Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group launched one of its deepest strikes into Israel in mid-May, using an explosive drone that scored a direct hit on one of Israel’s most significant air force surveillance systems. This and other successful drone attacks have given the Iranian-backed militant group another deadly option for an
Continue ReadingBy Katie Houlis Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK, New York (WCBS, WLNY) — A Brooklyn man is facing charges after he allegedly threw a lit firework into a Verizon utility work van, injuring two people. It happened on the evening of Jan. 31 in Crown Heights. Authorities said 36-year-old Kevindale Nurse,
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Two weeks later, it all comes down to this. What are the keys to a U.S. victory against France in the men’s basketball gold medal game?
Continue Reading Two weeks later, it all comes down to this. What are the keys to a U.S. victory against France in the men’s basketball gold medal game?
Continue ReadingBy Naveen Dhaliwal Click here for updates on this story PATERSON, New Jersey (WCBS, WLNY) — A 75-year-old woman in New Jersey said she was drugged, then robbed of thousands of dollars. Tuesday morning, when Maria Ramos was returning from a doctor’s appointment, she said a woman approached her asking for directions. “She turned around,
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The United States will be leaving Paris with a historic sixth medal to mark the expected end of an era.
Continue ReadingBy Mauricio Torres, CNN (CNN) — Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has said he’s taking steps to ban the social media platform X, formerly Twitter, in the country for 10 days, after a public dispute with its owner Elon Musk over the contested election that Maduro claimed to have won. The embattled Maduro said Thursday that
Continue ReadingBy Nick Caloway Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK, New York (WCBS, WLNY) — A street in New York City’s Greenwich Village is now named after Jimi Hendrix. A stretch of West 8th Street is now known as Jimi Hendrix Way. The sign stands outside of Electric Lady Studios, which was opened
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See how the third round played out at Le Golf National as Morgane Metraux and Lydia Ko share the 54-hole lead in the Olympic women’s golf event.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — The United Nations refugee agency says government authorities in ethnically divided Cyprus have rounded up dozens of migrants and pushed them back inside a U.N.-controlled buffer zone that they crossed to seek asylum. UNHCR spokeswoman Emilia Strovolidou told the Associated Press Friday that as many as 99 asylum seekers
Continue ReadingWARSAW, Poland (AP) — Prime Minister Donald Tusk has accused Poland’s previous government of illegally spending 100 billion Polish zlotys or $25 billion as he announced a government effort to try to recover the money. Tusk said Friday that six months of investigations and audits had revealed widespread financial abuse with 62 members of the
Continue ReadingBy Nick Caloway Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK, New York (WCBS) — A street in New York City’s Greenwich Village is now named after Jimi Hendrix. A stretch of West 8th Street is now known as Jimi Hendrix Way. The sign stands outside of Electric Lady Studios, which was opened by
Continue ReadingWLNY By Nick Caloway Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK, New York (WCBS, WLNY) — A street in New York City’s Greenwich Village is now named after Jimi Hendrix. A stretch of West 8th Street is now known as Jimi Hendrix Way. The sign stands outside of Electric Lady Studios, which was
Continue ReadingBy Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — The Olympic Village is mystical place for us non-Olympians. But apparently, there are some perks that even some athletes aren’t aware of. Take Team USA’s rugby sevens bronze medalist Ariana Ramsey, for example. When the 24-year-old arrived in Paris, she apparently knew of the free food on offer in
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With an unbeatable view of the Eiffel Tower, Cafe De L’Homme has hosted everyone from Mike Tirico to Katie Ledecky over the course of the Paris Olympics.
Continue ReadingBy Chantal Cook, Michael Hudak Click here for updates on this story MIAMI, Florida (WSVN) — A quick-thinking neighbor stopped two thieves from stealing his friend’s motorcycle out of a Miami apartment parking garage. The last thing Ricky Boada expected to run into when coming back to his Little Havana apartment, on June 11, was
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The top two pre-tournament seeds in the men’s welterweight taekwondo competition met with a bronze medal on the line, and Italian Simone Alessio proved to be too much for U.S. fighter CJ Nickolas.
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How to watch the women’s soccer gold medal match at Paris Olympics: TV and stream schedule
Continue Reading How to watch the women’s soccer gold medal match at Paris Olympics: TV and stream schedule
Continue ReadingMILWAUKEE (AP) — All four hotel workers charged in connection with D’Vontaye Mitchell’s death are now in custody, more than five weeks after they allegedly piled onto the Black man while trying to remove him from a Milwaukee hotel. Jail records show Herbert Williamson was taken into custody Friday, three days after he and his
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