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Even presidential candidates wanted a Woj Bomb. Vice President Kamala Harris’ camp wanted former ESPN NBA insider Adrian Wojnarowski to break the news that Minnesota Governor Tim Walz had been selected as her running mate in the 2024 presidential election, Sports Illustrated revealed in a profile of the new St. Bonaventure’s men’s basketball general manager. “Consider: In August, representatives from …

Another blast of arctic air is charging into the U.S. behind a powerful winter storm sweeping across the northern tier. Wind chills reached subzero Thursday morning in some places, with lows into the single digits across portions of the Dakotas and Upper Midwest. The cold air is pushing in behind an arctic front impacting hundreds of millions across the eastern portion of the country.  High …

They’re being remote-ly professional. A paltry 6% of the federal workforce “report in-person on a full-time basis” while almost one-third of federal workers are remote on a full-time basis, in a sharp turn-around from the pre-pandemic era in which only 3% teleworked daily, a report from Sen. Joni Ernst’s (R-Iowa) office found. Ernst, who has long crusaded against the rise …

The Minnesota headquarters of UnitedHealth were rocked by two large protests just months before CEO Brian Thompson was executed in Manhattan Wednesday — as the boss’ former security provider expressed shock he did not have protection in the Big Apple. Slain UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, 50, was stationed at the company’s headquarters in Minnetonka, Minnesota, where more than 100 demonstrators …

A Texas jury on Wednesday sentenced a man to death for killing and dismembering three people whose bodies were found in a burning dumpster in Fort Worth in 2021. The Tarrant County jury found Jason Thornburg, 44, guilty of capital murder last month in the deaths of David Lueras, 42, Lauren Phillips, 34, and Maricruz Mathis, 33. According to his …

Missing photographer Hannah Kobayashi may have been intertwined in an alleged marriage scam with an Argentinian national before her disappearance, according to a shocking report. Kobayashi, 30, landed at Los Angeles International Aiport on Nov. 8 with her alleged new husband, Alan Cacace, an Argentinian man, and his girlfriend, Marianna, just days before she was seen crossing the border into …

A 12-year-old girl was handcuffed at a Bronx middle school following an altercation with another student last month, police said Wednesday — as her mom demanded answers over the ordeal. The saga involving the sixth-grader unfolded at the Intermediate School 584 on St. Anns Ave. in the South Bronx after she got into the “physical altercation” back on Nov. 19, …

A video clip of President-elect Donald Trump and his son, Barron, speaking to UFC founder Dana White went viral Wednesday as social media users noted it was the first time they had ever heard the 18-year-old’s voice.  The 17-second clip from the documentary series “Art of the Surge,” which chronicles Trump’s most recent presidential campaign, shows the president-elect introducing his …

The at-large suspect who gunned down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside a Midtown hotel may have left a message on the bullets he used to kill the executive Wednesday morning, according to police sources. The NYPD is investigating the possible message — which appears to include the words “deny,” “depose” and “defend” — engraved on live rounds and shell casings left behind …

The young bull terrier discovered tied to a fence and left for dead as Hurricane Milton made landfall in Florida earlier this year has found his forever home on Monday — while his allegedly abusive former owner awaits his court date for the cruel act. The pup, named “Trooper,” was adopted by a loving couple who have cared for bull …