Middle East tensions escalate after Hamas leader’s assassination
Welcome to The Hill’s defense and national security newsletter {beacon} Defense andInternational Security Defense andInternational Security Full text UN report finds Palestinian detainees mistreated in Israeli prisons Palestinian detainees have been tortured and ill-treated in Israeli custody, according to a UN report released on Wednesday. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights report looked […]
Oil prices jump as tensions in Middle East spike
Oil prices rose on Wednesday as an Israeli air strike appeared to kill a Hamas leader inside Iran, raising fears of a new conflict in the Middle East. West Texas Crude Oil Prices soared Prices rose more than $3 a barrel on Wednesday to about $78, up more than 4 percent. Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh […]
Zero Bond owner Scott Sartiano faces ‘vendetta’ from East Hampton noise police: sources
In the Hamptons, revenge is best taken coldly. SoHo upscale restaurant Sartiano’s opened its East Hampton location less than a month ago, but since opening it’s been subject to nearly daily raids by health inspectors and scrutiny by the city’s notorious noise enforcement police, The Washington Post has learned. Last Saturday, witnesses said three police […]
Whole Foods to beef up NYC footprint with new outpost in East Village
Whole Foods has signed a lease to open a new store in an East Village space that was vacant before the pandemic, according to Realty Check. The Amazon-owned market will open at 409 East 14th Street, a space that was previously closed after Associated Supermarkets closed in December 2019, and the company will roll out […]
Shooting on Upper East Side leaves one woman dead, another clinging to life
Two women were shot on the Upper East Side, one of them dead and the other survived, while a child was sitting in the back seat of a nearby car, police and sources said. One of the two women who were shot died at the scene. James Messerschmidt / New York Post The two victims […]
NFC East training camp preview: Key additions and losses
The Washington Post’s Ryan Dunleavy breaks down the NFC East storylines heading into training camp. Dallas Cowboys coach: Mike McCarthy (5th year) Location of the training camp: Oxnard, California Main additions: was it there? RB Ezekiel Elliott has averaged 3.9 yards per carry over the past four seasons, but does he count his return after […]
Daniel Hyden, suspect in Lower East Side crash that killed 3, charged with manslaughter
Daniel Hyden, the man accused of killing three people after an alleged drunk driving crash in a park in Lower Manhattan, is facing … source
JD Vance’s response to the East Palestine train derailment landed him in the spotlight
On the evening of February 3, 2023, a freight train loaded with toxic chemicals derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, sending a large plume of black smoke billowing above homes for weeks, causing residents near the site to worry about long-term health effects. A year later, Sen. J.D. Vance of Ohio, 39, met with struggling residents […]
Millions face extreme temperatures as heat dome covers US midwest and east | Extreme heat
Millions of Americans are bracing for dangerous temperatures early next week as a heat wave sweeps across the Midwest and Eastern United States. Heat warning The high pressure system that caused havoc in the West last week is slowly moving across the country, stretching from Kansas and Texas into New York and South Carolina. Air […]
Yankees running out of AL East games to reverse troubling trend
BALTIMORE — If the Yankees want to have any hope of getting back atop the American League East by the end of this season, the journey will have to start within the division. Like most things the Yankees have been through recently, it’s mostly been a struggle. The Yankees are 14-18 against the AL East […]