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Family of NYC cop thrown off a Times Square roof battles killer — and his pricey lawyers

A man convicted of throwing an NYPD officer off a Times Square roof 40 years ago will soon have his third parole hearing in two years – pitting the cop’s family in a “nightmare” battle against his lawyers at a high-powered firm that’s boasted about springing another cop killer, The Post has learned.
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United Airlines flight to Israel turned around after Jewish passenger sat in attendant’s seat: suit

A United Airlines crew allegedly turned a flight full of Jewish passengers around after one committed the seemingly innocuous offense of sitting in a flight attendant’s seat while waiting for the restroom, according to a lawsuit.
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California GOP gov hopeful Steve Hilton isn’t afraid of Kamala Harris: ‘She’s clearly learned nothing’

Steve Hilton, the tech founder turned TV commentator running on the GOP ticket for California governor next year, says Kamala Harris’ aspirations to govern the Golden State are purely self-promotional.
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These are the richest people in every state in the country

A new Forbes report lists the richest person in every state in the country.
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NYPD cadet receives hero dad’s badge number, two years after he died from 9/11-related cancer

“He was actually on his way home [from working a shift] when the planes hit the towers, and he turned back, to go back to help the people of New York City,” said George Miller about his father, NYPD Officer Thomas Miller.
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Grievances and forgiveness were both on display in Prince Harry’s raw TV interview

Grievances and forgiveness were both on display in Prince Harry’s raw TV interview
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Labor on course to win second term in Australian election

Voters reject opposition Liberal party’s ‘Trump-like’ policies to keep Anthony Albanese as prime minister
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Clothing shortages, food waste and millions lost each day: inside the M&S cyber-attack chaos

‘It’s easier to list the things that work than the things that don’t’, said one worker, but customers are impressed by staff resilience and analysts believe the retailer will bounce back

Unusual activity on tech systems over the Easter weekend was the first sign of a sustained cyber-attack on Marks & Spencer, which is costing the retailer millions of pounds a day.

The group, the UK’s biggest clothing retailer which accounts for a third of underwear sales alongside food and homewares, has now been forced to stop taking online orders for more than a week – with little hope of rebooting them in the short term. Stores are struggling to keep shelves full with automated stock systems offline and at one point this week staff were manually checking fridge temperatures owing to concerns about digital monitoring systems.

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World may be ‘post-herd immunity’ to measles, top US scientist says

As infections pummel communities in the US, Mexico and Canada, fear of ‘the most contagious human disease’ grows

A leading immunologist warned of a “post-herd-immunity world”, as measles outbreaks affect communities with low vaccination rates in the American south-west, Mexico and Canada.

The US is enduring the largest measles outbreak in a quarter-century. Centered in west Texas, the measles outbreak has killed two unvaccinated children and one adult and spread to neighboring states including New Mexico and Oklahoma.

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Days After Dog Goes Missing, Man Can’t Believe What Happens on His Commute

One Instagram user wrote: “He was about to hop out that car before it even stopped moving.”