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Embattled NY AG Letitia James defiant in first appearance since indictment: ‘I will not bow!’

By New York Post | Hannah Fierick, Victor Nava | 10/14/2025 1:14 AM

“I know what it feels like to be attacked for just doing your job,” James said. “But I also know what it feels like to overcome adversity. And so I stand on solid rock.” ... Read full Story

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State appeals court freezes Nassau County’s ban on transgender athletes —Blakeman vows to keep enforcing controversial law

By New York Post | Brandon Cruz | 10/13/2025 7:33 PM

The preliminary injunction, issued on Wednesday, bars Nassau from enforcing the ban while the appeal process plays out — but that doesn't appear to be stopping the county's Republican administration, who called the ruling "moot." ... Read full Story

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New Yorkers irate after annual Columbus Day Parade canceled over Nor’easter: ‘So wimpy’

By New York Post | Hannah Fierick, Alex Oliveira | 10/13/2025 7:14 PM

This was the first time the parade was cancelled over weather in nearly 100 years. ... Read full Story

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Man, 58, walks into Brooklyn precinct and confesses to killing friend — while covered in blood

By New York Post | Amanda Woods, Joe Marino, Caitlin McCormack | 10/13/2025 6:56 PM

The 58-year-old suspect, who has a whopping 16 prior arrests, turned up at the 77th Precinct in Crown Heights shortly after 3 a.m. with his hands covered in blood, cops and sources said. ... Read full Story

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Jimmy Breslin’s son slams AI-powered ‘writing coach’ that supposedly teaches legendary NYC columnist’s one-of-a-kind style

By New York Post | Matt Troutman | 10/13/2025 6:39 PM

The Son of Sam would never talk to an AI. ... Read full Story

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Good Samaritan stabbed trying to stop thief from stealing woman’s phone steps from Columbus Circle: cops

By New York Post | Joe Marino, Steven Vago, Amanda Woods | 10/13/2025 6:08 PM

The violent mugger, seen wearing all black, grabbed the 35-year-old woman’s phone at West 58th Street and Ninth Avenue in Hell’s Kitchen around 12:50 a.m. Saturday, police said. ... Read full Story

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FDNY heroes don superhero costumes for sick, grieving children across NYC: ‘Seeing the children’s smiles’

By New York Post | Nicole Rosenthal, Ella Morrison | 10/13/2025 5:10 PM

A super team of New York City firefighters, NYPD officers and public school teachers dubbed the Humble Heroes of FDNY are celebrating 10 years of donning superhero costumes for the Big Apple children who need them the most. ... Read full Story

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Thrill-seeking surfers flock to NYC for gnarly 10-foot nor’easter waves: ‘Floating between mountains’

By New York Post | Kevin Sheehan, Alex Oliveira | 10/13/2025 4:59 PM

"We left at 2 a.m. We just got here at 10 a.m. and went straight into 10-foot clean waves," one surfer said. "This is definitely exceeding our expectations." ... Read full Story

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NYC bodega clerk locked up for infamous 1979 Etan Patz murder could be released—with retrial up in air

By New York Post | Ben Kochman | 10/13/2025 4:48 PM

A judge will hear arguments Tuesday over whether to release the former New York City bodega clerk whose murder conviction in the notorious 1979 disappearance of little Etan Patz was stunningly overturned — as it's unclear if he'll face a third trial. ... Read full Story

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Woman, 76, killed by solar panel that blew off Brooklyn roof during NYC nor’easter

By New York Post | Joe Marino, Amanda Woods, Alex Oliveira | 10/13/2025 4:12 PM

An elderly New Yorker was tragically killed when Monday's nor’easter blew a solar panel from a roof and sent it careening into the streets below. ... Read full Story

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Fordham football legend Joe Moglia — slated to be Columbus Day grand marshal — celebrates ‘Italian heritage’ despite NYC parade cancelation

By New York Post | Katherine Donlevy | 10/13/2025 4:10 PM

The football legend who was meant to lead this year’s Columbus Day Parade celebrated “Italian heritage” Monday despite the event being rained out for the first time. ... Read full Story

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My mom was an NYPD cop who gave her life for New York — but the state won’t give me her pension to help raise my orphaned siblings

By New York Post | Asia Grace | 10/13/2025 3:57 PM

"I never want an orphaned child to go through what I’ve gone through. It’s pure torture," Genesis Villella told The Post. ... Read full Story

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Stranger randomly slashes man leaving NYC subway station in spate of underground violence: cops

By New York Post | Amanda Woods, Joe Marino | 10/13/2025 3:28 PM

A stranger slashed a man across the face outside a Lower East Side subway station during the Monday morning rush hour – part of a recent wave of violence in and around the city’s underground, cops said. ... Read full Story

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Zohran Mamdani runs NYC ‘Gaza 5K’ raising money for UNRWA despite agency’s connections to Hamas

