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http://youtu.be/d9Rba_6Ru-k Dramatic, newly released videos show the moment a downed power line in Maui may have played a part in sparking the deadliest US wildfire in more than a century. Shane Treu, 49, filmed flames coming from a wooden power pole that snapped under high winds early Aug. 8 — just hours before the wildfire that has killed more than 100 people was confirmed as taking hold in now-devastated Lahaina. “I heard ‘buzz, buzz’ … It was almost like somebody lit a firework,” the resort worker recalled of the live line sizzling and popping on dry grass outside his home. “It just ran straight up the hill to a bigger pile of grass and then, with that high wind, that fire was blazing,” he said. “In a matter of minutes, that whole place was just engulfed.” Read more at https://ny...

http://youtu.be/IMYinagpooc A passenger aboard an American Airlines flight that was forced to abruptly cancel its takeoff recalled the frightening moment the plane screeched to a halt to avoid colliding with another aircraft at Boston’s Logan Airport. “It’s terrifying, it’s terrifying,” passenger Cosmo Rowell, who was on the Monday flight bound for Chicago, told Boston 25. Rowell said everything appeared normal just as Flight 1457 was taking off at 1 p.m. — but things suddenly took a turn. Read more at https://nypost.com/2023/08/16/american-airlines-passenger-recalls-terrifying-near-crash/ #americanairlines #spiritairlines #boston The New York Post is your source for breaking news, news about New York, sports, business, entertainment, opinion, real estate, culture, fashion, and mo...

http://youtu.be/IoiS1UU5rS0 Rudy Giuliani slammed Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ for indicting him under the same anti-organized crime laws he had once used to put away Mafia bosses – calling it a “ridiculous” act by an “incompetent, sloppy prosecutor.” “This is a ridiculous application of the racketeering statute. There’s probably no one that knows it better than I do,” Giuliani, 79, told Newsmax’s Eric Bolling on “The Balance” late Tuesday. Giuliani became a feared prosecutor in the 1980s in part from using the Racketeer Influenced and Corruption Organizations laws – known as RICO – to convict organized crime heavyweights like “Fat Tony” Salerno, Carmine “Junior” Persico, and Paul Castellano, among others. The former New York City Mayor was indicted Monday alongside hi...

http://youtu.be/7-TulsnkISk Influencer María Fernanda Robles, stepdaughter of beloved Mexican singer Luis Ángel “El Flaco,” drowned just hours after she was seen partying with friends in the popular beach resort of Mazatlan. She was 21 years old. In the final, heartbreaking post before her death, the vivacious youngster had uploaded a bikini snap to Instagram with the caption “free and wild.” Ángel confirmed the tragic news in a statement. Read more at https://nypost.com/2023/08/16/luis-angel-el-flaco-stepdaughter-drowns-after-mazatlan-party/ #mariafernandarobles #luisangel #mazatlan 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:/...

http://youtu.be/QEIr2VL3jgQ A Muslim crowd attacked a Christian community in eastern Pakistan on Wednesday (August 16), vandalizing several churches and setting scores of houses on fire after accusing two of its members of desecrating the Koran, police and community leaders said. Police said the attack was against two Christians in Jaranwala, in the industrial district of Faisalabad, who were accused of blasphemy, and that they had fled home with their families. The police case against the two Christians is that they found pages of the Koran with some derogatory remarks written in red. Blasphemy is punishable by death in Pakistan and though no one has ever been executed for it, numerous accused people have been lynched by outraged crowds. Caretaker Prime Minister Anwar ul Haq Kakar cal...

http://youtu.be/2Z3l9ENUdNE WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT. Another Spanish matador has been gored where the sun don’t shine. Horrifying video captured the moment a bull thrust one of its horns into Alejandro Conquero’s rectum Monday — sending him skyward while spectators screamed in horror in Cenicientos, Madrid, the Sun reported. The 28-year-old is seen taunting the bull at the Prieto de la Cal event with a pink and yellow cape for a few seconds before the charging beast rams him twice — once into the air and then to the ground. It then impales Conquero in his backside and sends him high over its body as fellow fighters rush in to distract the animal. The mauled matador then gets up and limps off as he checks his penetrated posterior. Read more at https://nypost.com/2023/08/16/horrif...

http://youtu.be/4aenoYvihwc A single home on a block bordering the ocean in West Maui miraculously survived the wildfires that destroyed the resort city of Lahaina. The two-story house appears unharmed with white walls and a red roof, standing in stark contrast with the nightmarish sight of the ashes and charred foundations that remain of the neighboring homes. Even some of the foliage around the surviving home appears to have made it through the blaze, much to the bewilderment of those on social media who dubbed it “The Red House That Survived Hawaii Wild Fires.” Read more at https://nypost.com/2023/08/16/house-surrounded-by-burnt-down-homes-miraculously-survived-maui-wildfires/ #maui #wildfires #hawaii The New York Post is your source for breaking news, news about New York, spor...

http://youtu.be/BxlUvYqpQgk Rudy Giuliani slammed Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ for indicting him under the same anti-organized crime laws he had once used to put away Mafia bosses – calling it a “ridiculous” act by an “incompetent, sloppy prosecutor.” “This is a ridiculous application of the racketeering statute. There’s probably no one that knows it better than I do,” Giuliani, 79, told Newsmax’s Eric Bolling on “The Balance” late Tuesday. Giuliani became a feared prosecutor in the 1980s in part from using the Racketeer Influenced and Corruption Organizations laws – known as RICO – to convict organized crime heavyweights like “Fat Tony” Salerno, Carmine “Junior” Persico, and Paul Castellano, among others. The former New York City Mayor was indicted Monday alongside hi...

