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Don’t hold your breath — the smoky air and fire smell aren’t going anywhere fast. New Jersey residents woke up on Friday to yet another day of haze and a distinct burning scent as teams continue to battle the Jennings Creek blaze in Passaic County — and experts warned that the wind could shift the poor air conditions over New York City. …

ATHENS, Ga. — The illegal Venezuelan immigrant charged with murdering Georgia nursing student Laken Riley went out “hunting for females” when he preyed upon the 22-year-old jogger — who “fought for her life” as he beat and choked her to death, prosecutors said Friday. Opening statements got underway in the highly anticipated bench trial against Jose Ibarra, the Tren de …

Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy have already started recruiting for President-elect Trump’s new Department of Government Efficiency on X — but jobseekers apparently need to cough up a subscription to the social media platform to apply. Trump tapped Musk and Ramaswamy earlier this week to head up the newly created department — already dubbed DOGE — to find ways to slash federal …

Joe Rogan says a slew of famous artists, musicians and even “f–king hippies” have reached out to privately thank him for endorsing now-President-elect Donald Trump — because they were too scared of being canceled to also publicly show their support. Joe Rogan claimed he received the praise for publicly backing the Republican because liberal-leaning personalities “can’t do it” X /@joerogan …

A Big Apple migrant armed with a loaded AR-15 assault rifle and his Mexican cartel pal are both back on the streets — despite allegedly ganging up on NYPD cops at a Bronx subway station. Abraham Sosa, 20, a migrant living above a Bronx daycare center, was hit with assault, gun possession, resisting arrest and trespassing charges after being nabbed …

The legacy of P’Nut the Squirrel continues on — all the way to the country’s highest court. Justice Neil Gorsuch gave a shout-out to the furry social media star seized and euthanized by New York state officials in his keynote speech at the Federalist Society’s annual dinner on Thursday. The Supreme Court justice name-dropped the late domesticated squirrel as an …

Sylvester Stallone labeled President-elect Donald Trump the “second George Washington” as the actor invoked his movie series “Rocky” during the star-studded America First Policy Conference at Mar-a-Lago Thursday night. The 78-year-old Stallone described the opening scene of the first film where the camera pans down from a mural of Jesus inside an old church converted into a boxing ring as …

President-elect Donald Trump quipped Thursday that Election Day should be considered the start of his second term, joking that Congress “should pass a bill” to make it official.  Trump, 78, speaking at the America First Policy Institute Gala, touted that “almost every single day” since his Nov. 5 victory over Vice President Kamala Harris, the country has “set new records …

Riley Gaines didn’t let Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., off the hook for not using the right pronouns anymore.  The congresswoman was the subject of trending conversation on social media on Thursday when X users discovered that she no longer includes her pronouns “she/her” in her bio. Gaines, a former NCAA swimmer and OutKick contributor, got in on the mockery of Ocasio-Cortez on X …

Sea cow, not pond cow. A juvenile manatee was rescued from a small pond in Florida — a mile and a half from open water — after being stranded there due to the storm surge of Hurricane Helene. ZooTampa’s Manatee Rescue Team transports their new friendGully to the zoo where he will recuperate before being released. ZooTampa at Lowry Park/Facebook …