A Brooklyn man killed in an apartment fire as a pair of SUVs blocked the two closest hydrants — slowing the FDNY’s response — was a Navy veteran up for a work promotion and planning to buy a house with his wife and family, neighbors said Monday. Gregory Fernandez, 38, died after a fire swept through the third-floor apartment in Bay Ridge he…
President Donald Trump said he directed the U.S. Treasury Department to stop manufacturing pennies, citing rising costs. “For far too long the United States has minted pennies which literally cost us more than 2 cents,” the president said in a Feb. 9 post on Truth Social, announcing the new policy. “This is so wasteful!” It is true. In its 2024 annual report, the U.S. Mint…
The seven-member state Parole Board turned two illegal immigrant murderers over to ICE agents in December while freeing a staggering 21 other killers and rapists during a series of decisions in the last month of the year, according to a Herald review. In one heinous case, ICE thanked the Massachusetts Department of Correction for honoring…
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent presented an economic partnership agreement to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during his visit to Kyiv, which he said would be necessary for continued support from President Donald Trump’s administration. “President Trump has a plan to end this war and we would like an economic cooperation agreement,” Bessent said. “And in exchange for this agreement, the U.S. will continue to…
President Trump mocked pop star Taylor Swift after she got booed at the Super Bowl — and her boyfriend’s team got clobbered. The commander-in-chief called out Swift for getting the cold shoulder from football fans when the was shown on the big screen at the Superdome in New Orleans. Swift was in attendance to cheer on her beau, Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, whose team got dismantled…
Adelyn McCracken’s father, Master Sergeant Justin McCracken, is stationed at Osan Air Base in South Korea — half a world away. It’s tough on the Clyde Elementary School second-grader, who sometimes copes by hugging a small pillow printed with her father’s picture when she misses him on a school day. But Adelyn got the chance to hug her dad for real last…
