NEW YORK (AP) — A no-name entrant at this month’s New York City Marathon — literally, he didn’t even qualify to have his name printed on his bib — Girma Bekele Gebre crashed the elite field and finished third in the largest 26.2-mile race in the world. A week later, the Ethiopian runner sat in […]

The quick-thinking bystanders who ran toward danger to help others during a terrorist attack on London Bridge on Friday swiftly earned the title of “heroes.” But for the family of 21-year-old Amanda Champion, who was murdered in 2003, one of the men who intervened as the fatal knifing unfolded is anything but heroic.
Convicted murderer James Ford, 42, was on day release from prison Friday when he saw the attack unfolding and rushed to help during the chaos. According to British media reports, Ford had attended the same prisoner rehabilitation event as 28-year-old attacker Usman Khan, a convicted Islamist terrorist, who killed two people before being shot dead by police.

NEW YORK (AP) — It’s a changing of the guard at the top of the nation’s largest police department. Chief of Detectives Dermot Shea succeeds James O’Neill on Sunday as commissioner of the New York Police Department. The 62-year-old O’Neill is retiring after 36 years with the department, the last three as commissioner. He won’t […]

Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Friday it would be “best” if US President Donald Trump does not get involved in Britain’s election when he visits London for a NATO summit next week.
Trump waded into the election in October by saying opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn would be “so bad” for Britain and that Johnson should agree a pact with Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage.
But senior Conservatives are nervous that Trump could upset the campaign when in London, just over a week before the Dec. 12 election which polls indicate Johnson is on course to win.
“What we don’t do traditionally as loving allies and friends, what we don’t do traditionally, is get involved in each other’s election campaigns,” Johnson, 55, told LBC radio.

NEW YORK (AP) — A sewage backup is making for a stinky Saturday near New York City’s Kennedy Airport. Officials say a water condition is causing human waste to back up into about 300 homes in Jamaica, Queens. One resident posted photos showing murky brown water covering the floor of a basement bedroom and the […]

An Oklahoma police chief is asking Starbucks to have mercy on a barista who plastered “PIG” on a police officer’s coffee order.
“I just recently learned that the employee was terminated, and this may be a bit surprising, but I would like Starbucks to reconsider,” Keifer, Oklahoma, Police Chief Johnny O’Mara told Fox News. “I’m asking for civility.”
O’Mara took to Facebook Thursday after one of his officers made a Thanksgiving coffee run as a treat for the department’s dispatchers — and came away with the a cup label ‘PIG’.
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An aide to Sen. Kamala Harris blasted the treatment of staff on the California Democrat’s presidential campaign in a resignation letter this month.
“This is my third presidential campaign and I have never seen an organization treat its staff so poorly,” wrote state operations director Kelly Mehlenbacher in the Nov. 11 letter, which was obtained by The New York Times.
“While I still believe that Senator Harris is the strongest candidate to win in the General Election in 2020, I no longer have confidence in our campaign or its leadership,” she added.
She wrote that “the treatment of our staff over the last two weeks was the final straw in this very difficult decision.”

NEW YORK (AP) — This year’s Black Friday was the biggest ever for online sales, as fewer people hit the stores and shoppers rang up $7.4 billion in transactions from their phones, computers and tablets. That’s just behind the $7.9 billion haul of last year’s Cyber Monday, which holds the one-day record for online sales, […]

Snow and sleet are expected to break out across the region late Sunday morning and spread northeast, NBC News reports.
With holiday travelers and Monday commuters heading into work in mind, New York City’s Emergency Management issued a travel advisory for Sunday and Monday. Commuters have been encouraged to take mass transit if possible.
How much powder falls in your area is very much a function of how far north you are. Coastal areas could see 1 to 3 inches of snow, and New York City could see 3 to 4 inches, Storm Team 4 says.

TEL AVIV (VINnews) – Thousands of protesters have gathered at Habima Square, Tel Aviv, demanding that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu resign, The Times of Israel reported on Saturday. The demonstrators were holding signs with slogans “Strong democracy, strong Israel” and “Netanyahu, resign, Israel is more important” written on them. According to the newspaper, the Movement […]