Новости за 04.04.2018

Since President Trump ousted Veterans Administration Secretary David Shulkin, the question reverberating in Washington is whether Trump’s new pick, Admiral Ronny Jackson, is capable of heading a department with 360,000 employees and 9 million vets under its care. Senate Democrats carp he lacks experience running “a complex organization.” Experience is overrated. President Obama’s VA secretary,...

Three men in Chicago were charged Monday for allegedly selling laced pot that can cause the eyes to uncontrollably bleed, officials said. The suspects — Fouad Masoud, 48; Jad Allah, 44; and Adil Khan Mohammed, 44 — were arrested Sunday after they sold the drug, known as K2, to undercover agents at a convenience store...

The deadly shooting at YouTube headquarters on Tuesday took place two weeks after the streaming service put tighter restrictions on videos that involve and promote firearms. The company said in a statement released on March 21 that it will ban videos that promote and link to websites that sell firearms and accessories — in addition...

Time for MBS to pull a Sadat. The de facto ruler of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman, told The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg this week that “the Palestinians and the Israelis have the right to have their own land.” That any Arab leader says Israelis have a “right” to the land of Jewish ancestry is major...

We live in very bizarre times. Nuclear weapons are commonplace, at least insofar as lots of countries have access to them but never actually use them, but tensions between superpowers never seem to go away. The US is in an open war of words with Russia, while North Korea, despite being on its best behavior...

A Long Island mailman has been making special deliveries — to his backyard shed. The letter-carrier, who lives in Bellmore and has a route in Bethpage, was found Tuesday with more than 60 jumbo black garbage bags stuffed with what authorities suspect is undelivered mail, officials and witnesses said. Inspectors from the US Postal Service...

One hungry heart has been satiated for now, thanks to the kindness of Pizza Hut. When Australian writer Rosie Waterland took to Twitter to vent about a painful breakup, she probably wasn’t anticipating Pizza Hut to intervene, but that’s exactly what they did after seeing two of her tweets. “Hello, I’m 31 and just got...

AUGUSTA, Ga. — There are a lot of rules at Augusta National for the Masters. For example, there’s no running allowed on the premises. Fans are officially referred to as “patrons.” And logos are frowned upon so much so that on the soda fountain machines, Coke is labeled as “regular cola’’ and Sprite as “lemon...

SAN ANTONIO — Most legends make it hard to see what’s coming. John Wooden didn’t win his first national championship until his 16th season at UCLA. Mike Krzyzewski was on the hot seat after three seasons at Duke and needed 11 years there before cutting his first of five NCAA title nets. Dean Smith was...

A big financial loss may shorten your life, a new study suggests. Middle-aged Americans who experienced a sudden, large economic blow were more likely to die during the following years than those who didn’t. The heightened danger of death after a devastating loss, which researchers called a “wealth shock,” crossed socio-economic lines, affecting people no...

In the battle over meatless meat, there will be blood. Investors have poured millions of dollars into creating vegan hamburgers that look, feel and taste like beef, and two clear front-runners have emerged: the Impossible Burger and the Beyond Burger. Both are popping up at more and more restaurants around town, and health fanatics (both...

The stoned joyrider accused of fatally running over an EMT and mother of five with her own ambulance last year has been found mentally unfit for trial by court-appointed shrinks, The Post has learned. The court psychologist and psychiatrist tasked with assessing suspect Jose Gonzalez’s mental state have found him unfit to proceed to trial...

For more than three decades, Maria Becce valued the quiet of her Flushing home. But a low-flying plane in 2012 suddenly broke the peace. “One morning at 6 o’clock, the entire neighborhood was literally blasted out of bed. Living through 9/11 as a New Yorker, the first thing you think of was it must have...

Arike Ogunbowale, the Notre Dame shooting guard whose back-to-back buzzer-beaters carried her team through the NCAA Women’s Final Four, wants the girls out there watching to know they can play on the biggest stage, too. “Keep doing it,” the Fighting Irish junior said during a phone interview Tuesday with The Post. “The game has definitely...

A 32-year-old Rockaway Park man on Tuesday was charged with depraved murder in the monstrous killing of a 3-year-old Queens girl who was found unresponsive in her apartment the night before, authorities said. Marc Jenkins, 32, was the only adult in the apartment with little Bella Edwards and her 3-month-old sibling when she was killed,...

ROYAL OAK, Mich. — Some visitors to the Detroit Zoo will soon be able to add animal droppings to their souvenir list. Free buckets of 5 pounds of animal manure, dubbed Detroit Zoo Poo, will be handed out on April 14 as part of the zoo’s GreenFest celebration. The event precedes Earth Day and will...

If you think “Legion” is demanding to watch, try writing it, says creator Noah Hawley. “‘Legion’ is a show where it can be anything, which is slightly exhausting,” says Hawley of the FX series, now in its second season (Tuesdays at 10 p.m.) For starters, “Legion” is a superhero show, but that’s where its similarities...

A Florida college student who reportedly waxed poetic about mass shooters online will be allowed to purchase firearms, a judge ruled. Judge Bob Leblanc lifted a temporary ban Monday in Orlando preventing 21-year-old Christian Nicholas Velasquez from buying or owning guns, The Sun-Sentinel reported. Police filed to obtain a protection order against the University of...

New York City’s new nightlife mayor paid nearly $30,000 to the State Liquor Authority for 24 violations when she ran a bar on the Lower East Side. Ariel Palitz’s Sutra Lounge in the East Village was a steady source of problems between 2004 and 2014, records show. “She racked up a number of violations, for...

“I’d be nowhere without mama Carolyn London’s tell-it-like-it-is advice.”

The Rams have found their wide receiver — and his name isn’t Odell Beckham Jr. The Patriots agreed to trade Brandin Cooks on Tuesday to the Rams in a package deal around this month’s draft, ESPN reported. The Patriots are also sending a fourth-round pick to Los Angeles in exchange for a first- and sixth-rounder....

Josephine Fusco thought that a diet full of quinoa, tomatoes, peppers and chickpeas was the healthiest way to eat, but the veggie-packed meals always left her feeling dull and puffy. So when the 38-year-old makeup artist was diagnosed with a thyroid condition last July, she started taking a harder look at the so-called health foods...

SALT LAKE CITY — A Utah man forced a teenage girl to kneel and watch her boyfriend being beaten and stabbed before she was killed and thrown down an abandoned mine shaft, prosecutors said Tuesday. Jerrod W. Baum, 41, killed the couple moments after congratulating them because he believed they were expecting a baby, according...

It’s an eye for an eye in Chris Russo’s book. Russo, one half of WFAN’s old “Mike & the Mad Dog” show, shot back at Boomer Esiason and his former WFAN colleagues who took offense to the jokes he and Mike Francesa made during a reunion show last week about the station’s declining ratings. Starting...

LINCOLNTON, N.C. — A North Carolina day care worker has been accused of pulling an 18-month-old girl’s hair out. The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release that 23-year-old Rebecca Nicole DeGregory is charged with misdemeanor child abuse. According to the sheriff’s office, deputies spoke with the child’s mother, who said a call...