By New York Post | Jacki Thrapp | 7/26/2025 1:43 AM
"This year’s lineup was drawing a lot fewer attendees than we have seen in the last few years," said Thomas Gaudett, the chief administrative officer for Bridgeport Mayor Joe Ganim. ... Read full Story
By New York Post | Alex Mitchell | 7/26/2025 12:55 AM
St. James-Smithtown Little League is on top of the world as it brought home the New York State title and are a few wins away from Williamsport. ... Read full Story
By New York Post | Brandon Cruz | 7/25/2025 10:00 PM
Suffolk lawmakers could soon serve twice as long -- from two to four years -- under a new measure signed Friday by County Executive Ed Romaine. ... Read full Story
The city Board of Elections asked Brooklyn prosecutors to open an investigation into possible voter fraud Friday after The Post revealed two absentee ballots in a close primary council race were cast on behalf of deceased people. ... Read full Story
A paroled sex fiend who killed a teenage girl in Rockland County was busted again this month for allegedly groping a woman -- leading incensed lawmakers to blast the state board that freed him. ... Read full Story
Nearly three dozen CBP officers waited hours for Christhian Aybar-Berroa -- dressed in ripped jeans and a $200 T-shirt -- to be arraigned on an accessory-after-the-fact charge and ordered held behind bars until at least a preliminary hearing Aug. 8. ... Read full Story
By New York Post | Amanda Woods | 7/25/2025 6:40 PM
Matthew Goicochea, 31 – a firefighter for about three years – was riding his 2023 Yamaha cycle north on the FDR approaching East 25th Street in Manhattan when he suddenly lost control and fell off the bike as it dropped to the ground, cops said. ... Read full Story
Four survivors of the tragic ocean crash — including a young mother traveling alone with her baby at the time — gathered at the The Italian American Museum in Little Italy, where the exhibit was unveiled for the 69th anniversary of the wreck. ... Read full Story
By New York Post | Amanda Woods | 7/25/2025 6:12 PM
Justine Randall-Pizarro allegedly commandeered the locked N train just after 4 a.m. June 17 at the Broadway station in Astoria before driving it to the 36th Avenue stop, police said. ... Read full Story
The socialist frontrunner for New York City mayor, Zohran Mamdani, has brought on a new campaign manager — who recently served as a top advisor to fire drill enthusiast and Israel-bashing ex-lawmaker, Jamaal Bowman. ... Read full Story
By New York Post | Chris Harris | 7/25/2025 5:36 PM
Frank Nobiletti, 42, claims he "faced terrible sexual harassment" over the course of the combined seven years he worked at Ralph Lauren's Midtown bar. ... Read full Story
Mayor Eric Adams insisted again Friday that he can’t just issue an executive order rolling back sanctuary city law, as the Trump administration amped up pressure with a new lawsuit targeting the pro-migrant policies. ... Read full Story
The city is dumping another $1 million into its troubled jam-packed animal-shelter system to hire and train 14 new staffers, City Hall said Friday. ... Read full Story
“Listen, I don't think that my complaint is necessarily against who these people are specifically, right? Yeah, because, obviously they're victims of their situation, their environment,” Cornejo said. ... Read full Story
We may be in the dog days of summer, but next Tuesday will be for the cats. The Brooklyn Cyclones minor league baseball team will host its first-ever “PURRRRfect Game” on Tuesday, July 29, allowing fans to bring their feline friends to Maimonides Park to watch the team take on the Jersey Shore BlueClaws. The [...]
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By New York Post | Amanda Woods | 7/25/2025 1:41 PM
Naida Jorge, 54, was charged Thursday evening with murder, manslaughter, hindering prosecution, concealment of a human corpse and tampering with physical evidence in connection to the Tuesday death of 21-year-old Princesa Encarnacion-Soto, police said. ... Read full Story
"Shell art isn't a new genre; it's been with us for centuries. The Victorians often framed their family photos with shells. ... The medium also came to the fore in the 1970s when everything was embellished with shells, from photo frames and mirrors to trinket boxes and even furniture." — Stephen Crafti, The Sydney Morning Herald, 4 June 2025
Did you know?
Embellish came to English, by way of Anglo-French, from the Latin word bellus, meaning "beautiful." It's in good company: modern language is adorned with bellus descendants. Examples include such classics as beauty, belle, and beau. And the beauty of bellus reaches beyond English: its influence is seen in the French bel, a word meaning "beautiful" that is directly related to the English embellish. And in Spanish, bellus is evidenced in the word bello, also meaning "beautiful."