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http://youtu.be/CuTYQBEqSRA A British man was sentenced Tuesday to 26 years in prison for murder after he was caught on a body camera video stumbling back to the scene of the fatal stabbing, and telling a police officer, “I know what happened.” Marek Hecko, 26, from Chelmsford, Essex, has been found guilty of murder for knifing to death his romantic rival, 44-year-old Adrian Ellingford, who was in bed with the defendant’s ex-girlfriend. Ellingford, a married father of two, was stabbed twice in the back at a home in Nelson Grove on July 25, 2022. Just a few hours later, a body camera worn by a police officer guarding the crime scene recorded a visibly inebriated Hecko coming over while taking swigs from a half-empty bottle of brandy. In the video, the officer asks Hecko to state his na...

http://youtu.be/QcLrIcNY7R8 A Minnesota lawmaker is in hot water after he argued against a bill to provide free meals for schoolchildren impacted by food insecurity by stating that he has “yet to meet” anyone suffering from hunger. Republican state Sen. Steve Drazkowski made the bizarre comment during a Tuesday floor session on Senate Bill 12, which would allocate $420 million over two years to provide universal school breakfasts and lunches. “I have yet to meet a person in Minnesota that says they don’t have access to enough food to eat,” Drazkowski scoffed. He went on to call the bill “basically fraud” and branded the measure “pure socialism” for trying to manage what children eat. Drazkowski, who was elected to the Senate last year after serving in the Minnesota House of Represent...

http://youtu.be/zjb6iKA4uAQ Moonwalking astronauts will have sleeker, more flexible spacesuits that come in different sizes when they step onto the lunar surface later this decade. Exactly what that looks like remained under wraps. The company designing the next-generation spacesuits, Axiom Space, said Wednesday that it plans to have new versions for training purposes for NASA later this summer. The moon suits will be white like they were during NASA’s Apollo program more than a half-century ago, according to the company. That’s so they can reflect heat and keep future moonwalkers cool. The suits will provide greater flexibility and more protection from the moon’s harsh environment and will come in a wider range of sizes, according to the Houston-based company. NASA awarded Axiom Spac...

http://youtu.be/PsNLwL_wSm0 Dramatic video captures a small plane carrying six people — including a 3-year-old and a newborn — floating safely to the ground in Brazil after the pilot deployed an onboard parachute during an emergency. The single-engine Cirrus SR22 suffered engine failure shortly after it took off from Pampulha Airport in Belo Horizonte, in the southeastern state of Minas Gerais, about 11:30 a.m. March 11, Air Data News reported. But disaster was averted when the pilot deployed the Cirrus Airframe Parachute System, commonly referred to as CAPS — which is a whole-plane recovery system that has so far saved 249 lives. “Pilot reported loss of engine power during cruise, attempted return to airport, and activated CAPS when realizing there was insufficient glide range,” the C...

http://youtu.be/YQHiBjo8IV8 US military officials have released a dramatic video of the moment a Russian fighter jet collided with a US drone over the Black Sea earlier this week. The footage shared Thursday morning by the US European Command (EUCOM) was captured by the underside camera of the MQ-9 Reaper drone as one of two Su-27 fighter jets attempted to spray it with jet fuel. On the second try, the jet collides with the drone’s rear propeller, and the screen pixelates as communication goes down. An audio clip also purported to capture a Russian salvage team recovering the aircraft’s engine casing. “We raised part of the object,” one voice says in the recording obtained by East to West. Read more at https://nypost.com/2023/03/16/us-releases-video-of-russian-jet-colliding-with-dro...

http://youtu.be/u-EVW30G27I An Alabama school has introduced a bulletproof classroom to better protect students and teachers in the case of an active shooter emergency. Cullman City Schools’ West Elementary in Alabama has installed Rapid-Deploy Safe Room Systems in two of its classrooms according to Unilad. KT Security Solutions came up with the design in response to the deadly mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas last year. Nineteen students and two teachers died, while seventeen others were injured. The design incorporates a fold-out room that extends from a whiteboard featuring bulletproof walls. One door is locked from the inside and only unlocked with a key. The safe room can be pulled out and assembled within 10 seconds. Read more at https://nypost.com/2023/...

http://youtu.be/spBPP20tVxc Dramatic video shows the moment a man desperately clinging to a wall after being swept into the rushing waters of the Los Angeles River was rescued by a heroic first responder suspended from a helicopter. Los Angeles Fire Department ground and air crews responded to the rain-swollen river south of Washington Boulevard in the Boyle Heights neighborhood around 5 p.m. Wednesday after getting a report about a person in distress. Heart-pounding aerial footage shot by KTLA’s Sky5 captured the man desperately holding onto a “concrete sheer wall” as he waited to be pulled up by an LAFD member who was lowered on a cable from a helicopter. Muddy waters are seen in the video churning all around the stranded man following recent rainstorms that drenched parts of Califor...

