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Y OU NEVER FORGET your first murderer, they say — though few cops recall the killers they caught as charitably as Vargas does. At the wheel of his seven-seat Escalade — a car that drives like an opium dream and is fancied equally by narco bosses and the retired federal …

There’s a new form of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid. It’s called XBB.1.5 —and it’s nasty. XBB.1.5, otherwise known as “Kraken,” is more contagious than previous subvariants of the Omicron variant of the virus and also has more potential to evade our antibodies from vaccines and past infection. All …

The Buffalo Bills honored safety Damar Hamlin — still in a Cincinnati hospital six days after suffering cardiac arrest following a scary on-field collision — both pregame and in-game during their Sunday afternoon matchup at home against the New England Patriots. Before game time, the entire Bills roster — as …

Trevor Bauer will no longer play for the Dodgers. On Friday, the Los Angeles Dodgers announced that the organization is cutting ties with the pitcher after an investigation into sexual and physical assault allegations made by three different women. “We have decided that he will no longer be part of …

LeBron James — by his own admission, and against all logic — was convinced that his Los Angeles Lakers could recreate the magic of The Heatles with the acquisition of Russell Westbrook, an aging $47 million-a-year slasher, when the team appeared to be in dire need of perimeter shooter/defenders. And, …

He is one of the most unappealing men you could imagine — a cropped haircut floating atop that thin, weirdly muscular frame, punctuated by a reedy, deeply irritating voice. No one agrees with him. You do not log on to Twitter and see the phrase, “Hey, when Skip is on, …

The mayor of Newport News, Virginia where, a day earlier, a six-year-old elementary student brought a gun to school and intentionally shot his teacher, called the incident a “red flag for the country” during a press conference Saturday. Mayor Phillip Jones told reporters that the teacher — a woman in …

Damar Hamlin is going home. The Buffalo Bills safety was released from the hospital on Monday, one week after he suffered cardiac arrest following an on-field collision during his team’s since-canceled game versus the Cincinnati Bengals. Hamlin, who spent time in the intensive care unit, has also begun walking again, …

The Stud was packed wall-to-wall with shirtless men, but JP and their friends were in their own dimension. The traveling party Horse Meat Disco had commandeered the San Francisco bar, filling it with pounding dance music and the carnal stench of amyl nitrate poppers, but for three and a half …

Prince Harry doesn’t hold back in his new memoir Spare, out Jan 10. As interest surrounding Harry, his upbringing, and his ever-evolving relationship with his family is at an all-time high, snippets from the memoir have already started making headlines in the days leading up to the release. The book …