Three men — including ex-Marines — sentenced for plot to cripple power grid
Three men with suspected ties to white supremacist groups have been sentenced to prison for plotting a racially motivated attack on the U.S. power grid that was ultimately thwarted by federal agents. Liam Collins, 25, of Rhode Island, was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Thursday for aiding and abetting the interstate transportation of […]
‘All-out War’ Looms as Hezbollah Rocket Kills 12 Israeli Druze Arabs, Including Kids
MAGDALA, Israel — Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz said Saturday that Israel was facing “all-out war” after Hezbollah fired rockets at the Israeli Druze Arab village of Majdal Shams, killing at least 12 people, including children, on Saturday evening. Children around 10 to 12 years old were playing soccer on the field when the rocket […]
FTC probes AI-powered ‘surveillance pricing’ at firms including Mastercard, JPMorgan Chase, McKinsey
Sarah Ponczek and Luke Lloyd discuss the technology and AI landscape, the impact on air freight and ocean shipping rates with Shein and Temu, and how the federal government will handle rates. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced Tuesday that it has launched an investigation into eight companies that offer surveillance pricing tools. Artificial Intelligence […]
Two Hostages, Including Holocaust Educator, Murdered in Gaza
On Monday, two Israeli hostages being held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip were announced to have been killed: Holocaust educator Alex Dansig, 75, from Kibbutz Nir Oz, and musician Yagev Bukshtav, 35, from Kibbutz Nirim. Danzig, a dual Polish-Israeli citizen, spent his life building bridges between Polish and Israeli Jews, working at Israel’s famous […]
Maniac Shahboz Rajabboev accused of killing 4 relatives, including 2 kids, inside NYC home left building with bloody face, claimed he was on ‘shrooms’: DA
A deranged relative accused of brutally killing a family of four in a Brooklyn apartment claimed he was high on mushrooms after stabbing the mother and strangling his sister-in-law and her two young children and running from the home with blood streaming from his face, prosecutors said Sunday. Shavoz Rajaboev, who is facing murder charges […]
Troubled NYC man charged with first-degree murder in grisly slaying of four relatives, including two young kids
A mentally ill Brooklyn man was indicted on multiple first-degree murder charges Sunday in the brutal killings of four relatives, including two young children. Police said Shavoz Rajaboev, 24, was awaiting arraignment in the Bensonhurst massacre that left his mother, sister-in-law and relatives believed to be his niece and nephew dead at an apartment Friday […]
Elon Musk takes several shots at CrowdStrike after global outage — including taking aim at company’s DEI policy
Billionaire X owner Elon Musk has repeatedly criticized CrowdStrike after a botched software update caused what may be the biggest IT outage in history, including taking aim at the company’s diversity, equity and inclusion policies. Services were mostly restored to hospitals, banks and other businesses that use Microsoft products after fixes for the glitch caused […]
4 Dead, Including 2 Kids, In Brooklyn Stabbing
Funeral held for NYPD detective killed during attempted robbery in Queens HAMPTON BAYS, NY – FEBRUARY 20: NYPD officers attend the funeral for NYPD Detective Brian Simonsen at St. Rosary Church in Hampton Bays, New York. The funeral was attended by thousands of area police officers and law enforcement officials. Detective Simonsen was killed by […]
Bronx Science HS graduate accepted into all 28 colleges she applies to — including the eight Ivy Leagues
She is the smartest person in New York. A bright teenager from Washington Heights was accepted into all eight Ivy League schools, plus 20 other colleges to which he applied. “When we were trying to open [an admissions] “When I got the letter, I was prepared for it to be my first rejection, and then […]
Dollar General to pay $12M to settle alleged safety violations including blocking exits
According to the Department of Labor, Dollar General agreed to pay $12 million to settle claims that there were unsafe working conditions throughout its stores, including blocked fire exits and fire extinguishers and unsafe stockroom conditions. In addition to paying the hefty fine, Dollar General’s settlement with the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health […]