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MTA boss brags about balancing MTA’s budget — as he ignores fare hikes, $1.5B in casino cash

M-T-give-us-A-break! Transit boss Janno Lieber patted himself on the back Tuesday for balancing the MTA’s budget — conveniently ignoring fare hikes and a $1.5 billion casino money boost. Lieber, during a state of MTA speech at New York Law School, celebrated the transit agency recovering from a $2.1 billion operating deficit since he took over in...

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Man publicly executed by Taliban in Afghanistan stadium for allegedly murdering 13 people

A police spokesperson claimed that at least 80,000 people attended a public execution in Afghanistan’s eastern city of Khost on Dec. 2, which local news reported took place in the city’s central football field. According to the country’s supreme court, a man named Mangal was put to death for allegedly murdering a man named Abdul...

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Nir Oz lost a quarter of its residents in Oct. 7’s massacre — but is resolute on a rebirth

Kibbutz Nir Oz is rebuilding — slowly.  This once-idyllic, idealistic community of 415 residents was among the hardest hit by the Oct. 7, 2023, massacre.  Hamas and other terrorists murdered or kidnapped 117 people from the kibbutz — more than one in four residents.  Now the living hostages and all but two of the dead...

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