Новости за 08.12.2020

“I was taking Adderall four times a day, for many years, and had grown completely dependent on it,” accused sex abuser Larry Ray said in the Manhattan federal-court document.

​Two Senate Democrats have come out against granting retired Gen. Lloyd Austin a waiver to serve as secretary of defense in the Biden administration, according to a report. A defense secretary by law must be retired from active military service for at least seven years before taking over the civilian role at the Pentagon, unless...

Eye-popping shag carpet, anyone?

Silicon Valley ain’t booming like it used to be — and Elon Musk has gone to Texas.  The eccentric tech tycoon, who in recent months has squabbled with California officials over coronavirus restrictions at Tesla’s electric-car factory, confirmed that he recently moved to the Lone Star State — and he blames the move on California....

Tech entrepreneur and one-time Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang could shake up the crowded 2021 field to replace Mayor Bill de Blasio if he opts to jump in the race, according to a poll obtained by The Post. The survey also shows that Yang’s entry into the race would complicate city Comptroller Scott Stringer’s efforts...

A veteran Major League Baseball umpire was busted in a human trafficking sting in Ohio, authorities said. Brian O’Nora — a married ump who joined the league in 1999 — was one of 14 men arrested Sunday in a human trafficking operation targeting people looking to pay for sex on the internet, Ohio Attorney General...

Shaun Donovan, who served as the city's housing chief under former Mayor Mike Bloomberg, snubbed his former boss Tuesday during his own campaign launch for mayor.

The Philadelphia Eagles officially benched QB Carson Wentz on Tuesday, with head coach Doug Pederson announcing the team will turn to 2020 second-round draft pick Jalen Hurts. The move was arguably past due – Wentz leads the NFL in interceptions (15) and is 30th among qualified QBs in passer rating (72.8), a large reason the...

A Bronx man who publicly bragged about getting a pair of gun cases dropped — after one arresting officer died from friendly fire and the other was charged with child porn — has been picked up on a new federal gun charge, The Post has learned. Ebrima Faal was arrested on Dec. 1 on an...

Hey bidder, bidder, bidder, bidder! Villa Firenze in Beverly Hills is a 20-bedroom, 23-bathroom mansion.

House Democratic Caucus Chairman Hakeem Jeffries put to rest any doubt that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi would retain her top post in the party Tuesday. Speaking to reporters at a presser on Capitol Hill, Jeffries (D-NY) made the remark after being asked about concerns over the Democrats’ slimmer majority in the lower chamber of Congress,...

With James Harden angling to force his way out of Houston – preferably to Brooklyn – it begs the question whether the Nets are better off with their two stars backed by impressive depth, or trying to build a Big 3? Harden finally arrived in camp Tuesday after having told the Rockets he’d be open...

A Kentucky man vowed in a final text message on his death bed that he would start wearing a mask if he survived his battle with COVID-19, his family said. Robert Patrick Perry Jr., 56, of Carter County, didn’t believe that it was necessary to wear a mask before he was fighting for his life...

President-elect Joe Biden announced a broad but vague plan to combat the coronavirus pandemic during his first 100 days in office, including a national mask rule, distributing 100 million COVID-19 vaccinations and a push to return children to the nation’s classrooms. At a press conference in Wilmington, Del., on Tuesday where he unveiled his health...

Accused Monsey Hanukkah slasher Grafton Thomas will never be mentally fit to stand trial, his lawyers argue in new court papers. The 37-year-old unhinged upstate man was found unfit to stand trial in April and was ordered to be held in a treatment facility for up to four months to evaluate whether he would improve...

For Kate Black, her dream vacation isn’t lounging on a tropical beach or exploring a chic European capital. It’s more like … a Hallmark holiday movie. “I’m obsessed with Hallmark everything,” said the New Brunswick, NJ-based 30-year-old, who spoke to The Post wearing a Hallmark Christmas sweater. “I always joke with my husband — but...

President Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order that he said gives Americans "first priority" for coronavirus vaccines produced in the US -- and said he'd invoke the Defense Production Act if more were needed.

"Wishing you a season of moments so wonderful, they become folklore," the card reads.

Dead fish have been washing up along a 60-mile stretch of the Hudson River, reaching as far north as Putnam County — and advocates fear they are suffocating to death following a similar mass fish fatality over the summer. Carcasses of Atlantic menhaden, a type of herring known as bunker fish, have been spotted from...

Thinking about going Vegan? Keto? Confused about which diet is right for you? Discover what food your body needs. Go ahead, ask your DNA.

​Xavier Becerra, President-elect Joe Biden's choice to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, played a key role in helping secure a pardon for a convicted drug trafficker

Echo Lloyd, 47, was reported missing after her daughter, Kelsey Smith, went to deliver a Mother's Day card and flowers May 10 and didn't find her at her home.

A former federal correctional officer who admitted to sexually abusing seven female inmates under his charge was sentenced Tuesday to 40 months in prison. Colin Akparanta, 43, preyed on women at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in lower Manhattan from 2012 to 2018, smuggling contraband into the facility to coerce his victims into performing sex acts,...

This film adaptation of the classic novel is notably the first of the CGI era.

The video shows Kawaski Trawick, 32, arguing with cops while he was holding a stick and a knife on April 14, 2019, after they tried but failed to subdue him with a Taser at the Morris Heights building where he lived.