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Happy Christmas? Merry Hanukkah? Happy Challahdays? There’s no need for an identity crisis this year for those who celebrate both Christmas and Hanukkah, with both happily coinciding on Dec. 25. New Yorkers who normally nurse some serious “Christmas envy” are plotzing over the cultural conundrum they’ve dubbed “Chrismukkah,” a Judeo-Christian mashup for the ages. Comedian Max Cohen, who goes by …

Hunter College has devolved into a “hostile work environment” for Jews over its administration’s refusal to crack down on antisemitic protests, the CUNY school’s Jewish studies director alleged in a fiery federal suit.  Leah Garrett, who heads the school’s Jewish Studies Center, ripped the public university’s leaders for turning a blind eye to antisemitic demonstrations across its Upper East Side …

A drone dropped a mysterious, glowing object over a Staten Island neighborhood — and the NYPD took the matter seriously enough to do four flybys over the area, according to a retired NYPD detective who reported the strange scene. The alarming sight unfolded around 6:15 a.m. on Dec. 14 while John Scotto was having his morning cigarette, he told The …

Texas high school students heroically jumped into action to help save their teacher who was suffering from an unexpected, life-threatening medical emergency. Adam Compton, who teaches social studies at MacArthur High School in San Antonio, suddenly went into cardiac arrest while chaperoning an after-school skate club meetup on Nov. 7, 2024. “I was skating real mellow that day, trying to …

Now she’s in the spirit of giving. Ingrid Lewis-Martin, Mayor Eric Adams’ former chief advisor, hosted her annual toy drive in Brooklyn Friday night and belted out the lyrics to Beyoncé’s “Cuff It” during karaoke — one day after she was indicted for allegedly doling out favors to two New York City hoteliers in exchange for bribes. The longtime Adams …

A California teen and her mom claim they were attacked in a crowded mall parking lot and robbed of $3,000 as they clashed with another group over a parking spot amid the holiday shopping rush. The dispute happened when Natalie Martinez, 19, and her mother, Patricia Cupa went to the Citadel Outlets in Commerce, Ca. to return a sweater at …

An Ohio man has been sentenced to a hefty penalty following a high-profile case of deer poaching. Christopher J. Alexander, 28, of Wilmington in Clinton County, was sentenced to six months in jail and ordered to pay $43,000 in fines for unlawfully harvesting an 18-point, white-tailed deer in November 2023 – a trophy animal viewed as a valuable state natural …

Brad Simpson, husband of missing Texas realtor Suzanne Simpson, remains behind bars accused of killing the 51-year-old mom of four, and his longtime business partner was formally charged this week in the investigation.  James “Val” Cotter was indicted by a grand jury on Monday on charges of tampering with evidence with the intent to impair an investigation and possession of …

Reality television legend turned policy advocate Paris Hilton is entertaining the idea of running for elected office. The heiress to the Hilton Hotel fortune was a major booster of a youth welfare bill that passed in Congress — and has seemingly been bitten by the political bug. “After coming here so many times over the past couple of years and …

University of Idaho murder victim Madison Mogen’s mother spoke publicly for the first time Wednesday since the quadruple homicide in 2022. Mogen, 21, and three other students, including her 21-year-old best friend, Kaylee Goncalves; their roommate, 20-year-old Xana Kernodle; and Kernodle’s 20-year-old boyfriend, Ethan Chapin, were stabbed to death in their house just steps from the U of I campus …