Sunday, July 3, 2016

HAPPY JULY 4 TH AMERICA

STASI THE JUNGLE REBUKE: Forget diversity, 'Legend of Tarzan' makes a mockery of black characters in incredibly racist movie

What year is this again? The new “Legend of Tarzan” is such a racist movie that it makes “Birth of a Nation” look like a civil rights epic.

Man arrested in assault at Florida mosque attended by nightclub shooter Omar Mateen

PHOTO PROVIDED BY ST. LUCIE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE. AP PROVIDES ACCESS TO THIS PUBLICLY DISTRIBUTED HANDOUT PHOTO PROVIDED BY ST. LUCIE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE MANDATORY CREDIT. A Muslim man pummeled outside the mosque attended by Orlando nightclub shooter Omar Mateen was hospitalized following the attack.

Arizona teen, 18, arrested in terror plot against government buildings

This mugshot taken Friday, July 1, 2016 and provided by the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office shows Mahin Khan, of Tucson, Ariz. Khan has been arrested by the FBI and the Arizona Attorney General's Office for threatening to commit acts of terrorism on government buildings in Tucson and Phoenix. (Maricopa County Sheriff's Office via AP) Federal agents nabbed a Tucson teen accused of plotting terrorist acts against government buildings in major Arizona cities.

Ex-seminary student who sought infants from Mexico to sexually abuse gets nearly 16 years in prison

A former Ohio seminarian was sentenced Friday to nearly 16 years in prison.
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HUNK HUNT: 'Million Dollar Matchmaker' advises TV exec on romance

23-year-old victim fights off rape attempt in Park Slope

Police have released surveillance video: A man grabbed a woman from behind and tried to rape her early Saturday in Brooklyn.

Harlem deli owner beats enraged man who attacked him over loose cigarettes

The West Harlem Deli located at 2040 Fifth Avenue in Harlem, where employee Carlos Diaz fought off an assailant, Jermine Robles in the store,Saturday, July 2nd,2016, Manhattan,, New York.( Michael Schwartz for New York Daily News). A lunatic looking for “loosies” attacked a Harlem deli owner — who fought back and beat him into critical condition with a stick.

Islamic State claims responsibility for Baghdad car bombing that killed more than 80 people

Iraqi firefighters and civilians carry bodies of victims killed in a car bomb at a commercial area in Karada neighborhood, Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, July 3, 2016. Bombs went off early Sunday in two crowded commercial areas in Baghdad. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed) At least 80 people have been killed and 160 wounded in a car bombing carried out by ISIS in the center of Baghdad, officials say.

Family first as Nick Swisher opts out of his minor-league deal

'THE OPPOSITE OF LOVE IS NOT HATE': Remembering Elie Wiesel's best quotes on survival, activism and humanity

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 02: Nobel Peace Laureate Elie Wiesel warms his hands after arriving for a roundtable discussion on Capitol Hill March 2, 2015 in Washington, DC. Wiesel, Sen. Ted Cruz and Rabbi Scmuley Boteach participated in a discussion entitled "The Meaning of Never Again: Guarding Against a Nuclear Iran." (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) The Jewish theologian and activist died Saturday at 87 in his home in Manhattan, but he left us words of inspiration to act in the face of injustice and his vision of a more peaceful future.

Tennessee mother charged with fatally stabbing four of her children, all under the age of 5; fifth child escapes attack

MANDATORY CREDIT A Tennessee mother has been charged with fatally stabbing four of her children, whose ages range from 6 months to 4-years-old, inside her Memphis-area apartment.

Funeral for L&B Spumoni Gardens co-owner slain in possible botched Brooklyn robbery set

FBMD01000aaa03000002610000ade4000083f40000d7040100ec6b01006a370200dc4b02005c6702005f81020027dd0300 The co-owner of a famed Brooklyn pizzeria shockingly shot to death in what cops believe was a botched robbery will be laid to rest Tuesday.

Exclusive Meet FDNY chief inspector who's overseen Fourth of July safety details for nearly two decades

(L-R) Chief Inspector James Lauer, Inspector Darryl Chalmers, and Deputy Chief Inspector Joseph Meyers of the FDNY Explosives Unit, Saturday, July 2, 2016. (Jeff Bachner/New York Daily News) For 18 years, he’s been having a blast.

Chris Brown blasts 'petty' claim he urinated, vomited all over Ibiza villa

EgyptAir Flight 804 cockpit voice recorders intact, able to be analyzed by investigators

MANDATORY CREDIT: KRZYSZTOF KACZALA. EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES Egyptian investigators said Saturday they would be able to access the cockpit voice recordings of the EgyptAir flight that crashed in May.

Jack Taylor, founder and former CEO of Enterprise Rent-A-Car, dead at age 94

Enterprise said in a statement Taylor died in St. Louis after a brief illness.

