Man dangling off Brooklyn Bridge flips bird to cops trying to save him

Heroic NYPD officers saved life of a barefoot man who threatened to jump from the Brooklyn Bridge Saturday — and who even flipped the bird at officers before dangling precariously from the famous span. Cops responded at 3:17 PM to reports of a man climbing around on the outside part of the bridge near the Brooklyn side, according to police …

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Hochul blasts move to cut border crossing hours

Democratic New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is blasting the Biden administration for reducing office hours at four northern border crossings amid an ongoing surge of immigration.  On Tuesday, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials announced that hours will be reduced at 38 sites—including four in New York state—beginning Jan. 6 in collaboration with the Canada Border Services Agency. The federal …

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Queens pol demands NYC stop ‘breaking law’ and scrap sanctuary policies

It’s time New York City ditches the sanctuary policies that protect criminal migrants and endanger New Yorkers, a Queens Democrat urged this week — after some inspiration from President-elect Trump’s new border czar. “I write with grave concern about the continued impact of New York’s sanctuary state and city policies, which not only violate [federal law] but also put New …

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Trump picked ‘toxic’ Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer for Labor Secretary: critics

President-elect Trump’s nomination for labor secretary is a “toxic” anti-conservative RINO with cozy ties to unions, outraged critics told The Post Saturday.  During her single term on the Hill, Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-Ore.) has backed a laundry list of boiler-plate liberal policies at odds with longstanding Republican orthodoxies, including strengthening unions’ efforts to organize the private sector, amnesty for illegal …

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US to return ‘cursed’ $1B emerald to Brazil after 23 years

An 836-pound “cursed” emerald worth nearly $1 billion will be returned to Brazil after 15 years under lock and key in Los Angeles. The 180,000-carat Bahia Emerald was smuggled out of the South American country by two residents in 2001. A legal battle over the stone ensued in 2014 as about 10 individuals, corporations and the Brazilian government fought over …

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Donald Trump and NATO’s Mark Rutte meet in Florida

President-elect Trump met NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte this week in Florida – as Europe awaits how the incoming administration approaches the war in Ukraine. Rutte and Trump’s Friday Palm Beach sit-down included discussions on a wide “range of global security issues facing” NATO, said Farah Dakhlallah, a spokesperson for the transatlantic military alliance on Saturday. No other specifics on …

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Bronx man threatens NYC sheriff ‘physical harm’ in email: cops

The city’s sheriff was forced to take precautions for his safety after a Bronx man threatened him with “physical harm” in a bizarre email, police and law enforcement sources said. Dimitry Rappoport allegedly sent the menacing missive to Lehman College on Oct. 29, the NYPD said. The nature of the threats and the contents of the email weren’t revealed — …

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DOJ suspends DEA searches at airports over civil rights concerns

(The Center Square) – The U.S. Department of Justice told the Drug Enforcement Administration to suspend consensual searches at airports and other mass transit facilities after hearing about potential civil rights violations.  Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz announced the suspension after hearing concerns about in the DEA’s transportation interdiction efforts, which include conducting consensual searches. During such searches, …

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