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Shocking video captured Border Patrol agents dragging a 67-year-old man from his car and pinning him to the ground in an immigration enforcement operation during a children’s Halloween parade in Chicago, according to reports. The man was driving home after a long morning run when he turned a corner in the city’s Old Irving Park neighborhood and discovered Border Patrol agents had blocked off the road leading to his home, his running club, DWRunning Racing Team, posted in a social media statement. The man, who the club identified as a US citizen, was reportedly dragged out of the car and…

A cruise employee died following a unknown onboard accident, forcing the ship to make an unscheduled stop in Spain two days into its two-week transatlantic voyage between England and the Caribbean. The unidentified male worker died on October 26 aboard P&O Cruises’ MS Arvia, according to reports. The crew member was pronounced dead “following an accident on board Arvia yesterday,” the cruise line told People. P&O Cruises MS Ventura is docked at the Port of A Coruna in Spain after its fellow ship rerouted to the Spanish port following an onboard accident. X /@PuertoACoruna  “Our thoughts and prayers are with their family…

The Jets will be without one of their defensive backs for the foreseeable future. Safety Andre Cisco will undergo surgery for a torn pectoral muscle he suffered in Gang Green’s Week 8 win over the Bengals and is expected to be out indefinitely, ESPN reported Tuesday night. Cisco has started all eight games for the Jets this season after signing a one-year, $8.5 million contract this offseason. Andre Cisco looks up at the scoreboard during the fourth quarter of the Jets’ 37-22 loss to the Cowboys. Bill Kostroun/New York Post He’s recorded 41 tackles and one pass defended while ranking…

CNN host Abby Phillip warned on Tuesday’s “The Breakfast Club” that if former Vice President Kamala Harris runs for president again, her campaign will be haunted by the bridges she burned with her tell-all book. As the Democratic Party still seeks a new leader to rally around since its defeat last November, many have speculated that Harris plans to run again. Harris and former President Biden’s occasional public appearances have received mixed reception from their Democratic allies, who often argue their post-election comments are not helpful. Harris has caused a particularly salient stir with her tell-all book “107 Days,” sharing…

Two messages in a bottle written by World War I soldiers more than a century ago washed up on a remote Australian beach, according to a report. Debra Brown and her daughter Felicity discovered two letters, dating back to 1916, rolled inside a glass bottle in the dunes of Wharton Beach, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported Friday. Two messages in a bottle written by World War I soldiers over a century ago washed up on a remote Australian beach. Debra Brown The first letter written in pencil by South Australian soldier Malcolm Alexander Neville to his mother was signed off…

BOSTON — For the second time in four days, the Islanders had a two-goal lead and looked in control of a game on the road. And for the second time in four games, they failed to walk out of the building with two points in hand. This time, with the Bruins coming off a blowout loss the night before, after which their coach questioned the team’s buy-in, was all the more inexcusable as the Islanders frittered away a strong start to lose 5-2 to the Bruins after going 0-for-5 on the power plays. Worse yet, they had every chance to…

Farewell to Thailand’s gem The longer you live, the more friends you tell goodbye. A lifetime ago in Bangkok’s Chitralada palace garden I met Her Stunningly Gorgeous Majesty Queen Sirikit of Thailand. Tiny perfect figure. Ebony black hair. The face marble. Swathed in Thai silk. We stayed friends all these years. She left us last week. We had many visits — me there, she here. Once, in accented excellent English as we sat in the sweltering sun, she told me: “Due to my country’s blessed weather I have no lines in my face. It is because I perspire so often. This…

Earlier this month, I happened across an article on CNBC describing how Julia Roberts learned to handle career criticism. The subject immediately interested me. On one hand, it felt strange that one of the most successful movie stars on the planet would have been dogged by criticism. On the other hand, it’s not at all surprising that a sensitive young woman in a very tough business would encounter emotional challenges she had to learn to cope with. Being insecure, as Roberts described herself early in her career, criticism could be “crippling” to her. It threw her off her game. “If…

An intrepid storm chaser threw up while taking a bumpy ride through Hurricane Melissa. Matthew Cappucci, a senior meteorologist with MyRadarWX, was in the middle of trying to describe Hurricane Melissa when he started to lose his nerve and puked into a can. Representing @MyRadarWX on CNN earlier this evening and breaking down what it was like to fly into the eye of Hurricane Melissa as it was intensifying into a Category 5 monster: pic.twitter.com/xTu1SSKEr3— Matthew Cappucci (@MatthewCappucci) October 28, 2025 Cappucci assured viewers he was fine five minutes after being sick on the flight. CNN “Puking on national TV.…

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell on Tuesday presented scholarships to the three young children of Det. Didarul Islam, the hero NYPD cop who was shot and killed by a deranged gunman inside a Midtown Manhattan skyscraper. “Detective Islam was a hero to us,” Goodell said during a ceremony at the 47th Precinct, where Islam was assigned before he was gunned down while working security at 345 Park Ave. — a skyscraper that houses NFL headquarters. “He was somebody that we all knew as a friend, as a neighbor. And it’s an honor to be here with his family that I know…