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Grief-stricken relatives of the wealthy financier who was allegedly killed by his mentally ill son at a swanky Irish resort said the family patriarch was devoted to supporting his troubled child. John McGowan, 66, of New Canaan, Conn., was found unresponsive Tuesday night in a leisure area of Ballyfin Demesne, an exclusive luxury hotel in Ballyfin, County Laois, according to …

The medical examiner who ruled Jordan Neely’s death was a homicide caused by Daniel Penny’s chokehold insisted Friday she’d stand by the ruling — even if it somehow turned out the homeless man had enough drugs in his body “to put down an elephant.” Video of the fatal subway encounter so convincingly revealed Neely had died from the maneuver, that …

The Massachusetts widower who spent decades growing this year’s Rockefeller Center Christmas tree has tragically suffered a stroke that may now prevent him from witnessing the iconic lighting ceremony, his family says. Earl Albert, of West Stockbridge, Mass., is currently recovering in a hospital in Albany, NY, after his health recently took a turn — just weeks before the Dec. 4 lighting …

A group of five masked burglars stole a stash of jewelry, Gucci products and other loot worth more than $64,000 from the back of UPS and FedEx trucks in a stealthy three-borough spree, cops and sources said.  The string of thefts began on April 1, when a single burglar raided a UPS truck on West 48th Street near Sixth Avenue …

Nov 15 – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday confirmed highly pathogenic form of bird flu in a person linked to a commercial poultry operation in Clackamas County in Oregon. “There is no evidence of person-to-person transmission and the risk to the public is low,” the CDC said.

Amid escalating tensions between Hezbollah and Israel, President-elect Donald Trump has promised to lift all restrictions and delays on the supply of military equipment and ammunition to Israel immediately after his inauguration, Israeli Channel 12 News reports. The assurance from Trump’s team came as Israel is considering a 60-day cease-fire with Hezbollah, which would provide a window until Trump takes office and …

A 14-year-old boy was stabbed in broad daylight Thursday as a fight with another teen spilled out of a Brooklyn deli – just hours before another boy knifed a would-be robber in Upper Manhattan, cops and sources said.  The 14-year-old was involved in a scuffle that began around 2 p.m. inside Taha Deli and Grill on Flatlands Avenue near East …

The two-acre wooded stretch of Prospect Park has been eerily quiet in the week since it was torched by a shocking bush-fire. Scores of squirrels, birds, raccoons, skunks and other critters that call the Brooklyn oasis home were forced to flee the burned sector — and it could take years for them to return, according to wildlife experts. “Wildfires cause …

ATHENS, Ga. – The judge in Georgia nursing student Laken Riley’s murder trial issued a warning to the courtroom about graphic body cam footage about to be shown — prompting several to get up and leave and family members to cover their eyes. “I’m going to interrupt you,” Judge H. Patrick Haggard said to prosecutor Sheila Ross as she was …

ATHENS, Ga. — The chilling 911 call that captured Georgia nursing student Laken Riley’s horrifying final moments was played in court Friday – leaving her grieving mother in a flood of tears during the first day of opening statements. Riley, 22, triggered the emergency function on her cell phone and called 911 while running on the University of Georgia campus …