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Tesla CEO Elon Musk fired off an optimistic post Tuesday about attorney general pick and former Rep. Matt Gaetz, declaring that he will bring the “hammer of justice” against President-elect Donald Trump’s foes — even as sex trafficking allegations against the ex-Florida Republican have clouded his confirmation fight. “Matt Gaetz has 3 critical assets that are needed for the AG …

Wild surveillance video captured a car dashing down a Brooklyn sidewalk — knocking over entire storefronts and nearly plowing over pedestrians after the driver suffered a medical episode. The frightening footage, obtained by ABC 7, shows a dark-colored Jeep dashing down the sidewalk Monday afternoon at East 35th Street and Church Avenue in East Flatbush. Wild surveillance footage captured a …

Nikki Haley has blasted lefty MSNBC “Morning Joe” hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski for sitting down with President-elect Donald Trump despite years of viciously criticizing him — suggesting they only did so to boost ratings. Haley, a former Republican presidential candidate, laid into Scarborough and Brzezinski after they revealed on-air Monday they had a face-to-face with Trump at Mar-a-Lago in a …

Nearly two dozen thrill-seekers were stuck for more than two hours on a broken-down amusement park ride in California — a horrifying situation that left some convinced they “were gonna die.” The Sol Spin at Knott’s Berry Farm in Buena Park had just started on Monday when it suddenly stopped, leaving 22 riders stuck on the attraction that flips people …

Susan Smith, in prison for the cold-blooded 1994 murders of her two young sons, had no shortage of romantic suitors during her incarceration — but now that she has a shot a freedom none of the lovelorn men will vouch for her. Smith has not been able to find a single character witness to testify on her behalf at her upcoming …

The Big Apple’s ongoing spike in teen violence showed no signs of slowing down Monday, with at least two more youngsters attacked in the five boroughs overnight. A 16-year-old boy was slashed at a Bronx subway station shortly after 11:30 p.m. Sunday, hours after a 15-year-old was slugged and stabbed in Brooklyn, police sources said — even as The Post …

An 81-year-old Vietnam War veteran was killed while piloting a plane that crashed in a field in Colorado on Friday. Alex Benson Watson, a Nebraska man known among his friends and family as Ben, “earned his final set of wings” following the crash, his family wrote in his obituary. Alex Benson Watson was killed after his plane crashed in Colorado. …

A Texas mother was “clinically dead” for 45 minutes after successfully delivering triplets during a planned C-section following a “catastrophic” medical occurrence that usually’s “about 80%, 85% fatal.” Marisa Christie, 30, and her husband, Dylan, were excited but nervous when doctors told them during her first ultrasound for her second pregnancy that she appeared to be carrying triplets, she told …

Megyn Kelly excoriated MSNBC “Morning Joe” hosts and Donald Trump detractors Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski as “dishonest jokes” after the pair revealed on their show Monday morning they met with the president-elect in Florida. “Go f–k yourselves,” the conservative podcast host said in her message to the lefty broadcast couple. “Go f–k yourselves, you dishonest jokes of faux journalists.” …

A New Jersey wildfire threatened to engulf 20 homes in Burlington County Monday night as crews fought to keep it contained. The 40-acre blaze — dubbed “Big Rusty Wildfire” — ignited in the vicinity of Bancroft Lane and Cove Court in Hainesport shortly before 6 p.m. as firefighters battled the new inferno, the New Jersey Forest Fire Service said. An …