http://youtu.be/0R177jaHxFA President Biden raised eyebrows Wednesday when he invited children to join him on an ice cream run, telling the youngsters that “daddy owes you.” “I want to say one thing to your children. I know some really great ice cream places around here and daddy owes you, so talk to me afterwards,” Biden, 80, told a packed crowd in the East Room of the White House, according to a clip shared on Twitter by RNC Research. The seemingly off-script remark came during the octogenarian’s speech marking the one-year anniversary of the Inflation Reduction Act. The moment quickly made the rounds on social media, where Sen Ted Cruz (R-Texas) captioned a clip of Biden’s comment with “#StrangerDanger.” Read more at https://nypost.com/2023/08/17/bideb-makes-bizarre-remark-to-kids-...

http://youtu.be/dYF8jfEt2KM The “devastated” family of the prominent New York book publishing executive killed in a boat wreck off the Amalfi Coast said the tragedy is “impossible to comprehend.” In a statement to The Post Thursday, Mike White shared the grief his family has been experiencing since his wife, Adrienne Vaughan — the 45-year-old president of “Harry Potter” publisher Bloomsbury USA — was fatally struck by a speedboat propeller while vacationing last week. “Adrienne’s death has devastated our family. She was a beloved mother, wife, daughter, sister, niece, and dear friend and colleague to many,” her husband said. “Her absence from our lives and the terrible circumstances of her death are impossible to comprehend.” White said the family has placed their trust in the Italian...

http://youtu.be/DLy8UyqLK1M At least 55 people have died after the island of Maui was engulfed by intense wildfire flames that reduced entire neighborhoods to ashes, officials said — and the death toll is only expected to rise. Officials are still surveying the extensive damage, but already expect the tragedy to become the state’s deadliest natural disaster since a 1961 tsunami killed 61 people on the Big Island. The blazes decimated large swaths of the island, including more than 1,000 structures in the historic sector of Lahaina, where tourists had shopped and dined just days before. Rubble and blackened foundations lie where popular destination spots and landmarks stood, and torched boats were found still smoldering in the harbor, according to Hawaii Gov. Josh Green. “Lahaina, with...

http://youtu.be/LQoQ64bPo50 A rocket carrying a lunar landing craft blasted off Friday on Russia’s first moon mission in nearly 50 years, racing to land on Earth’s satellite ahead of an Indian spacecraft. The launch from Russia’s Vostochny spaceport in the Far East of the Luna-25 craft to the moon is Russia’s first since 1976 when it was part of the Soviet Union. The Russian lunar lander is expected to reach the moon on Aug. 23, about the same day as an Indian craft which was launched on July 14. The Russian spacecraft will take about 5.5 days to travel to the moon’s vicinity, then spend three to seven days orbiting at about 100 kilometers (62 miles) before heading for the surface. Only three governments have managed successful moon landings: the Soviet Union, the United States and Chi...

http://youtu.be/xwTlxFIRMcI Terrifying video shows desperate Maui residents fleeing into the treacherous ocean in an attempt to escape the wildfires that have devastated the area and killed at least 55 people this week. In the clip shared on TikTok by the account @chefjoshuamarten, multiple groups – including families with what appear to be small children – can be seen scaling the rocks into the rough surf off Lahaina while ash and smoke rains down and the flames close in. Many of the panicked escapees are wearing backpacks, and some are clinging to planks that appear to be wood and other objects in order to stay afloat. The harrowing footage – which has been viewed over 2 million times in just 10 hours – is among the latest to emerge of the vicious flames that, as of early Friday, hav...

http://youtu.be/-l1j6-NAMjo The Georgia housewife accused of plotting to murder her husband with the aid of her Bahamian boyfriend and an alleged hitman broke her silence Friday in exclusive comments to The Post . “It’s been really tough,” Lindsay Shiver said wearily as she checked in with authorities at a Nassau, Bahamas police precinct — a requirement of her $100,000 bail agreement. Looking freshly made-up and with her first change into fresh clothes in over a week, Shiver appeared in public for the first time since being released from Nassau’s notorious Fox Hill prison after a grueling 19-day stint. Shiver, 36, is accused of scheming to kill her husband, former Auburn University football standout Robert Shiver, with the help of her barman beau Adrien Bethel, 28, and alleged assassin...

http://youtu.be/VJFgotLSgXY U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Thursday (August 10) that the release of five Americans from prison in Iran was a "positive step" and the beginning of a process that he expects will lead to their return to the United States. Blinken told reporters at a new conference after a meeting with his Mexican counterpart that the State Department had spoken with the five Americans on Thursday and that he was not aware of any other Americans still detained in Iran. Read more at https://nypost.com/2023/08/10/iran-puts-5-iranian-american-prisoners-under-house-arrest-in-possible-swap/ #iran #prisoners #antonyblinken The New York Post is your source for breaking news, news about New York, sports, business, entertainment, opinion, real estate, culture, fashi...

http://youtu.be/cBiI0oyMWPE Passengers on a plane landing in Hawaii witnessed the devastating spread of wildfires on Maui, sharing video online on Thursday (August 10). Maui's wildfires have killed at least 55 people, a toll expected to rise, and unleashed destruction on the resort town of Lahaina that will take many years and billions of dollars to rebuild, Hawaiian officials said on Thursday. Governor Josh Green said the inferno that reduced much of Lahaina to smouldering ruins was the worst natural disaster in the state's history, making thousands of people homeless and leveling as many as 1,000 buildings. #hawaii #wildfires #maui The New York Post is your source for breaking news, news about New York, sports, business, entertainment, opinion, real estate, culture, fashion, and mor...