Politics

Thieves pull off Italy’s biggest-ever wine heist, stealing 30,000 bottles worth $5.8M
Thieves stole about 30,000 bottles of some of Italy’s most prized wines worth an estimated $5.8 million from a winery in Tuscany, in what the producer described Friday as...
Hurricane Isaias hit Florida ‘like a freight train’ as storm leaves over 420K without power, Lt. Gov. Jay Collins says
Hurricane Isaias struck Florida “like a freight train” as the storm made landfall over the state’s Panhandle and left more than 420,000 without power Friday night into Saturday morning,...
‘Helluva Boss’ actor Brandon Rogers lashes out at heckler at NY Comic Con: ‘You need to shut the f–k up’
New York Comic Con descended into chaos Thursday when actor Brandon Rogers lashed out against a heckler, warning, “I’m going to jump over this fence and end you.” The...
Multiple people, including 2 children, dead in suspected murder-suicide at Pennsylvania home
Multiple people were killed – including two children and a pregnant woman – when a gunman opened fire at a Pennsylvania home on Friday night. Police responded to reports...
Chris DeMarco not worried about his job security after season-ending Liberty loss
Liberty head coach Chris DeMarco said after the team’s season-ending loss in the semifinals that he expects to return in 2027.  Asked whether he’s discussed his future with general...
The Islanders have a complicated — but not impossible — path to a Simon Edvinsson coup
If the Islanders want to take up the maxim of never letting a crisis go to waste, there is an opportunity to parlay Alexander Romanov’s ACL tear into a...
Giants get good news on injured offensive trio
Malik Nabers, Isaiah Likely and Cam Skattebo all are expected to play Sunday, but only one of the Giants’ top offensive weapons is laughing at the idea that his...
Ex-UFC fighter Tim Kennedy injured in Congo as Blackwater founder Erik Prince’s forces take heavy casualties
Blackwater founder Erik Prince’s forces suffered a major battlefield loss in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in mid-September when enemy forces ambushed them, killing and wounding at ​least 20...
Why MLB’s moneyballers aim to resurrect the game’s trickiest pitch
This week the Tampa Bay Rays buried the Yankees’ season. Along the way they may have resurrected the bunt. The bunt is classic inside baseball: The batter lightly taps...
One killed, 3 injured as reckless NYC Mercedes driver mows down pedestrians while trying to beat light: sources
An elderly Mercedes driver trying to beat the light whizzed through a Bronx intersection — sparking a chain-reaction crash that ended with two pedestrians killed and multiple other vehicles struck in...
Gavin Newsom’s pet volunteer project slapped by federal watchdog over $10.8M in questioned costs
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s pet volunteer project — a program that brought tears to his eyes in March — has been flagged by federal auditors as having weak oversight of...
‘Life threatening’ Hurricane Isaias churns toward Gulf Coast with Category 3 strength
Hurricane Isaias churned toward the Gulf Coast Friday with “life-threatening” Category 3 strength — as forecasters warned of powerful winds, flooding and possible tornadoes. The record-setting storm was expected...