http://youtu.be/iwImOg9KCYQ Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will seek to reassure lawmakers about the US banking system’s stability on Thursday after the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and trouble at Credit Suisse stoked fears of economic contagion. Yellen is set to tout the federal government’s “decisive and forceful” actions to shore up the banking sector while testifying before members of the Senate Finance Committee. “I can reassure the members of the Committee that our banking system remains sound, and that Americans can feel confident that their deposits will be there when they need them,” Yellen said in prepared remarks. “This week’s actions demonstrate our resolute commitment to ensure that depositors’ savings remain safe,” Yellen added in the remarks. Yellen’s prepared remar...

http://youtu.be/3QRpyOKcu78 A tech tycoon has been branded a “creep” after allegedly offering a woman $100,000 to take off her face mask on board a Delta flight. Steve Kirsch took to Twitter to say he made the anonymous passenger the offer last Friday. “I am on board a Delta flight right now. The person sitting next to me in first-class refused $100,000 to remove her mask for the entire flight,” the millionaire wrote. “No joke. This was after I explained they don’t work. She works for a pharma company.” Kirsch accompanied his post with a selfie that showed him smiling on board the full flight. He did not disclose the destination to which he was traveling. The Post reached out to Kirsch for comment. Read more at https://nypost.com/2023/03/15/tech-tycoon-called-a-creep-for-100k-offer-t...

http://youtu.be/qx709xm8CHE Lame duck Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot got a tongue-lashing at a raucous city council meeting Wednesday, with a longtime critic telling the controversial pol to “get the hell out of my city.” Journalist William Kelly, a frequent adversary of Lightfoot, berated the outgoing mayor for her botched leadership, including her response to the COVID-19 pandemic, during a public comment portion of the meeting. “You shut down our schools, you shut down the churches, you shut down the businesses,” Kelly railed, according to a video posted by Forbes. “You did the one thing that I thought could never happen,” he said. “As someone who was born and raised on the south side of Chicago, I never thought in my life that I would ever see the city of Chicago brought down so low ...

http://youtu.be/mN4EL887tds CBS late-night host Stephen Colbert couldn’t resist a jab at Vice President Kamala Harris Wednesday night after she answered a question about her role in the administration by rambling about President Biden’s leadership skills. While discussing his and Harris’ mutual admiration for HBO’s “Veep,” the reliably liberal “Late Show” host noted how title character Selena Meyer, played by Julia Louis-Dreyfus, was often frustrated by the “vague duties of the role” and asked Harris to describe how she found being a heartbeat away from the presidency. “Well, I have the great privilege of serving with Joe Biden, who is the president of the United States,” Harris responded. “Does he understand what it’s like to be vice president?” Colbert asked, a sarcastic reference to...

http://youtu.be/X2IYJ4VbgzY President Biden’s daughter-in-law Hallie is the mysterious “new Biden” family member who got paid Chinese cash in 2017, House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer revealed exclusively to The Post Thursday. Comer said the payments to first son Hunter Biden’s sister-in-law-turned-former lover were revealed in subpoenaed bank records. The records show Hallie Biden received $35,000 over two transfers in 2017 from Biden family associate Rob Walker, who got $3 million on March 1, 2017, from State Energy HK Limited, a firm affiliated with CEFC China Energy. President Biden, who allegedly was the “big guy” mentioned in communications about the same Chinese venture, dined at Hallie Biden’s residence last Friday during his regular weekend trip home to Delaware. It...

http://youtu.be/u_bKlFrlMSA A 21-year-old soldier was found dead in a burning car in Honolulu – and her boyfriend has been charged with murder for allegedly stabbing her in the neck and igniting the vehicle. Spc. Laau Jordan Laulusa, a member of the Hawaii Army National Guard, was discovered at about 6:40 a.m. Monday inside the torched car, which was parked outside Mililani High School, KITV reported. Witnesses told police they saw a man holding a “bladed weapon” opening and closing the car’s doors moments before it went up in flames, and then fleeing from the scene. The passersby followed him until police arrived and took him into custody. The suspect, identified as Samuel Jones, was charged with second-degree murder and first-degree arson. His bail was set at $1 million. Read more ...

http://youtu.be/CwdUeBiDvGI Assistant Secretary of Health Rachel Levine has been called “reprehensible” for proudly announcing that “gender-affirming” treatment of transgender kids is supported “at the highest levels” of President Biden’s administration. Levine, the highest-ranking transgender official in US history, made the claim at a talk in Connecticut last month when asked about criticism of health centers treating children with the likes of puberty blockers and hormones. She maintained the attacks are “ideologically and politically motivated,” calling them “unconscionable.” “I can say that the children, their families and you all as their providers have support at the highest levels of the federal government,” Levine told the Pediatric Grand Rounds session in Hartford. “Presid...