By New York Post | Ryan King | 10/13/2025 3:07 PM

North Country Rep. Elise Stefanik blasted socialist mayoral hopeful Zohran Mamdani over his fundraising for an infamous United Nations relief agency that has well-documented ties to Hamas. ... Read full Story

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Empire State schools slow to adopt modern literacy curriculum, lawmaker alleges: ‘New York should be leading’

By New York Post | Vaughn Golden | 10/13/2025 1:49 PM

Assemblyman Bobby Carrol (D-Brooklyn) is demanding the state Education Department mandate New York schools adopt a phonics-based literacy curriculum, known as the science of reading approach, as a recent study found almost half of New York school districts are using an outdated and ineffective model. ... Read full Story

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NYC mayoral candidates, pols celebrate Israeli hostages’ return — as front-runner Zohran Mamdani remains silent

By New York Post | Matthew Fischetti, Vaughn Golden, Matt Troutman, Hannah Fierick | 10/13/2025 11:16 AM

Empire State pols from both sides of the aisle Monday celebrated the living Israeli hostages' return after two years in captivity. ... Read full Story

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State of emergency declared in NYC, Long Island and Westchester County as nor’easter slams area

By New York Post | FOX Weather | 10/13/2025 9:57 AM

A state of emergency has been declared in New York City, Long Island and Westchester County in New York as a powerful nor’easter tears up the East Coast. ... Read full Story

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Mamdani’s wife mourns death of Palestinian influencer Saleh al-Jafarawi, who celebrated Oct. 7 attacks

By New York Post | Michael Zennie | 10/13/2025 4:24 AM

Saleh al-Jafarawi, a popular Palestinian influencer who documented the war in Gaza, but also celebrated the Oct. 7, 2023 massacre in Israel, was killed on Monday in clashes between Hamas and other Palestinian factions, according to reports. ... Read full Story

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NYC Columbus Day Parade canceled due to NY’s state of emergency

By New York Post | Caitlin McCormack | 10/12/2025 10:58 PM

New York City's 81st annual Columbus Day Parade on Monday was cancelled due to the governor's state of emergency order and inclement weather spurring floods across the tri-state area. ... Read full Story

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Inside the elaborate costumes at NY Comic Con – including couch-turned-ballgown, hand-bedazzled Cinderella slippers

By New York Post | Nicole Rosenthal | 10/12/2025 6:43 PM

These outfits are super. ... Read full Story

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Southern California's Historic Willow Springs Raceway Enters a New Era

by Car and Drive | Oct 13 2025

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13 Major Hair Transformations Celebrities Still Regret

by The List | Mar 03 2025

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Amber McBride on matters of life and death

by BookPage | Oct 14 2025

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Vaccines must remain available based on science, not politics

by CT Mirror | Oct 14 2025

exercise

Here’s How Many Steps You Really Need To Walk, Says a Cleveland Clinic Sports Cardiologist Based on New Research

by thehealthy.com | Aug 28 2025

fashion

Kevin Jonas’ wife Danielle Jonas was diagnosed with Lyme disease after experiencing this ‘very traumatic’ symptom

by NY Post | Oct 10 2025

food

No steamer for your coffee? Here’s how I still make perfectly steamed milk at home

by THE MANUAL | Oct 13 2025

football

Baptism by Fire: Looking for Value on the Jaxson Dart Prop Market Ahead of First Giants’ Start

by ESNY | Sep 26 2025

game

FBC: Firebreak Had "Weak Sales" Despite Turnaround, Says Remedy

by GameSpot | Oct 13 2025

health

Nearly 1 in 4 Americans Live With a Mental Illness. Here's How to Get Help

by Healthline.com | Oct 13 2025

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Embattled NY AG Letitia James defiant in first appearance since indictment: ‘I will not bow!’

by New York Post | Oct 14 2025

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Unexplained feeling leads N.C. woman to $1.86M lottery jackpot

by United Press International, Inc. | Oct 13 2025

politics

FIFA boss makes appearance on 'Peace 2025' stage in Egypt

by The Hill | Oct 13 2025

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Keegan Croucher's decision to commit to Ole Miss 'just made sense' with Kiffin, coaching staff

by NEWS10 ABC | Oct 14 2025

wellness

I Look Like I Have It Together, But I'm Living with High-Functioning Depression

by Self.com | Oct 10 2025

Word of the Day

utopia

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for October 14, 2025 is:

utopia • \yoo-TOH-pee-uh\ • noun

Utopia refers to an imaginary place in which the government, laws, and social conditions are perfect; a utopia is a place of ideal perfection.

// It’s a nice place to live, but it’s no utopia.

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Examples:

“Despite the rest of the group arguing with and (mostly) disagreeing with him for half the evening, my colleague stuck to his guns: it would be handy to have robots writing poetry for people. … But at the heart of my colleague’s provocative position was a utopian ideal: of a future in which technology was advanced enough to ‘do everything,’ even write poetry, so that no one needed to work. Yet this position wasn’t convincing either. His utopia sounded more than a little dull, and nobody wants to be bored out of their minds.” — Surekha Davies, Humans: A Monstrous History, 2025

Did you know?

