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The NYPD’s loss is Danbury, Conn.’s, gain. Six of the nine cops just hired by the Connecticut town’s police force are former NYPD officers — the latest proof of the flood of Finest from New York City to greener pastures, according to the local News Times. Danbury is a sleepy city 50 miles north of the Big Apple — with a fraction of the crime rate and better pay for its officers. The newly minted Connecticut cops will make between $63,900 and $74,400 a year, according to a job listing for the town at PoliceApp.com. The NYPD’s starting salary is…

Mark Allen’s involvement in the English Open has been plunged into doubt after his flight was cancelled due to the weather.On Sunday night, the Antrim man took to Twitter to say: “Last tournament of the year might not be what I’d hoped,” adding it was now a “race against time to see if I’ll make it tomorrow. I’ll do my best.”All flights at Stansted Airport were suspended after it was forced to close its runway due to bad weather.UK Championship’I don’t know how I’ve done it’ – Allen hails UK Championship success as ‘one of best ever wins’21/11/2022 AT 00:05Flights…

Madeline, a local 6-year-old, wrote a letter to the department requesting official approval for her to own a unicorn — if she could find one.In a handwritten letter posted to the department’s Facebook page, she wrote, “Dear LA County, I would like your approval if I can have a unicorn in my backyard if I can find one. Please send me a letter in response.”The department lauded Madeline’s commitment to “responsible pet ownership” in the Facebook post.”It is always rewarding to hear from young people who thoughtfully consider the requirements of providing a loving home to animals,” wrote the department,…

Washington CNN  —  Newly-appointed special counsel Jack Smith is moving fast on a pair of criminal probes around Donald Trump that in recent months have focused on the former president’s state of mind after the 2020 election, including what he knew about plans to impede the transfer of power, people familiar with the matter tell CNN. Though he remains in Europe recovering from a biking accident, Smith has made a series of high-profile moves since he was put in charge last month, including asking a federal judge to hold Trump in contempt for failing to comply with a subpoena ordering…

One day after departing the field in tears in Qatar, Cristiano Ronaldo says his dream of winning the World Cup for Portugal has “ended.” In his first public comments since Portugal was eliminated by upstart Morocco in the quarterfinals, the 37-year-old international superstar admitted in a social-media post-Sunday that it’s “time to take stock” of his career after 19 years with the national team. “To win a World Cup for Portugal was the biggest and most ambitious dream of my career,” Ronaldo wrote on Instagram. “I fought for it. I fought a lot for that dream. In the five times…

NASA’s Orion capsule splashed down in the ocean Sunday after a 25-day uncrewed test flight around the moon, concluding a mission that paves the way for astronauts on the next lunar flyby. The capsule splashed down west of Baja California, more than 300 miles south of the original target zone. Forecasts calling for choppy seas and high wind off the Southern California coast prompted NASA to switch the location. The incoming capsule hit the atmosphere at 32 times the speed of sound and endured reentry temperatures of 5,000 degrees Fahrenheit before splashing down near Guadalupe Island. A Navy ship quickly moved…

Tom Hoge and Sahith Theegala hauled in Charley Hoffman and Ryan Palmer to become the first debut winners of the QBE Shootout since 2011.Hoffman and Palmer surprised the critics, having been written off before the tournament, and led for two rounds in the team event at Tiburon Golf Club. But Hoge and Theegala came from two back to claim the win, with the latter rolling in the winning putt on 18 despite carrying an injury through the final day.GolfTheegala: ‘My dreams never really got past getting a PGA Tour card’5 HOURS AGO“I had to check on Tom’s back later in…

Basketball taught Paul Silas how to be patient.As a player, he waited 10 years before winning his first championship. As a coach, he waited 15 years for a second chance at running a team. As a father, he waited 20 years before seeing his son get a chance to lead a franchise.“I always tried to remain positive,” Silas said in 2013, “and I think it usually worked out.”Silas — who touched the game as a player, coach and president of the National Basketball Players Association — has died, his family announced Sunday. Silas, whose son, Stephen Silas, is coach of…

A woman is in hospital in critical condition after a fire engulfed an apartment building in the Montreal off-island suburb of Saint-Eustache, Que. Sebastien Laplante, director of the municipality’s Fire Safety Department, says the woman is currently in intensive care and two others have also been hospitalized after the blaze.Officials say a total of 18 families had to be evacuated from the multi-dwelling building on Hector-Lanthier Street, including a father and his two young children that were trapped on their balcony and needed help from firefighters to escape.They say the fire started on the second floor in the early morning…

Dorothy Pitman Hughes, the co-founder of one of the most prominent feminist magazines, has died, according to a funeral home in Georgia and her longtime colleague and friend Gloria Steinem. Hughes, co-founder of Ms. Magazine, died at the age of 84 on December 1 in Tampa, Florida, according to Sconiers Funeral Home. Hughes, “passed away peacefully … at the home of her daughter and son-in-law, Delethia and Jonas Malmsten,” the obituary said. Hughes was born in Lumpkin, Georgia, in 1938, and eventually moved to New York at the age of 19 where she began working several jobs including house cleaner…