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Verizon Fios internet outages have impacted millions of customers on the East Coast, causing significant disruptions in the early hours of Tuesday morning. A map of user-reported issues shows the affected area spans about 300 miles from Philadelphia to Richmond, Virginia, according to the third-party website Downdetector, which tracks real-time service disruptions. A map of user-reported issues shows the affected area spans …

Oprah Winfrey on Monday shut down a report that Kamala Harris’ failed presidential campaign paid her $1 million to stump for the Democrat. “I was paid nothing — ever,” Winfrey told a TMZ reporter who approached her as she walked to her car. The reporter asked about the claims that the Harris team paid her the massive figure for the …

Five scuba divers struggling in the water for hours off the Hawaiian coast were rescued last Wednesday by a sailing couple that heard their screams for help and found “five little dots” in the vast ocean. Camila Storchi and her husband were on their sailboat traveling from Kaneohe to Honolulu when they heard the desperate pleas coming from the water, …

A Florida teenager pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting and beating a 91-year-old woman after breaking into her home in June. Jesse Stone, 14, was charged with sexual assault and burglary and he entered into a plea deal on Nov. 7, according to court documents obtained by WCJB. 14-year-old Jesse Stone pled guilty to sexually assaulting a 91-year-old woman. Marion County …

Thirteen women will serve as governors in the US next year, topping the former record of 12 set in 2022. Kelly Ayotte’s win in New Hampshire, which was called by the Associated Press on Monday, toppled the previous high as the Republican is set to become the next governor of the Granite State in January. “It matters to have women …

Dr. Ben Carson — the renowned neurosurgeon who ran a presidential campaign in 2016 — is gunning for the role of Health and Human Services secretary under President-elect Donald Trump, The Post has learned. Carson, 73, served as Trump’s secretary for Housing and Urban Development from 2017-2021, but does not want the position again and is instead open to heading …

Melania Trump declined an offer to head to the White House Wednesday and meet with Jill Biden, citing the Biden administration’s past raid on Mar-a-Lago as part of the federal government’s investigation into classified documents. “She ain’t going,” a source familiar with Melania’s decision told The Post. “Jill Biden’s husband authorized the FBI snooping through her underwear drawer. The Bidens …

President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) to be his secretary of state – a decision that will make the Cuban American senator the first Latino to serve as the nation’s top diplomat. President-elect Donald Trump has reportedly asked Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida to serve as his secretary of state. REUTERS Rubio’s appointment was first-reported in the …

A trio of state senators are calling on SUNY to investigate its $2.7 million contract with a powerhouse publishing company accused of acquiescing to the Chinese government by censoring articles. Springer Nature, the dominant publisher of academic journals which has a five-year contract with the State University of New York system, allegedly blocked access to thousands of articles in 2017 “in …

Gov. Kathy Hochul is looking to revive a planned congestion toll in Manhattan before President-elect Donald Trump takes office – but critics want to make sure the controversial plan stays dead. Hochul had planned to wait to revisit the $15 congestion toll to enter Midtown below 60th Street until after elections, which political insiders said was a move to prevent …