Dornoch won the 156th running of the Belmont Stakes Saturday. Preakness winner Seize the Grey led at the ¾-mile mark, with Dornoch right beside him. The two were neck and neck around the final turn, but Seize the Grey fell off as Mindframe crept up from the outside. But it was Dornoch to cross the line first. Dornoch closed at …
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Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg agrees to testify in House GOP probe, but not on their timetable
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg on Friday declined to testify about his prosecution of former President Donald Trump to House lawmakers next week. In a letter to House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio., Bragg’s general counsel, Leslie Dubeck, said the district attorney has “scheduling conflicts” that will keep him from appearing before Congress. However, Dubeck indicated that Bragg may …
Read More »Trump's true crime and other lessons from his New York trial
Video President Trump’s actual offense at his New York trial was not a misdemeanor accounting violation magically transformed into 34 felonies. His crime was winning a presidential election and threatening to win another. New York Democrats prosecuted Trump solely to create a political advantage for their unpopular candidate by convicting and threatening to imprison his Republican opponent. It’s really …
Read More »New York Times, Reuters staff battle with news union after radical Guild rep makes controversial post
Union members at The New York Times and Reuters are publicly feuding with the influential NewsGuild of New York after one of the group’s representatives made a controversial post on social media. Guild organizer Nastaran Mohit declared her hatred for Israeli “Zionist butchers” in a post on X that is no longer public: “All these Zionist butchers know how to …
Read More »The life of Penny Chenery: The prominent woman in horse racing who owned 1973 Triple Crown winner Secretariat
It has been over 50 years since Secretariat became a Triple Crown winner, yet with every horse race season, he continues to be talked about. It’s no wonder because the horse holds the fastest times for all three Triple Crown races, the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes, to this day. Another name that is often heard is Penny …
Read More »Suspected Long Island serial killer's notes outlined meticulous murder plot: court docs
RIVERHEAD, N.Y. – Prosecutors now say suspected serial killer Rex Heuermann kept meticulous notes on how to kill and get away with it as his alleged methodology changed over the course of nearly two decades and at least six murders he is accused of committing. Graphic content warning A deleted document investigators say they recovered from his computer shows he …
Read More »Reagan's New York strategy was genius. Trump is on track to make lightning strike again
According to arecent poll conducted by Emerson College, President Joe Biden has only a seven-point lead over rival and former President Donald Trump in the blue state of New York. Biden is also well under a 50 percent approval rating. Combined with the candidacy of independent Robert F. Kennedy Jr., this potentially makes the state ripe for picking by Trump …
Read More »New Jersey businessman testifies he promised up to $250,000 in bribes in exchange for Sen. Bob Menendez's help
A New Jersey businessman took his star turn on the witness stand in the bribery case against Sen. Bob Menendez on Friday, telling a jury he believed he had a $200,000-to-$250,000 deal in 2018 for the Democrat to pressure the New Jersey attorney general’s office to stop investigating his friends and family. Jose Uribe testified in Manhattan federal court in …
Read More »Poker player robbed of $250K in gunpoint stickup outside NYC airport hotel: report
An apparent high-stakes gambler carrying a bag stuffed with $250,000 cash for a poker game was robbed at gunpoint outside a hotel in New York City on Thursday, according to police and reports. The 41-year-old victim was outside the New York LaGuardia Airport Marriott hotel in East Elmhurst, Queens, at around 6:10 p.m. when a man approached him at gunpoint …
Read More »Virginia woman wanted for 'heinous' triple homicide arrested after high-speed police chase in NY
A Virginia woman wanted for the triple homicide of three of her roommates was captured in New York on Thursday after a high-speed police chase, according to police. Alyssa Jane Venable, 23, was on the run following the deaths of two men and a woman at their Spotsylvania County home Tuesday. The Spotsylvania County Sheriff’s Office says all three were …
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