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Four innocent bystanders, including two teenagers, were shot at a Queens park as they were caught in the crossfire of two feuding gunmen on Tuesday night, police sources said. The victims were near the handball court inside of the London Planetree Playground when the shooters opened fire at each other at about 6:20 p.m., sources said. But the hail of bullets struck four unintended targets. The youngest victims, a 15-year-old girl and a 16-year-old boy, were shot in the left leg and lower back respectively, sources said. No arrests were immediately made after the innocent bystanders were shot, police said.…

On decimated UK high streets, travel agents are rising like phoenixes from the flames.To investigate why these once-forgotten institutes are now booming in popularity, I checked out the brand new Trailfinders shop in Kent, UK.Once a major retail hub,Tunbridge Wells town centre is now lined with boarded-up shops. Even before the pandemic, big brands were evacuating the mall as shoppers increasingly went online.So how come a brick-and-mortar travel agent – seemingly antiquated in the age of online booking – is now opening up shop?I spoke to marketing director Nikki Davies to find out.Travel agents are seeing record-breaking bookings post-pandemicInstead of…

Things between the Mets and Marlins took a weird turn on Tuesday night. In the bottom of the eighth inning, with the Marlins leading 6-3 at Citi Field, reliever Richard Bleier took the mound. The veteran quickly got Brandon Nimmo to ground out and Francisco Lindor to line out. Jeff McNeil singled, and then things got strange — very strange. With Pete Alonso at bat, Bleier was charged with a balk — the first in his 303 career appearances — sending McNeil to second. A second balk sent the Mets infielder to third. Two balks in the same at-bat was…

Italian designer Giorgio Armani presented a light spring/summer collection with plenty of sparkle for his eponymous main line at Milan Fashion Week on Sunday. The 88-year-old fashion veteran opened the show, called “Fil d’Or” (golden thread), with lightly-coloured looks in sand and pale grey. Models wore elongated jackets and tapered loose trousers matched with golden bags and trainers. He then turned to various shades of blue to present fringed tops and long dresses over trousers, a variety of both cropped jackets and beaded gilets paired with fluid skirts. Many of the designs bore sparkling embellishments. For the finale, models wore…

CNN  —  Several times a week you can hear gunfire echoing from Brandi Joseph’s scenic Southern California property. A licensed firearms instructor and dealer, Joseph decided to open Fortune Firearms in December to serve a growing and rapidly changing clientele. “There is a huge uptick in female owners,” Joseph said. “Women are getting trained; women are carrying… liberal and conservative.” Proof of that change pulled up Joseph’s long, dusty driveway in the San Jacinto Valley just before 10 a.m. for a Saturday social, of sorts. A group of seven African American women stepped out of their cars seemingly eager to…

This story is part of CNN Business’ Nightcap newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free, here. New York CNN Business  —  After tumbling to a record low against the dollar, the British pound stabilized Tuesday, rising more than 1% to $1.08. But the economic policy that sparked the currency’s historic nosedive yesterday hasn’t gone away. And it’s especially bad news for anyone who isn’t wealthy. Here’s the deal: Millions of homeowners in the United Kingdom are about to see their monthly mortgage payments increase by hundreds or even thousands of dollars, my colleague Anna Cooban writes.…

Flight prices during October half-term increased by an average of 42% from 2019 and 2022, a study conducted by consumer champions Which? based on data by industry firm Skytra found Brits hoping to escape to sunnier climes during October half-term are likely to find themselves out of pocket after prices soared. Ongoing airport chaos has caused demand to outstrip supply and several popular travel routes are now hundreds of pounds more expensive than they were pre-pandemic. A new study by consumer champion Which? Found that some one-way fares had trebled since 2019. They looked at prices from six of England’s…

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