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Diocese of Rockville Centre threatens bankruptcy in face of child sex-abuse lawsuits

One of the nation’s largest Catholic dioceses is threatening bankruptcy if a Long Island judge doesn’t pause the nearly 100 child sex-abuse lawsuits it faces. The Diocese of Rockville Centre, which serves more than 1.4 million Catholics in Nassau and Suffolk counties, claims it’s in an “ever-more serious financial situation,” straining under the legal costs...

 

Empty chair honors fallen cadet at West Point graduation

The US Military Academy paid a touching tribute to fallen cadet Christopher “C.J.” Morgan Saturday at what would have been his commencement ceremony. A white folding chair in the front row was set aside for the 22-year-old wrestling standout who was killed in a training exercise in 2019. A framed photo of the young man...

 

Parks Dept. employees spotted cleaning Coney Island bathroom with US flag

A day before Flag Day, two city employees were spotted using the Stars and Stripes to mop the floor of a filthy Coney Island restroom, a witness told The Post. Jose Gonzalez, a Guardian Angel who was on patrol on the boardwalk Saturday afternoon, said he saw two employees from the Parks Department wiping down...

 

Woman hosts pandemic parties in tricked-out plastic pods

She's added furniture, beverages, air conditioning and even music.

 

Charlize Theron’s cousin, founder of FaceGym, accused of racism

“I had no idea that I had black customers,” the blonde, blue-eyed Inge allegedly said during a company event, adding, “I don’t want those kind of customers in my store.”

 

NYPD looking for Brooklyn Foot Locker looters

It’s a despicable feet … er, feat. Looters grabbed $25,000 in merchandise from Foot Looker in Brooklyn on June 2 — and the NYPD needs help in tracking them down. The brazen bandits smashed the front door of the store, at 767 Broadway in the Bushwick neighborhood, at about 11:30 p.m., police said. They ran...

 

DOE’s yoga czar was removed from high school after no-confidence vote

Barnaby Spring, the city Department of Education’s yoga czar and self-styled “director of mindfulness,” was removed as a Brooklyn principal after the staff gave him a resounding vote of no-confidence. “We were all united against him,” a former staffer told The Post. “We used to describe it like being in the trenches. We were at...

 

State yanks license of NYC shrink patients called ‘nuts’

An UWS shrink whose patients described her as "nuts," "evil" and "dangerous" has lost her medical license -- eight years after the state was flagged about her behavior.

 

CUNY professors uncover ‘scandalous’ level of cheating in final exams

Some CUNY students seem to have mastered one online subject during the pandemic — cheating. The head of Baruch College’s math department said he and his counterparts on other campuses found a “scandalous” lack of academic integrity during recent final exams, according to an email viewed by The Post. The department chairs “and their faculty...

 

Yankees and Mets fans demand refunds for canceled games

More than 30 Mets and Yankees ticket holders have filed complaints with the state Attorney General.

 

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