Kathy Hochul last December as a way to keep a surge of uniformed…
Read MoreWe Have a Climate Imagination Problem
We need a plot twist in climate storytelling, moving beyond the threat and into the thrilling adventure of solving it. Tales of the messy decades in which billions of people change how they power homes, grow food, travel, build cities, and protect one another from a climate that has already changed Culture makers are beginning…
Read MoreGerman Far-Right Surges in ‘Disaster’ State Elections for Chancellor Merz
AfD ran on anti-immigration, opposition to Ukraine aid In Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, state party co-chairs Leif-Erik Holm and Enrico Schult, together with secretary general Dario Seifert, led the AfD’s campaign. Like the national party, the state organization ran on a hard-line anti-immigration platform, calling for more deportations, a state border and deportation police force, and potentially…
Read MoreColumbia University locks out grannies to avoid policing the baddies
Columbia University’s “leaders’ will do anything to avoid looking like bad guys. Instead of firmly squashing pro-Hamas riots like the criminal actions they are, these wimps have locked down the urban campus, inconveniencing an entire neighborhood and probably breaking the law. The lockout followed the mayhem of the Columbia protests and encampment, when pampered undergrads…
Read MoreIn Europe, Today’s Children Will Live Through More Fire Weather Than Their Grandparents
Each additional degree of global warming by the end of the century adds around 272 days of extreme fire weather to the life of a Portuguese child born in 2025. A child born in Greece can expect to see 473 additional days of exposure to extreme fire weather during their lifetime, while children in Spain…
Read MoreICE Shooting of Immigrant in Texas Under Investigation: What to Know
“I’m very angry about this,” Austin Mayor Kirk Watson, a Democrat, said in a press conference about the shooting, adding that local police were not involved in the incident, which happened during a traffic stop. Watson said he was not surprised by ICE’s involvement, given “the nature of ICE and the way ICE is doing…
Read MorePresley Gerber spoke candidly about facing what he’d ‘been running from’ just months before death at 27
Presley Gerber spoke candidly about how he was trying to overcome his addiction battle just six months before his death at a rehab center – revealing he was facing what he “had been running from.” Gerber, 27, shared footage of himself at a wellness clinic in Cancun, Mexico, in March where he took part in…
Read MoreHong Kong socialite Abby Choi’s ex-husband and in-laws on trial for murder, 3 years after she was found dismembered
A murder trial began Monday for the former husband and in-laws of Hong Kong socialite Abby Choi more than three years after the discovery of parts of her dismembered body at a house shocked the city where violent crime is rare. Choi’s ex-husband Alex Kwong, his father Kwong Kau and his brother Anthony Kwong were accused of killing Choi…
Read MorePatrick Mahomes, Chiefs beat Colts in overtime thiller after bizarre sequence nearly cost them game
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Chiefs thought they had beaten the Indianapolis Colts on a bizarre fumble in overtime Sunday night. The Colts ended up with a chance to win instead, yet chose to play for a tie. And once again, Patrick Mahomes and the rest of his crew made an opposing team…
Read MoreTourists stranded on isolated Oregon beach after trying to snap ‘dramatic’ photo
A group of tourists ended up stuck on an Oregon beach after rising tides trapped them while they tried to snap a “dramatic” photo on Wednesday, authorities said. The picturesque photo op turned dangerous after the three hiked down to the Tillamook County cove to capture their pic, The Oregonian reported. The isolated Lost Boy…
Read MoreAustin attorney says ICE shooting victim's wife 'devastated,' kept in dark
An Austin immigration attorney who told KXAN Investigates she represents the victim of Sunday’s Immigration Customs and Enforcement shooting has identified him as Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, 28, who entered the country “a couple years ago” from Venezuela. Source link
Read MorePresley Gerber, model son of Cindy Crawford and Rande Gerber, dead at 27: report
The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner said he died at a rehab facility. Source link
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