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Just when it was warm enough to go back in the water, Fourth of July revelers on a popular beach on New York’s Long Island were ordered out again after a shark bit a lifeguard. Zach Gallo was reportedly playing a victim in a water training exercise Sunday when a…

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In response to the US Supreme Court’s decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen (see Supreme Court Rules You Can’t ‘Bear’ Arms Unless You Can Carry Them for Self-Defense), New York Governor Kathy Hochul called a special legislative session. Bruen totally demolished the unconstitutional licensing schemes some…

Epic is partnering with Kaws to create the Kawspeely outfit that'll be available on July 2. Kaws is a New York-based artist who is known for his sculpture work on characters and themes. The new Fortnite skin will be another in-game variant of Peely, a well-beloved character. The Kawspeely outfit…

(RNS) — Sixty years ago, the Catholic Church was the largest ideologically antisemitic organization in the world. Many of its leaders and adherents publicly blamed Jews for the death of Jesus. Today, it is the largest philosemitic organization in the world. The Catholic Church presents the Jewish community as a…

The New Yorker just ran its second big negative piece on Ron DeSantis in a week, proof of how much the woke media fears the governor of Florida...Read More

Image President Xi Jinping speaking during a news conference, displayed on a television screen in Hong Kong on Thursday.Credit...Anthony Kwan/Getty ImagesAs Xi Jinping, China’s leader, visits Hong Kong to mark the 25th anniversary of the handover from Britain, he arrives in a city vastly transformed from three years ago, when…

Missiles hit apartments, resortZelenskiy hails victory at Snake IslandRussia assaults Lysychansk, denies targeting civiliansSERHIIVKA, Ukraine, July 1 (Reuters) - Russia flattened part of an apartment building while residents slept on Friday in missile attacks near Ukraine's port of Odesa that authorities say killed at least 21 people, hours after Russian…

At the halfway point of the year, it’s been a historically horrible time for stocks. Bonds are in bad shape, too. June 30, 2022Updated 4:05 p.m. ET Wall Street set records in the first half of the year, none of them good. The economy is on the cusp of a…

The mayor of New York City, Eric Adams, has suggested his predecessor Rudy Giuliani be investigated for filing a false police report, after claiming he was assaulted by a heckler who clapped him on the back at a Staten Island grocery store. “Someone needs to remind former mayor Giuliani that…