[What you need to know to start the day: Get New York Today in your inbox.] Just a day after Joaquín Guzmán Loera, the drug kingpin known as El Chapo, was convicted of all 10 counts in a drug conspiracy case in Brooklyn, the Department of Justice unsealed another indictment — against two of his […]
Alec Baldwin says he fears for his family’s safety after Donald Trump said there should be “retribution” for his satirical performance on ‘Saturday Night Live’. Actor Baldwin said the president “signals people” to become angry “and then the actions flow from there”. Last Saturday, he parodied the president’s press conference calling a national emergency over […]
One of America’s leading black TV actors has been charged with staging a racist attack on himself in a “despicable publicity stunt” which he hoped would get him a raise on his $65,000 an episode salary. Jussie Smollett (36), who stars in ‘Empire’, was accused by police in Chicago of “exploiting the pain and anger […]
Two more women have come forward with allegations of sexual misconduct against the R&B singer R Kelly. Rochelle Washington and Latresa Scaff told a news conference they were given drink and drugs at an after-concert party in Baltimore in the 1990s. They said the singer then cornered them in a hotel room and demanded sex. […]
[What you need to know to start the day: Get New York Today in your inbox.] Melissa DeLoatch was standing with her six children outside a 7-Eleven in Garnerville, N.Y., on Wednesday afternoon when her husband, Sean, asked a man who was smoking nearby to move away from the children. He and the man, Jason […]
Jurors in the trial of drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman have been accused of “massive misconduct” by the convict’s lawyer. Jeffrey Lichtman says there are serious questions surrounding Guzman’s conviction on drug smuggling and conspiracy charges, amid claims some jurors flouted strict rules imposed on them by a judge. One juror anonymously told Vice […]
SEATTLE (REUTERS) – Nasa has warned SpaceX and Boeing of design and safety concerns for their competing astronaut launch systems, according to industry sources and a new government report, threatening the US bid to revive its human spaceflight programme later this year. Nasa is paying SpaceX US$2.6 billion (S$3.5 billion) and Boeing US$4.2 billion to […]
A former adviser to Donald Trump has been hit with a gag order by a judge after he posted a photo on Instagram showing her next to what appeared to be the crosshairs of a gun. Trump ally Roger Stone has been ordered by US District Judge Amy Berman Jackson not to discuss his criminal […]
[What you need to know to start the day: Get New York Today in your inbox.] Probably the last thing that Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez needs is a billboard to get her more attention or notoriety. But there it was, on 42nd Street just west of Times Square, a digital attack ad that blamed the freshman Democratic […]
The Halifax-based spiritual leader of the Shambhala International Buddhist organization is stepping back from teaching and administrative duties several weeks after a report found allegations of sexual misconduct to be credible. Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche said in an email to his students today that he is sorry for “all that has happened,” and that he understands […]