West Point cadet dies after trying to save struggling swimmer

Thomas Surdyke, 18, died trying to save a swimmer from a riptide at Southampton Beach, NY. The West Point cadet and another cadet had tried to save a stranger but was also swept out to sea. The Festus, Mo. native noticed a struggling swimmer in a rip current at a Southampton, NY beach.

Gun sales up more than 30% in first half of 2016

Set of different guns web stock weapons The U.S. is on pace to have another record-breaking year of gun shopping.

'PURPLE' RELICS: Prince’s ruffled shirt, blazer auctioned for $96G each

New York releases plan to manage wild bald eagle population

bald eagle flying web stock New York state has a new plan to help protect bald eagles.

'A REAL RESPONSIBILITY': Clinton’s Latina political director on getting the Hispanic community on board with her

Not Released (NR) For Amanda Renteria, 2016 has made the political even more personal.

Newtown middle school teacher who took loaded .45-caliber pistol to school resigns

Newtown School Superintendent Joseph Erardi confirmed Saturday that Jason Adams resigned at the end of the school year.

Four people killed, 24 others injured after a bus and tractor trailer collided in Florida

NO SALES; MANDATORY CREDIT Florida Highway Patrol Capt. Jeffrey Bissainthe says the bus was carrying between 30 and 35 passengers.

To LiLo on your 30th birthday: From rehab to Brexit, you beat the odds!

JOB INSECURITY: Manhattan judge rips alleged cocaine buyer for worrying bust may jeopardize insurance gig

NYC PAPERS OUT. Social media use restricted to low res file max 184 x 128 pixels and 72 dpi NYC judge ripped an alleged cocaine buyer after his lawyer asked that he be sprung from jail.

Membership in pro-gun LGBT group has more than doubled since Orlando massacre

NYC PAPERS OUT. Social media use restricted to low res file max 184 x 128 pixels and 72 dpi Pink Pistols membership has grown from 1,500 to 4,000 since Omar Mateen’s June 12 rampage.

'THOSE WHO RECITED WERE SPARED': Bangladesh café attackers who killed 20 spared Muslim hostages who knew the Koran

TOPSHOT - People carry an injured man near the Holey Artisan Bakery restaurant during an attack by unidentified gunmen in Dhaka's high-security diplomatic district on July 2, 2016.Gunmen stormed a crowded restaurant popular with foreigners in the Bangladeshi capital on July 1 night, apparently taking diners hostage and sparking a firefight with police in which at least two officers were killed, police and witnesses said. / AFP PHOTO / STRSTR/AFP/Getty Images The ISIS terrorists who slaughtered 20 hostages inside a Bangladeshi café spared those who could recite passages from the Koran.

GOTTI GRANDSON PACKING PILLS: John Gotti, 22, busted with painkillers, steroids stuffed in Gucci bag in Queens traffic stop

The 22-year-old grandson of the Teflon Don had 205 Oxycodone pills, methadone, testosterone, Xanax and marijuana.
Autos

Tesla's first Autopilot death, an NHTSA Takata warning, and more

tesla-models-s-blue-daily-drive-thru We've also go news on another potential buyback for Volkswagen, a partnership between BMW and Intel, and more in today's Daily Drive-Thru.

Tesla autopilot victim was watching 'Harry Potter,' had 6 prior speeding tickets

Tesla’s head honcho Elon Musk will finally unveil the Model 3 in a private event at the company’s headquarters in Palo Alto, CA tonight at 8:30 pm PST (11:30 pm EST). The all-electric carmaker said the conditions of the incident were unique, but expressed condolences to the driver's family.

URGENT Takata inflators in 2001-03 Honda, Acura models more dangerous

takata-honda-airbag-deployed The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration says high risk vehicles have airbag rupture rates as high as 50 percent.

REVIEW Pros and Cons: 2016 Lexus ES 300h is comfortable but not exhilarating

2016_Lexus_ES_300h_Front_Quarter The line between "luxury" and "sport" has become increasingly blurred by German brands, but the Lexus ES hybrid won’t have any of that.

PHOTOS MADE IN AMERICA: Top 10 Most American Cars

2016 Ford Taurus According to the 2016 Kogod Made in America Auto Index, these are the cars that contain the most "total domestic content," making them the "most American" vehicles in their class, listed in alphabetical order.

PHOTOS MADE IN AMERICA: Top 11 Most American SUVs

2016 Chevrolet Traverse According to the 2016 Kogod Made in America Auto Index, these are the SUVs that contain the most "total domestic content," making them the "most American" vehicles in their class, listed in alphabetical order.
New York

Former Bronx Assemblyman Murray Lewinter dead at age 89

Democratic Assembly candidates Steve Behar, Elio Forcina, John Dwayne and Ed Braunstein campaigned Sunday, Sept.5, 2010 in the hallway of a building at North Shore Towers on the Queens/Nassau border. Former Assemblyman and NY democratic lobbyist Murray Lewinter (left) organized the gathering. Murray Lewinter was a former state assemblyman who became a lobbyist after his political career.

