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Broadway star Brian Stokes Mitchell belts out ‘Impossible Dream’ as LGBT club leader backs Gov. Kathy Hochul’s re-election bid

Gov. Kathy Hawkle’s “probably impossible dream” — winning reelection to another term — may just be easier. The governor won the endorsement of prominent LGBT political club leaders at an event in Manhattan on Wednesday night, where the announcement was followed shortly by Broadway star Brian Stokes Mitchell delivering a moving rendition of “The Impossible […]

What the Supreme Court's ruling on Purdue Pharma settlement means

The Supreme Court’s Thursday decision blocking bankruptcy proceedings aimed at discharging the family that owns Purdue Pharma has sent the case back to lower courts in uncertainty. The only immediate consequence of the ruling is that financial settlements will take longer to reach victims of the opioid epidemic. Bankruptcy legislation approved last year would have […]

Nike posts surprise drop in sales, sending shares tanking

Nike Inc. on Thursday unexpectedly forecast a revenue decline for fiscal 2025 after disappointing fourth-quarter sales revealed the company’s declining market share and the failure of its direct-to-consumer strategy. Nike also forecast a larger-than-expected decline in first-quarter revenue, sending the company’s shares down 12 percent in after-hours trading. The company has tried unsuccessfully to boost […]

Dave Portnoy bets on Phillies to win World Series

Commercial Content 21+. Dave Portnoy’s sports betting streak may be over, but it didn’t take long for the Barstool founder to hit the ground running again. On Tuesday, Portnoy placed a $200,000 bet on the Philadelphia Phillies to win the 2024 World Series at +600, projecting a profit of $1.2 million. The huge bet came […]

White House reporters object to CNN preventing presidential pool from attending debate

The White House Correspondents’ Association issued a statement calling on CNN to allow reporters, who accompany the president to nearly all of his events, into the venue where the first presidential debate between President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden will take place on Thursday night. With CNN in sole control of the debate, tensions […]

Here’s how the Mets have turned their season around

May was a miserable month in Queens. As the month drew to a close, the Mets were fresh off a thorough home loss to the Dodgers, placing struggling pitcher Edwin Diaz on the disabled list and designating disgruntled right-hander Jorge Lopez as a designated player. They also looked like a team with no way out, […]

Musk won pay package with shareholders’ vote, Tesla argues in court filing

Kenny Polcari, chief market strategist at SlateStone Wealth, reacted to Tesla shareholders voting to reinstate Elon Musk’s compensation package on Varney & Co. Tesla argues in court documents: CEO Elon Musk The company won a legal battle over the $56 billion compensation plan after a Delaware judge struck down the plan earlier this year, but […]

Greene clashes with Australian TV anchor, dodges questions on 2024 outcome

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) clashed with an Australian television news anchor on Wednesday during an interview that focused on Julian Assange and then transitioned to a question about whether she would accept the results of the 2024 presidential election. In the interview, Greene did not say whether she would accept the results of the […]