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An ex-con accused of shooting an NYPD detective during a Staten Island drug bust was sprung from jail Wednesday after former Green Bay Packers running back Ryan Grant helped secure bail, sources told The Post. Grant was among those who kicked in the $500,000 cash needed to secure a $5 million bond to release Nelson Pizarro, putting up a large portion of the money, sources said. The move outraged cops.  “The fact that an individual who shot an NYPD detective is walking the streets of our city is a slap in the face to every dedicated member of law enforcement,”…

MOSCOW, Idaho – The brutal slayings of four University of Idaho students early on a November Saturday marked the first homicides in Moscow in years, according to authorities, but while such crimes are rare, details about the few can be shocking.Sunday marks four weeks since the slayings of Kaylee Goncalves, 21; Madison Mogen, 21; Xana Kernodle, 20; and Ethan Chapin, 20, in a rental house across the street from the university’s Greek Row. The three women lived there, and Chapin, who lived in a frat house 200 yards away, was visiting his girlfriend, Kernodle. Police have not publicly named a…

Two Chinese internet companies that have emerged as corporate winners through the pandemic are adapting to renewed competition as the country begins to shed its zero-Covid policy.Food delivery group Meituan and bargain shopping app Pinduoduo raked in a combined Rmb11.8bn ($1.7bn) in profit during the three months to the end of September, as shoppers shifted to spending on food delivery and bulk purchases of staple consumer goods.Meituan and Pinduoduo also increased sales by 28 per cent and 65 per cent year on year, respectively, beating the country’s tech giants. During the same period, Tencent’s revenues declined while Alibaba’s grew by…

Down the last-four of Qatar World Cup. But do we know who those four will be?Thirty-two teams nations arrived in Qatar last month to compete for the sport’s biggest accolade – the World Cup 2022. Each team played three matches in the group stage before half were eliminated. The top 16 battled it out for a place in the quarter-finals. Now, those final eight are becoming four, as the winners of the quarters head for the semi-finals. The semi-finals will take place on Tuesday and Wednesday. Here are the teams who will be taking part in those matches: Tuesday, December…

EXCLUSIVE: One of the heads of a technology policy lobbying group is speaking out after documents released as part of Twitter CEO Elon Musk’s “Twitter Files” dump showed his group warned Twitter that a “bloodbath” awaited the company in Congress over its suppression of the Hunter Biden laptop story.Internal emails recently made public by Musk and reported by independent journalist Matt Taibbi as part of the much publicized “Twitter Files” aimed at providing transparency on Twitter censorship in the past showed messages from NetChoice Vice President and General Counsel Carl Szabo warning Twitter public policy chief Lauren Culbertson that his…

Harold Kearl is a remarkable storyteller, but as incredible as his stories are is his ability to recall details from 100 years of experience — as though they happened yesterday. On Saturday, friends and family gathered at a church in northwest Calgary to celebrate Kearl’s 100th birthday.He was born in Cardston, Alta. and served as a pilot during the Second World War.His big brother, Eldon Kearl died in 1944 when his Lancaster was shot down.  Two weeks later, Harold completed his training as a pilot“At that time, my parents came to my graduation as a pilot with heavy hearts to…

Washington CNN  —  Los Angeles city council member Kevin de León is facing renewed scrutiny after a video surfaced online Friday night of him engaged in a physical altercation with a community activist during a holiday event. A 35-second video of the incident posted to Twitter by two local community organizations and also obtained by CNN appeared to depict De León shoving a man who is identified in the caption as local organizer Jason Reedy into a table. That came after a crowd surrounded de León, following him through an exit and calling for his resignation because of audio leaked…

Us Weekly has affiliate partnerships so we may receive compensation for some links to products and services. It’s always a breeze to shop for a gift when you’re similar to the recipient in question. If you’re around the same age, chances are strong that you have parallel hobbies or interests. Of course, it’s also slightly easier to shop for someone who’s younger than you — you’ve been that age before, after all. That said, the hardest type of person to shop for may be anyone who’s older than you. And from our experience, the older your giftee is, the more…

Telstra is blaming a “database misalignment,” not hackers, for a data breach after it published the personal details of more than 130,000 customers online via the directory assistance and White Pages.Telstra has confirmed it had uncovered the breach following an internal review.The telecommunications giant said the breach had impacted customers who had requested their details be unlisted and that their names, addresses and mobile numbers had been made visible online.The company is now in the process of contacting affected customers directly, to assure them their details will be removed from both services and to offer free support through IDCARE.Love news?…

Shadow Climate Change and Energy Minister Ted O’Brien says the Albanese government’s energy relief legislation is a “disaster” and a “monster in the making”. He said the legislation will “fail” because the government won’t address the need for more supply. “Not only will it fail in the short term, but it is going to have a disastrous effect on the industry over the longer term because it kills supply,” he told Sky News Australia. “I doubt very much my colleagues are going to stand by and have the Australian economy ruined by a government that cannot explain this package, has…