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Trump-Biden debate a fundraising boon for both candidates
June 28, 2024 | 8:26pmTrump, 78, was overwhelmingly seen as the winner of the first presidential debate.
After debate, Dems have no great Biden replacement theory
June 28, 2024 | 8:04pmThe bodyguard of lies that protected Joe Biden from questions about his fitness for office has finally fallen away, but there’s no mechanism to force him out of the race...
Biden joins Elton John, Hochul for opening of NYC Stonewall Inn national monument day after disastrous debate
June 28, 2024 | 7:56pmBiden's appearance at the historic event came less than 24 hours after his alarming performance in Thursday's debate against former President Donald Trump.
Vigilante posing as NYPD detective tries to stop fare-evading family, pepper-sprays man: cops
June 28, 2024 | 7:40pmA vigilante posing as an NYPD detective tried to stop a fare-evading family in Lower Manhattan this week -- and even pepper-sprayed a man who didn't comply, cops said.
Moped-riding bandits rob NYC bar hoppers at gunpoint: 'Super rattling'
June 28, 2024 | 7:18pmA pair of moped-riding bandits robbed two Greenpoint bar hoppers at gunpoint — the latest in a crime spree centering on the two-wheeled getaway vehicles, cops and victims said Friday.
Popular gay porn star busted for trading sickening child porn: feds
June 28, 2024 | 6:53pmPopular gay porn star "Austin Wolf” was busted Friday on charges that he sent and received hundreds of child porn videos out of his Manhattan apartment. Justin Heath Smith, 43,...
Ex-Trump official’s bid to avoid prison denied by SCOTUS
June 28, 2024 | 6:46pmBannon was sentenced to serve four-months behind bars and faces a July 1 deadline to report to prison.
NYC driver wanted for horrific hit-and-run death of elderly woman nabbed after nearly five years on the lam
June 28, 2024 | 6:38pmThe crash sent the victims' Honda flying into the facade of a flower shop and 72-year-old Gilda Lascano through the CRV's windshield and under a nearby parked car, cops said.
Four dead, 10 injured after van plows into Long Island nail salon
June 28, 2024 | 6:38pmFour people were killed and nine others seriously injured when a driver plowed through a Long Island nail salon Friday, law enforcement sources said.
NY Times calls on Biden to drop out of 2024 presidential race 'to serve his country' after abysmal debate performance
June 28, 2024 | 6:30pmThe New York Times editorial board called on President Biden to step aside as the presumptive Democratic nominee in the 2024 presidential race Friday, one day after his abysmal performance...
LI man awarded nearly $2M after having part of his thumb chopped off by his BMW's 'soft close' door
June 28, 2024 | 6:28pmA Brooklyn jury ruled in favor of a man who had part of his thumb chopped off by the motorized so-called “soft close” door of his dream car in 2016...
Trump riffs on Dems who could replace Biden at first post-debate rally
June 28, 2024 | 6:06pmDonald Trump on Friday pooh-poohed the idea that President Biden would be replaced as the Dem presidential candidate even after his lousy debate showing -- saying it’s not like the...
Big-money donors 'extremely disappointed' ahead of Biden's weekend Hamptons fundraiser
June 28, 2024 | 5:51pmWhile multiple sources told The Post they are "sticking with Biden," one donor noted Jill Biden may receive a frosty reception. "Lots of people are blaming his wife ... for...
Even the majority of Dems think Biden didn't win debate, according to Post poll
June 28, 2024 | 5:33pmRespondents to the Post poll overwhelmingly said the former president emerged victorious -- with the majority of Democrats also indicating that Biden didn't win.
Jill Biden under fire for allowing prez to partake in catastrophic debate: 'Shame on her'
June 28, 2024 | 5:24pmJill Biden's efforts to prop up her husband's presidency have come into renewed focus in the aftermath of his jarring debate performance against former President Donald Trump, which amplified long-winded...
21-year-old allegedly suffocated by illegal migrant in Syracuse fled Ecuador because of lover's abuse: sources
June 28, 2024 | 5:23pmToaquiza crossed the border illegally and told Border Patrol she feared returning to Ecuador because she was being threatened by a past romantic partner.
Wild video shows 5 giant sharks surrounding couple's boat off New England coast
June 28, 2024 | 5:10pmA couple lobster fishing off the coast of Massachusetts spotted five enormous sharks surrounding their boat — all frighteningly larger than the vessel itself.
Ex-police chief facing multiple criminal charges one day after her resignation
June 28, 2024 | 5:07pmFormer Chattanooga Police Chief Celeste Murphy is now facing a 17-count indictment containing felony and misdemeanor criminal charges a day after she resigned from her position.
Teen gunman busted in NYC stray bullet shooting death of Faridun Mavlonov, 15: 'Doesn't bring back my son'
June 28, 2024 | 4:33pmLeopoldo Nash Montoya, 18, was picked up earlier this month in Panama and extradited to the Big Apple Thursday to face a second-degree murder rap and other charges in the...
Sen. Bob Menendez's sister to testify at bribery trial about 'family history' of stashing cash
June 28, 2024 | 4:25pmSquirreling away boatloads of cash — it's all in the Menendez familia.