Two years ago, we were all going about our daily business, blissfully unaware that our planet almost plunged into global catastrophe. A recent revelation by NASA explains how on July 23, 2012, Earth had a near miss with a solar flare, or coronal mass ejection (CME), from the most powerful storm on the sun in […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA NEW CITY – The details are out and it is now all but certain: Summit Park’s hospital and nursing care center will have a new owner sometime within the next few years. County Executive Ed Day joined Sympaticare Health LLC President Shalom Braunstein, County Legislative Chairman Alden Wolfe, and a number of […]
A man was killed at Bay Area beach on Monday after a giant hole he was digging in the sand collapsed and buried him, according to fire officials. When responding Cal Fire crews showed up at Francis State Beach in Half Moon Bay about 5:30 pm., they found a man in his 20s “completely covered […]
Children in New York looking to misbehave may want to reconsider if they wish to avoid a spanking. A court says it’s OK for parents to spank their kids. Watch your butts, kids — a state appeals court says it’s OK for parents to spank them. In a ruling Wednesday, the state Appellate Division found […]
The New York police officer seen in a video apparently putting a chokehold on a man who later died has had his gun and badge taken away pending the outcome of investigations into what happened. The NYPD announced tonight that Officer Daniel Pantaleo, an 8-year veteran, has been placed on “modified assignment,” pending the outcome of the […]
A New York City man died during an arrest — partially captured on amateur video — during which a plain-clothes police officer placed him in what appeared be a choke hold while several others brought him to the ground and struggled to place him in handcuffs. Internal affairs investigators and prosecutors announced inquiries Friday into […]