Two judges shot dead in Iran’s supreme court building, state media says | Iran
Iranian state media reported that two judges were killed in a shooting at the Supreme Court building in Tehran on Saturday. “This morning, a gunman entered the Supreme Court and planned to assassinate two brave and experienced judges. Both judges were martyred in this act,” the judiciary's website Mizan said.・Online” reported. Mizan said the assailant […]
‘The Speechwriters Have Already Left the Building’
On Wednesday's “Jesse Watters Prime Time,” Fox News host Dana Perino reacted to Biden's farewell speech in the Oval Office, saying “the speechwriters have already left the building.” Ta. Perino said, “You know you and I sit together every day on 'The Five,' and I try to be really nice. And I thought, let's find […]
Musk may get office space in Eisenhower building: NYT
Tech billionaire Elon Musk is taking office space in a building adjacent to the White House as he prepares to take the helm of President-elect Trump's newly created Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), according to a source. They plan to secure it. New York Times coverage on monday. The office space will be located in […]
Chevron is dead: Why are conservatives building an even bigger bureaucracy?
The administrative state was supposed to be dead. At least that's what countless mainstream media outlets do. declared Last term, after the Supreme Court abandoned its longstanding deference to executive agencies in interpreting statutes. Roper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo. But now the unthinkable, or perhaps entirely predictable, has happened. Republicans will take control of the […]
Dramatic video shows NYPD cop shooting knife-wielding man in apartment building, as sources say language barrier was a likely factor
Dramatic footage shows the moment an NYPD officer opened fire on a knife-wielding man in the hallway of a Bronx apartment building after being called to the apartment for a suspected robbery, officials said. A 32-year-old Spanish-speaking man armed with a large kitchen knife was shot once in the torso Sunday evening on the steps […]
NYC considers building new elementary school across from toxic superfund site
Hmm, this stinks. The New York City School Construction Authority is considering breaking ground on a new elementary school in Brooklyn, across from a state Superfund site with a history of carcinogens. The site, on Dupont Street in Greenpoint, is the former location of Newhart Plastics, a vinyl and plastics facility, and is home to […]
China reportedly building barges amid fears of an invasion
China is reportedly building a series of “D-Day-style” barges that could be used to support an invasion of Taiwan, according to media reports. At least three of the new vessels were observed at Guangzhou Shipyard in southern China, Navy News said. The barge was inspired by World War II's Mulberry Harbor, a mobile port built […]
NYPD cops shoot suspect allegedly armed with knife in NYC apartment building: sources
Police shot and killed a suspect who brandished a knife at officers inside a Bronx apartment complex Sunday night, law enforcement officials said. Officials said the man was shot at least twice after police responded to a call on 148th Street in the Mott Haven neighborhood around 5:45 p.m. The shooting occurred just before 6 […]
Cat survives 3-story fall from burning Midtown building, nonprofit raising money for pet’s surgery: ‘A miracle cat’
This kitten definitely landed on its feet. A ginger cat who lives in supportive housing in Midtown miraculously survived a fall from the third floor during an apartment fire last week. Goldie the cat appeared to be trying to escape the flames by a window, but footage from the fire showed her plummeting to the […]
Historic NYC office building fetches fraction of recent $245M sale price — and here reason why
A boutique office building in Midtown South has been purchased by Williams Equities for just over half its most recent sale price, Realty Check has learned. But there may be more to understanding this deal than the price tag suggests. Williams paid just $147.5 million for 470 Park Avenue South, a historic 300,000-square-foot property occupying […]