Derek Fisher Fired by Knicks in His Second Season
The New York Knicks fired coach Derek Fisher on Monday after the team lost its fifth straight game and nine of its past 10. The Knicks are 23-31 this season after going 17-65 in Fisher’s first season...
View ArticleRiot at Prison in Northern Mexico Leaves 52 Inmates Dead
A brawl between rival drug gangs at an overcrowded penitentiary in northern Mexico turned into a riot Thursday, leaving 52 inmates dead and 12 injured in the country’s deadliest prison melee in years....
View ArticleCleveland Apologizes For $500 Ambulance Bill Sent To Tamir Rice’s Family
The Mayor of Cleveland has apologized to the family of Tamir Rice, saying he is sorry for any pain caused by a $500 claim for emergency services sent to the boy’s estate. Mayor Frank Jackson and other...
View ArticleNortheast Braces For Possible ‘Life-Threatening’ Cold Weather
The National Weather Service said Friday the coldest air mass of the winter may hit the Northeast this weekend and New Yorkers are being urged to take notice. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio warned...
View ArticleEliot Spitzer Accused of Choking Woman in Plaza Hotel
Police in New York are investigating whether former New York governor Eliot Spitzer, who resigned his position in the wake of a prostitution scandal in 2008, has any ties to a possible assault at a...
View Article$1 Billion Worth of Drugs Seized From Shipment of Silicone Bra Inserts in...
Australian police have seized $1 billion Australian dollars’ worth of the drug “ice” from a shipment of silicone bra inserts and art supplies, the country’s federal police said, worth approximately...
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