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LI county agrees to pay back drivers up to nearly $60M over $30 ‘administration fee’ on red-light tickets
Suffolk County must shell outup to nearly $60 million to settle a lawsuit over the $30 “administration fee’’ it slapped on its now-defunct red-light-camera tickets, according to a new settlement. The long-awaited Long Island pact, reached this week, will reimburse drivers up to $57.5 million — or as much as $36 per ticket they received…
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The Republican resistance to Todd Blanche was never serious
For a brief moment late last week, it looked like acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s bid to get the word “acting” removed from his job title was in serious trouble. But that moment appears to have passed, as two key Republican senators just signalled that they will vote to move his nomination forward. Sens. John…
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Spies may have surveilled Trump’s Mar-a-Lago calls: expert
Espionage expert Calder Walton, author of “SPIES: The Epic Intelligence War Between East and West,” warned President Donald Trump may be the most surveilled president in U.S. history due to his willingness to take calls from reporters and weak security at Mar-a-Lago. Trump’s mobile phone number is widely known among Washington journalists, enabling direct calls…
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The real reason Ariana Grande is disappearing from spotlight after brutal weight criticism
Ariana Grande is taking a step back from the spotlight after dealing with public scrutiny over her weight. “She’s been happy performing her recent shows and being back on stage, but she’s been overworked,” a source exclusively told Page Six of Grande, who is on her “Eternal Sunshine” tour. “She’s been nonstop and it’s taking…
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Two People Have Died in the Cyclospora Outbreak
Lettuce has been implicated as a source of a U.S. cyclosporiasis outbreak. —Kevin Carter/Getty Images Two people in Michigan have died from cyclosporiasis, state health officials announced on Aug. 3. They are the first reported deaths from a record Cyclospora outbreak that has sickened thousands of people across the U.S. “The reported deaths are a…
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‘Horribly embarrassing’: Jeanine Pirro’s Reflecting Pool catastrophe shredded by expert
President Donald Trump’s crusade to prosecute imaginary “vandalism” of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is a massive humiliation for his administration, former federal prosecutor Elliot Williams told a CNN panel on Monday. This whole episode, he said, is “embarrassing for [D.C. prosecutor] Jeanine Pirro … it’s also embarrassing for the Secretary of the Interior, Doug…
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‘Substantial’ evidence of harassment uncovered against MAGA lawmaker facing censure
Rep. Chuck Edwards (R-NC) faces a recommendation of censure as the House Ethics Committee has determined the extensive list of allegations that he creeped on women staffers in his office are credible. “At the completion of its investigation, the Committee concluded there was substantial reason to believe Representative Edwards violated House Rules related to sexual…
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Jordan Klepper, Ronny Chieng Think Satire Is the ‘Responsibility of the American Comedian’
As “The Daily Show” celebrates 30 years on the air, correspondents Jordan Klepper and Ronny Chieng reflected on why the political satire program has managed to endure, and why the genre is “almost a responsibility” for American comedians. Klepper and Chieng discussed the Comedy Central show’s longevity and the relevance of political satire in a…
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Naked nutjob in miracle jump off Brooklyn Bridge is Kazakhstan activist who plotted plunge on birthday: roommate
The naked nutjob who jumped off the Brooklyn Bridge is an activist against Kazakhstan’s government — and bragged he was going to make the daring leap on his birthday, his roommate revealed Monday. “He was telling me he was going to do it,” Josh Karadag, 43, the roomie of accused jumper Galymzhan Abaildayev told The…
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Michigan’s Senate Race Turned Ugly. Democrats Eyeing 2028 Are Watching Closely
Abdul El-Sayed speaks to supporters before a march through downtown on August 02, 2026 in Detroit, two days before Michigan’s primaries. —Scott Olson—Getty Images Finally, at long last, Michigan’s messy Democratic primary is circling for a landing. As far as intra-party clashes go, it is one of the most turbulent the Democrats in recent memory—and…