http://youtu.be/gcwUr9m0fNg Here are The Post’s biggest video headlines for March 17, 2023: When an Oklahoma police captain was pulled over for swerving and speeding footage reveals he tried to pull rank and asked for the bodycam to be turned off, March Madness fans ripped TNT for panning to an emotional Utah State cheerleader during her team's loss to Missouri, the royal family would simply "collapse" without Kate Middleton according to Princess Diana's former butler. #oklahoma #marchmadness #cheerleader #katemiddleton The New York Post is your source for breaking news, news about New York, sports, business, entertainment, opinion, real estate, culture, fashion, and more. Subscribe to New York Post Sports: https://www.youtube.com/c/nypostsports Catch the latest news here: https://n...

http://youtu.be/fxY9t4qmZjw As President Biden weighs a re-election bid at age 80, his long-troubled son Hunter has all but guaranteed the commander-in-chief will be bringing plenty of baggage on the campaign trail. Hunter Biden on Friday escalated his legal war with the former computer repair shop owner who came into possession of his now-infamous laptop, with a countersuit that claims his privacy was invaded — and which threatens to put all his sordid drug binging, sexcapades and shady foreign business deals right back into the spotlight. In the countersuit, filed in US District Court in Delaware first thing Friday, the first son alleged John Paul Mac Isaac had no legal right to copy and disseminate the contents of the laptop that was abandoned at his Delaware store in 2019. The 42-p...

http://youtu.be/d67LTPz9F6E Former President Donald Trump will be allowed back on YouTube after a more than two-year ban, the platform told The Post Friday. The video streaming service owned by Google suspended Trump’s account on Jan. 12, 2021, in the aftermath of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. YouTube public policy VP Leslie Miller said that beginning Friday, Trump can return to his channel with more than 2.5 million followers and “is no longer restricted and the ability to upload new content is restored.” “We carefully evaluated the continued risk of real-world violence, balancing that with the importance of preserving the opportunity for voters to hear equally from major national candidates in the run-up to an election,” Miller said in a statement. The announcement comes after Trump wa...

http://youtu.be/K6_M7pQouZ8 The body of a young South Carolina man who died mysteriously just a few miles from the infamous Murdaugh family’s home is set to be exhumed, his family has said Friday. Stephen Smith’s family announced Thursday that they will exhume his body for an independent autopsy after his July 8, 2015, death received renewed attention during Alex Murdaugh’s trial. Stephen Smith’s family announced that they will exhume his body for an independent autopsy after his July 8, 2015, death received renewed attention during Alex Murdaugh’s trial, WYFF reported. The move comes more than seven years after Smith, 19, was found dead on Sandy Run Road outside Hampton County, not far from the Moselle estate where Alex Murdaugh gunned down his wife and son six years later. At the ti...

http://youtu.be/Of5MXbBOldQ The Justice Department is investigating claims that the Chinese company that owns TikTok has been spying on US tech journalists, according to a report Friday. The probe into ByteDance stems from the company’s acknowledgment in December that employees had obtained data of US TikTok users, some of whom were reporters, the New York Times said. Sources told the Times that the Justice Department, along with the FBI and the US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia, are looking into how ByteDance employees were able to access that data. The Justice Department did not respond to an inquiry from the Times or The Post, and the specific scope of the investigation is unclear. The report comes as the Biden administration has pressured ByteDance to sell ...

http://youtu.be/5P5WHD_9ySk President Biden refused to take reporter questions at a St. Patrick’s Day meeting with visiting Irish leader Leo Varadkar. The media duck came despite press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre a day earlier attempting to quell a reporter outcry over the lack of a joint press conference by saying Biden might do so. The 80-year-old president smiled and raised his eyebrows as he ignored shouted questions in the Oval Office while sitting alongside Varadkar — as press wranglers bellowed “Thank you so much!” and “Please follow this way.” Without a formal press conference, Varadkar, whose title taoiseach is equivalent to the role of prime minister, was left to talk to reporters on the White House driveway — a less dignified venue than the East Room or Rose Garden, where U...

http://youtu.be/a1La5Op3pNI Vice President Kamala Harris was showered with boos while attending an NCAA Tournament game Thursday. Her alma mater Howard University was blown out in a first-round game of March Madness. When the veep was shown on the video board during the men’s basketball game, the boos were louder than the applause inside Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa, the Associated Press reported. The Democrat witnessed the top-seeded University of Kansas Jayhawks trounce the Howard Bison — Harris graduated from Howard in 1986 – by a score of 96-68 in the west region matchup. Harris, who watched the game in a suite with her husband, second gentleman Doug Emhoff, visited Howard’s locker room after the loss to commend the players on their effort and impressive season. “You gu...

http://youtu.be/gYfDfw9kxb0 Just in case artificial intelligence wasn’t parroting people well enough already: OpenAI’s brand-new GPT-4 — ChatGPT‘s newest tech update — tricked a human into thinking it was blind in order to cheat the online CAPTCHA test that determines if users are human. The digital deception came to light after the AI was unveiled on their site and in a developer livestream with 2.3 million views in 48 hours. According to their 94-page report, “GPT-4 is a large multimodal model (accepting image and text inputs, emitting text outputs)” that “exhibits human-level performance on various professional and academic benchmarks.” These next-level capabilities include completing taxes, writing code for another AI bot and passing a mock bar exam with a score among the top 10% o...