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CBS promotes Diana Miller to produce ‘CBS This Morning’

CBS said Thursday it has promoted Diana Miller to executive producer of “CBS This Morning.” The Post first reported late last month that Miller, 38, was expected to grab the top job running the show. Miller, who earlier in her career worked for Anderson Cooper at CNN, has been with “CBS This Morning” since 2014 […]

It’s sad to see 2020 Dems kissing Sharpton’s … ring

If he beckons, they all come — the Democratic presidential field, that is, to bow down and pay homage to Al Sharpton. No fewer than 12 members of the 2020 pack will show up this week for the four-day National Action Network convention, where The Rev is holding court. That Sharpton — with his decades-long […]

Philadelphia man, 19, arrested in killing of police official's 20-year-old son

Tyquan “Fats” Atkinson, 19, (left) was arrested in Chester, Penn., after Philadelphia Police said he had been on the run for several days for the murder of 20-year-old Nicholas Flacco (right) on Saturday. (Philadelphia Police Department/ Twitter) The Pennsylvania man accused of fatally shooting the son of a prominent Philadelphia Police official at a baseball […]

Baby died shortly after birth when a doctor missed a sepsis infection

Pregnant woman who was told she was constipated and sent home from hospital despite being in severe pain gave birth on the kitchen floor and her husband was unable to save his premature daughter Jennifer Handy died at Prince Charles hospital hours after she was born  Her mother Sarah had been sent home hours earlier […]

Social media bosses could be hit with fines for harmful content

Social media bosses including Mark Zuckerberg could be personally hit with huge fines for harmful content hosted on their sites, leaked UK legal plans reveal The online harm white paper is expected to be released by ministers on Monday  It will impose a duty of care on social media companies to protect their users  Independent regulator […]

US AG William Barr defends handling of Mueller’s Trump-Russia report

Washington: Attorney General William Barr on Thursday defended his handling of special counsel Robert Mueller's report on the Russia investigation, saying the document contains sensitive grand jury material that prevented it from being immediately released to the public. US Attorney-General William Barr.Credit:AP The statement came as Barr confronts concerns that his four-page letter summarising Mueller's […]

Napanee Raiders remain unbeaten in the Junior C playoffs

The Napanee Raiders are off to a flying start in the Ontario Provincial Junior C semi-final playoff series. On Wednesday night at the Strathcona Paper Centre, the Raiders took the sting out of the Alliston Hornets 6-2. “It was definitely the start we were hoping for,” said Raiders forward Ryan Casselman. The 21-year-old overage player […]

'Boy' claiming to be missing child Timmothy Pitzen is 24 year-old faker

The FBI say a ‘teenager’ claiming to be missing child Timmothy Pitzen is actually a 24 year-old conman called Brian Michael Rini. The FBI confirmed Thursday afternoon that the boy was not Pitzen, and have charged Rini with falsification. Officials shared the results of a DNA test conducted a day after Rini approached a woman […]

U.S., France, others urge de-escalation of tensions in Libya

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The governments of France, Italy, the United Arab Emirates, Britain and the United States said on Thursday they were deeply concerned about fighting around the Libyan town of Gharyan and urged all sides to immediately de-escalate tensions. “At this sensitive moment in Libya’s transition, military posturing and threats of unilateral action only […]