There’s quite literally no place like utopia. In 1516, English humanist Sir Thomas More published a book titled Utopia, which compared social and economic conditions in Europe with those of an ideal society on an imaginary island located off the coast of the Americas. More wanted to imply that the perfect conditions on his fictional island could never really exist, so he called it “Utopia,” a name he created by combining the Greek words ou (“not, no”) and topos (“place”). The earliest generic use of utopia was for an imaginary and indefinitely remote place. The current use of utopia, referring to an ideal place or society, was inspired by More’s description of Utopia’s perfection.

Embattled NY AG Letitia James defiant in first appearance since indictment: ‘I will not bow!’

State appeals court freezes Nassau County’s ban on transgender athletes —Blakeman vows to keep enforcing controversial law

New Yorkers irate after annual Columbus Day Parade canceled over Nor’easter: ‘So wimpy’

Man, 58, walks into Brooklyn precinct and confesses to killing friend — while covered in blood

Jimmy Breslin’s son slams AI-powered ‘writing coach’ that supposedly teaches legendary NYC columnist’s one-of-a-kind style

Good Samaritan stabbed trying to stop thief from stealing woman’s phone steps from Columbus Circle: cops

FDNY heroes don superhero costumes for sick, grieving children across NYC: ‘Seeing the children’s smiles’

Thrill-seeking surfers flock to NYC for gnarly 10-foot nor’easter waves: ‘Floating between mountains’

NYC bodega clerk locked up for infamous 1979 Etan Patz murder could be released—with retrial up in air

Woman, 76, killed by solar panel that blew off Brooklyn roof during NYC nor’easter

Fordham football legend Joe Moglia — slated to be Columbus Day grand marshal — celebrates ‘Italian heritage’ despite NYC parade cancelation

My mom was an NYPD cop who gave her life for New York — but the state won’t give me her pension to help raise my orphaned siblings

Stranger randomly slashes man leaving NYC subway station in spate of underground violence: cops

Zohran Mamdani runs NYC ‘Gaza 5K’ raising money for UNRWA despite agency’s connections to Hamas

Empire State schools slow to adopt modern literacy curriculum, lawmaker alleges: ‘New York should be leading’

NYC mayoral candidates, pols celebrate Israeli hostages’ return — as front-runner Zohran Mamdani remains silent

State of emergency declared in NYC, Long Island and Westchester County as nor’easter slams area

Mamdani’s wife mourns death of Palestinian influencer Saleh al-Jafarawi, who celebrated Oct. 7 attacks

NYC Columbus Day Parade canceled due to NY’s state of emergency

Inside the elaborate costumes at NY Comic Con – including couch-turned-ballgown, hand-bedazzled Cinderella slippers

NYC Covid-19 Map

Southern California's Historic Willow Springs Raceway Enters a New Era

13 Major Hair Transformations Celebrities Still Regret

Amber McBride on matters of life and death

Vaccines must remain available based on science, not politics

Here’s How Many Steps You Really Need To Walk, Says a Cleveland Clinic Sports Cardiologist Based on New Research

Kevin Jonas’ wife Danielle Jonas was diagnosed with Lyme disease after experiencing this ‘very traumatic’ symptom

No steamer for your coffee? Here’s how I still make perfectly steamed milk at home

Baptism by Fire: Looking for Value on the Jaxson Dart Prop Market Ahead of First Giants’ Start

FBC: Firebreak Had "Weak Sales" Despite Turnaround, Says Remedy

Nearly 1 in 4 Americans Live With a Mental Illness. Here's How to Get Help

Embattled NY AG Letitia James defiant in first appearance since indictment: ‘I will not bow!’

Unexplained feeling leads N.C. woman to $1.86M lottery jackpot

FIFA boss makes appearance on 'Peace 2025' stage in Egypt

Keegan Croucher's decision to commit to Ole Miss 'just made sense' with Kiffin, coaching staff

I Look Like I Have It Together, But I'm Living with High-Functioning Depression

Word of the Day

10 Odd & Fun

1.Unexplained feeling leads N.C. woman to $1.86M lottery jackpot

2.Look: Firefighters help round up escaped bull named Carl in Massachusetts

3.David Rush breaks fist-bumping record on sidelines of '99 to Beat'

4.Watch: Cat stows away for 100 miles atop family's vehicle

5.Look: Marine rescuers save dolphin calf caught in fishing line

6.British farm boasts world's tallest donkey, another with longest ears

7.Watch: Struggling jaguar rescued from Brazilian river

8.Watch: Ohio police chase runaway inflatable pumpkin

9.Watch: Kentucky man's Halloween display aims for Guinness World Record

10.Watch: Mystery cow roped by cowboy on horseback on Pennsylvania highway