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A retired teacher saw inspiration in Columbia’s protests. Eric Adams called her an outside agitator
NEW YORK (AP) — Before police officers poured into Columbia University on Tuesday night, arresting more than 100 people as they cleared an occupied school building and tent encampment, New York City Mayor Eric Adams received a piece of intelligence he said shifted his thinking about the campus demonstrations over the war in Gaza.
A United Airlines passenger got "belligerent" with flight attendants. Here's what that will cost him.
Unruly behavior on airplanes can lead to hefty fines for passengers. Just ask Alexander Michael Dominic MacDonald, from Chelmsford, England, who this week was ordered to pay $20,638 to United Airlines for his outbursts on a flight from London, England, to Newark, New Jersey in March. The incident kicked off...
NYC ex-con busted after his 79-year-old mom found dead with black eye, cuts: sources
A Bronx ex-con was charged with murder after his elderly mom was found fatally battered with a black eye in their apartment this week, cops and law enforcement sources said. Melvin Arias, 57, was arrested Tuesday evening in connection to the slaying of his mom Francisca Trinidad, 79, who was found unconscious and unresponsive inside the apartment on Grand Concourse near East 156th Street in Concourse Village around 10:30 p.m. Monday, police said. Courthouse brawl breaks out between families of road-rage suspect, 26-year-old victim at arraignment Trinidad, who was found with a bruise on her right eye and cuts to her hand, was...
Eric Adams righteously speaks for NYC’s principles against the chaos-mongers
Mayor Adams’ remarks Wednesday, the morning after Columbia asked the NYPD to clear out the goons occupying Hamilton Hall, truly summed up the stakes. He flagged how the protests, from the start, “just did not feel right” likely because of the presence (as in the 2020 madness) of “those who came to the city to disrupt our city.” Whether he was talking about professional protesters like Linda Fithian or paid agitators like Manolo De Los Santos of The People’s Forum or the various Antifa types arrested Tuesday night inside Hamilton Hall, he plainly has the facts on his side. And the values, too:...
This upstate-style home in Brooklyn asks $1.3M — and comes with a fun, farm-like amenity
Upstate, this stand-alone abode wouldn’t look at all out of place, but on its low-lying Bedford-Stuyvesant block it stands out — and even more so upon entry. This Brooklyn townhouse with a pastel wonderland of an interior and private outdoor space galore has hit the market at 551 Lexington Ave. for $1.3 million. The three-bedroom, two-bathroom, “life-sized dollhouse,” as its listing describes, features a second-floor balcony, a covered front porch and sumptuous “tropical backyard oasis” a with chicken coop — something quite uncommon within city limits — a deck and more. Its seller, the France-born bartender Julian Vigouroux, purchased the 125-year-old two-story dwelling...
After protest chaos, universities need to teach kids about real free speech — not about misgendering
Wondering why Columbia protests devolved into chaos? Because the students have no idea what free speech is. Hint: Tents are not it. It’s time for Columbia, and every school around the country, to roll out a free-speech orientation. The lesson plan is simple. Posters, chanting, protesting? Good. Heckling, damaging property, camping on the quad? Bad. And those tactics can result in suspension, expulsion, or even arrest. Considering Columbia’s new-student orientation harps on how not to misgender your classmates or accidentally offend them with jokes, a session on free expression is surely overdue. For the past few weeks, pro-Palestinian student activists have seemed completely oblivious to...
Trump tees off on ‘bulls—‘ legal cases at Michigan rally
Former President Trump on Wednesday used his off day from attending court in New York City to lambast the criminal cases against him as “bullshit” during one of his first battleground events since going on trial. Trump spoke to supporters in Freeland, Mich., where he lashed out at...
Lindgren brothers still not on speaking terms after Ryan's Rangers swept Charlie's Capitals
The Lindgren brothers said that once the Eastern Conference first-round playoff series between Ryan's New York Rangers and Charlie's Washington Capitals was over, they would start communicating again.But that hasn't been the case.The brothers, who normally either talk or text regularly, agreed not to do either with each other during the series.However, it ended on Sunday night with the Rangers sweeping the Capitals in four games. But there still hasn't been any talking or texting."We're in that awkward phase right now where I don't think I'm ready to reach out, and he probably doesn't know where I'm at," Charlie —...
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