America’s private-sector “conquest” of space continues. The latest: On Sunday, Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit successfully deployed 10 mini satellites into orbit using a two-stage rocket fired from a converted jumbo jet. The company’s LauncherOne rocketed into Earth orbit from “Cosmic…
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Like a cat’s nine lives, Elfrid Payton has survived all point-guard comers to hold onto the starting job for a second straight season — even turning back surging rookie Immanuel Quickley. Dennis Smith Jr. and Frank Ntilikina have proved no…
Dozens of NYPD officers were dispatched to Washington, D.C., to help provide security for the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden following the deadly siege at the U.S. Capitol. A video posted to Twitter shows five buses of NYPD cops in…
New York City is slated to run out of the coveted COVID-19 vaccine by the end of the week — and that will force the Big Apple to start closing its injection sites and cancel appointments, Mayor Bill de Blasio…
Wild video captured three passengers attacking two Spirit Airlines employees who asked them to make sure their carry-on bags were the right size before boarding their flight from Detroit to Atlanta. Both airline agents were injured and one was taken…
A mural of Sen. Bernie Sanders in Washington DC was vandalized with a likeness of Pepe the Frog in a suspected hate crime, police said. The colorful “Bern the System” artwork painted onto a concrete wall beneath Interstate 395 in…
Starbucks wants to make getting a coronavirus vaccine as easy as grabbing a pumpkin spice latte. Washington State officials tapped the coffee giant to help them ramp up the state’s COVID-19 vaccination capacity with the goal of inoculating 45,000 people…
BANGKOK — A court in Thailand on Tuesday sentenced a former civil servant to a record prison term of 43 years and six months for breaching the country’s strict law on insulting or defaming the monarchy, lawyers said. The Bangkok…
At least four people were wounded in a series of shootings that are believed to be connected in an area north of Mount Pocono on Monday night, police said. The gun violence began at about 5 p.m. in Tobyhanna, prompting…
A Toledo police officer was fatally shot on Monday during a standoff with an armed suspect wanted for vandalizing a cathedral, authorities said. Officer Brandon Stalker, 24, who was performing perimeter security at the suspect’s home, was struck once after…
If Carlos Beltran had to go for sign stealing last offseason, then Jared Porter has to go now if the facts in ESPN’s story are true and the new Mets GM in 2016 sent a barrage of unsolicited text messages…
Los Angeles has suspended its air-quality limits on local crematoriums — because it says there are just too many COVID-19 bodies to deal with. The LA Coroner’s Office “has confirmed that there exists an urgent need for additional human crematory…