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Mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani on Sunday refused to disavow a sick tribute to fugitive cop-killer Assata Shakur by his own Democratic Socialist comrades — saying he doesn’t have time to worry about it. The lefty Big Apple pol was grilled by The Post after a troubling tribute posted last week by the Democratic Socialists of America to Shakur, a k a Joanne Deborah Chesimard, who escaped from prison while serving a life sentence in the 1973 execution-style murder of a New Jersey state trooper and was hiding out in Cuba until her death last week. “We vow to honor her…

The largest town in America has been held in contempt by a New York judge for releasing just 17 of nearly 3,000 emails sought in a battle over alleged illegally issued school-bus-camera tickets. State Supreme Court Justice Maureen McHugh Heitner last week ruled that the failure of the Town of Hempstead in Nassau County, Long Island, to produce the roughly 3,000 records amounted to “willful disobedience and resistance.”  The town had agreed to release the records after signing an agreement in June with the Brooklyn-based Aron Law PLLC, which is repping accused scofflaws — yet Hempstead has produced only 17…

A new viral trend has taken social media by storm, and now it’s creeping into classrooms across Australia. It’s called the “six seven” trend. While the name suggests numbers, there’s no math involved. Decoding what it actually means, though? That’s proving almost as tricky. What does 6 7 actually mean?  So, where does it come from? Like many of these trends, it’s derived from an artist you’ve likely never heard of. The song by Skrilla called ‘Doot Doot (6 7)’ features a recurring lyric, “6-7”.  It’s become a popular sound to select when posting videos on TikTok or Instagram.  The viral “six seven” trend stems from the song…

MIAMI – Tropical storm alerts remain in effect for portions of the eastern Florida coastline, and at least two states have declared preemptive states of emergency as a looming storm system remains on its way to becoming Hurricane Imelda, bringing the potential threat of days of flooding rain and strong winds to parts of the Southeast coast. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) designated the system Tropical Depression Nine after winds reached 35 mph and developed a tropical core. And with the storm system expected to continue to develop and strengthen, a Tropical Storm Watch now extends from the Palm Beach/Martin County line northward to the Flagler/Volusia County line. While Florida isn’t expecting a landfall from future Hurricane…

It’s Dart time. Rookie Giants quarterback Jaxson Dart received support from his nearest and dearest Sunday afternoon for his first NFL start against the Chargers at MetLife Stadium. As Dart entered for his first offensive series, the CBS broadcast panned to a suite that appeared to feature his family, including mom Kara, cheering him on. Jaxson Dart with his parents on Sept. 14, 2025. Charles Wenzelberg / New York Post It was a sensational start for Dart and the Giants’ offense, with the 22-year-old quarterback rushing for a touchdown to give the team an early lead. The Giants led 10-3…

A divorce is seldom easy—not for the couple that divorces, but also not for their children (if they have any). However, past psychological research on how divorce affects children’s development was often conducted in small cohorts of volunteers and showed conflicting results. Moreover, it typically focused on older children. Therefore, large studies in younger children are needed to get robust and trustworthy insights on how divorce affects early child development. A Large Study on Parents’ Divorce and Early Child Development To fill this gap in the psychological literature, a large study, published in the scientific journal BMJ Pediatrics Open, analyzed…

WASHINGTON — Vice President JD Vance on Sunday mocked Russia over its war in Ukraine, noting how little Moscow has “to show for it” after three years and more than a million casualties. The vice president said he “wasn’t surprised at all” by President Trump’s stunning declaration last week that Kyiv can win back its territories and perhaps go “further.” “If you go back to the last days of the Biden administration, if you go back to even a couple of months ago, the Russians were conquering large amounts of territory,” Vance told “Fox News Sunday.” “What’s happening right now,…

Federal agents began arriving in “war ravaged” Portland, Ore., over the weekend after President Donald Trump ordered military deployment to the city, with at least one clash already erupting outside an ICE facility. An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer was seen Friday shoving a protester to the ground, according to video footage captured by KATU-TV. Another demonstrator was detained as agents confronted crowds outside the South Portland site. Protesters gather outside the Portland, Ore., ICE facility Friday, hours after President Donald Trump ordered federal troops to the city. Getty Images In an early-morning Truth Social post Saturday, Trump said he…

UNITED NATIONS, Sept 28 — The United Nations has reinstated an arms embargo and other sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program following a process triggered by European powers that Tehran has warned will be met with a harsh response. Britain, France and Germany initiated the return of sanctions on Iran at the U.N. Security Council over accusations it had violated a 2015 deal that aimed to stop it developing a nuclear bomb. Iran denies seeking nuclear weapons. The end of the decade-long nuclear deal originally agreed by Iran, Britain, Germany, France, the United States, Russia and China is likely to exacerbate tensions in…

Self-forgiveness is generally understood as the process of taking responsibility for one’s own wrongdoing and then releasing the negative feelings associated with it. What makes self-forgiveness so difficult for some people? This was the main question of a study led by psychologist Lydia Woodyatt of Flinders University in Australia. In order to pursue this inquiry, she and her research team recruited 80 individuals, split between those who could and couldn’t forgive themselves. Participants’ perceived transgressions ranged from, for example, betrayal, neglect, infidelity, not living up to their own standards, and causing emotional harm to others. Each group was asked to…