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Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa angrily quit his radio gig at 77 WABC Wednesday in a fiery on-air argument after its owner and one of the station’s most recognizable hosts called on him to drop his Big Apple mayoral bid. “You will never see me in the studio of WABC ever again,” Sliwa told host Sid Rosenberg, who is pushing Sliwa to move aside so independent candidate Andrew Cuomo has the best shot at upsetting Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani. Sliwa was a regular feature on WABC, a station owned by grocery tycoon John Catsimatidis New York Post Follow The Post’s coverage…

“It was important to me from the beginning,” Tina Romero says of her feature directorial debut, Queens of the Dead, “to make it colorful and make it vibrant and speak to the magic of drag.” On the day of the dead rising, a nightlife community full of performers must survive a zombie attack – as well as corporate greed, selling out, and misinformation. Queens of the Dead is a horror party with meat on the bone, sharing more than just DNA with the works of George A. Romero. Romero and co-writer, comedian Erin Judge, craft a zombie siege during another…

A bodybuilding champion and influencer has died suddenly at the age of 31 — just weeks after proposing to his girlfriend on stage. Ricardo Nolasco dos Santos, known in the bodybuilding world as Kadu Santos, died in Novo Hamburgo in southern Brazil on Monday. His cause of death has not yet been made public, according to The Sun. “The saddest day of my life. My beloved son,” his heartbroken father, Amauri Santos, wrote on social media, confirming his son’s death. Santos, an 11-time bodybuilding champion and a two-time overall champion of the prestigious Muscle Contest, had just become engaged to…

Michael Vick is making coaching changes with the same blistering speed he displayed during his electric NFL career. The first-time Norfolk State head coach dismissed multiple members of his defensive coaching staff amid a 1-6 start in which the Spartans are allowing 35.6 points per game. Vick did not reveal which coaches have been fired while confirming the news Tuesday. Norfolk State coach Michael Vick. Peter Casey-Imagn Images “That’s my job as a leader,” Vick said, per the Virginian-Pilot. “Not to say that it hasn’t been a success in some areas, it’s just what I expect is far more than…

My husband used to say to me, “What do you want me to do?” He’d say this in response to my complaints that the house was messy, or that we needed groceries, or that we hadn’t made social plans, or that we had guests coming, or that the laundry was building up, and other complaints. When he asked, “What do you want me to do?” it triggered my annoyance and, as time went on, even rage. For years, I just told him with an angry tone what I wanted him to do. After honing my self-awareness and Change Triangle skills,…

Adam Ruzek is exiting the Intelligence Unit — for now. “Chicago P.D.” star Patrick John Flueger is taking a sudden leave of absence from the NBC procedural police drama to deal with a personal matter, Deadline reports. Flueger, 41, has starred on the NBC series since its debut in 2014. According to the outlet, his temporary departure was unexpected and scripts are being reworked last-minute to explain the character’s absence. The actor plans to return later in the season. The Post has reached out to NBC for comment. Patrick John Flueger as Officer Adam Ruzek on “Chicago P.D.” Elizabeth Sisson/NBC…

In a Blue Jays club that kept them from an AL East title and knocked them from the postseason, the Yankees and their fans can feel bitter, angry and jealous. How about inspired, too? Because what the Blue Jays are trying to do — shake off a disappointing season not with an overhaul but through subtle upgrades to the periphery of the roster that turned an also-ran into a pennant winner — offers a blueprint for what it seems as if Brian Cashman & Co. are attempting to execute. The 2025 Blue Jays that won 94 games, the division and…

The illegal immigrant who was shot after allegedly ramming his car into federal agents in Los Angeles is a TikTok star famous for recording ICE arrests. Carlitos Ricardo Parias — who was hit in the elbow Tuesday in a tense standoff where a US marshal was also shot — is known as Richard LA on TikTok, where he has more than 130,000 followers, ABC 7 reported. Federal agents aim their guns at a driver during a shooting in Los Angeles, Calif., on Oct. 21, 2025. X/@USAttyEssayli Carlitos Ricardo Parias, better known as Richard LA on TikTok, was identified as the illegal…

North Korea fired what appeared to be multiple short-range ballistic missiles on Wednesday, South Korea’s military said, a week before a key Asia-Pacific leaders’ meeting in South Korea. It was the first launch of ballistic missiles since May by Pyongyang, which has defied a United Nations Security Council ban on the weapons. It was also the first such launch since Lee Jae Myung was elected president in South Korea, with a platform of engagement with North Korea. A South Korean news broadcast shows file footage of a North Korean missile test on Oct. 22, 2025. AFP via Getty Images Lee and US President Donald Trump are expected to meet in South Korea next week at a summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)…

US tourists described the terrifying moment they narrowly came face-to-face with the brazen Louvre Museum robbers who escaped the world-famous Paris museum with irreplaceable treasures in broad daylight. Curt Dale Clark, Artistic Director of the Maine State Music Theatre, said he and 28 others from the theatre group had only seen “five or six really fantastic pieces of art” on Sunday when they were about to “enter the room next door to the room where the robbery happened.” Clark recalled that Louvre security guards suddenly began acting “horrible and rude” toward them, but didn’t understand what was happening since no…