Hit-and-run driver fatally strikes down Queens cyclist, dragging man through street; 2 Bronx pedestrians also hit overnight

NYC PAPERS OUT. Social media use restricted to low res file max 184 x 128 pixels and 72 dpi A man on a bicycle was fatally struck by a hit-and-run driver in Brooklyn early Saturday.

Pit bulls bite four, including 9-year-old girl, in Harlem and Queens attacks

The Thomas Jefferson Houses in East Harlem. A pit bull attacked a girl and her mom in East Harlem, hours after another dog bit a toddler in Queens.

PERV POLICE OFFICER: NYPD sergeant will plead guilty to convincing women to sexually abuse kids while he watched online

NYC PAPERS OUT. Social media use restricted to low res file max 184 x 128 pixels and 72 dpi Alberto Randazzo, who will plead guilty on July 12, hooked up with women on Skype in order to sexually abuse their young kids.

Schizophrenic Staten Island man convicted of stabbing parents

01/18/10 New York state Island 120 Pct Eric Bellucci. Bellucci a fugitive schizophrenic accused of stabbing his parents to death in their Staten Island home was captured in Israel Friday - as he tried to buy a plane ticket to China. A schizophrenic Staten Island man and former star athlete was convicted Friday of brutally murdering his parents.
LATEST FROM AROUND NEW YORK

Brooklyn man found in a pool of blood was bludgeoned

Zuriyah Benyehudah was found bludgeoned to death and bleeding from the head at Eldert Lane and Dumont Ave. in East New York at about 1:30 a.m. Thursday, June 30, 2016. This is a Facebook photo from his page. A 26-year-old Brooklyn man found in a pool of blood had been bludgeoned.

CRAVEN CLASSIFIED: Brooklyn man responding to car ad on Craigslist shot in head in Rhode Island

Police are the scene after a New York man was shot in the head on Transit Street in Providence, Rhode Island, when he drove there with his wife to buy a car that he had seen on Craigslist. He sustained a bullet graze wound while the shooter fled on foot. A Brooklyn man was shot in the head in Rhode Island when he and his wife responded to a Craigslist ad about a car for sale.

Emotionally disturbed naked man dives into Hudson River during storm

(l. to r.) Detective Martin Duffy, Officer Jason Ramirez, Sergeant Thomas Liso, and Detective Jason Curley rescued the nude 24-year-old from the rough waters late Friday. Police rescued an emotionally disturbed naked man after he jumped into the Hudson River during a rain storm late Friday, officials said.

Three charged in fatal shooting of Brooklyn man

Police at the scene where Dion James, 30, was fatally shot at the corner of Franklin Av. & Union St. on Sun., June 26, 2016. Three people were charged Friday in a street fight that left a Brooklyn man fatally shot.
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podcast 1986's 'Howard the Duck' was Marvel's first film... and a colossal failure

Lea Thompson starred in the 1986 epic box office failure, 'Howard the Duck'. They call him Howard... the duck. It's the classic George Lucas production that was likely his biggest all-time box office failure.

VIDEO Gun shop owner: 'There should be expanded background checks'

Frank Stelmach of Double Tap Shooting Range and Gun Shop in Philadelphia defended the right of people to own guns, but says the government should do more.
Sports

Mets edge Cubs, 4-3, to set up chance for four-game sweep

New York Mets' Asdrubal Cabrera (13) celebrates with Alejandro De Aza (16) after the two scored on a base hit by Travis d'Arnaud against the Chicago Cubs during the fourth inning of a baseball game, Saturday, July 2, 2016, in New York. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson) The Mets swept four straight games from the Cubs last October, and they suddenly — crazily — will have a chance to do it again on Sunday.

SAMUEL Ageless wonder Bartolo Colon outduels Jake Arrieta, continues to prove value

NYC PAPERS OUT. Social media use restricted to low res file max 184 x 128 pixels and 72 dpi There was a pitcher keeping a good offense in check on Saturday night at Citi Field, flummoxing a fearsome lineup.

EXCLUSIVE Alex Rodriguez tells News he’s close to breaking out: ‘I will get this right’ 

New York Yankees designated hitter Alex Rodriguez warms up before taking batting practice prior to a baseball game against the Colorado Rockies, Tuesday, June 14, 2016, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) CC Sabathia wears a bracelet that reads, "Prove People Wrong." Alex Rodriguez might want to get his hands on one of those.

Phil Jackson misses out on big splash but still finds upgrades in Noah, Lee

New York Knicks President Phil Jackson speaks to the media at MSG Training Center on draft night in Greenburgh, New York on June 23rd, 2016. Jackson told their new player, Derrick Rose that he is going after Kevin Durant next to join the team.(Richard Harbus for New York Daily News) Phil Jackson can be active on the New York scene.
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