Nobody Helped As OD Victim Teetered Above Knicks Parade — Then Off-Duty EMT Saved His Life Nobody Helped As OD Victim Teetered Above Knicks Parade — Then Off-Duty EMT Saved His Life
Nobody Helped As OD Victim Teetered Above Knicks Parade — Then Off-Duty EMT Saved His Life Hundreds of Knicks fans watched, and many recorded, but a 24-year-old New Jersey EMT is one of the few who sprang into action — and the only one who saved his life. Now-viral videos captured by Peter Shrieve-Don and Agen Xin show Maplewood's Simone Kelly climbing onto the elevated structure above the World Trade Center subway station and helping save an unresponsive man during the Thursday, June 18 Knicks championship parade in Lower Manhattan. Kelly, a volunteer EMT with the South Orange Rescue Squad and a neuroscience student at Drew University, had arrived at the parade around 7 a.m. aft…
Panera Bread Unveils Summer 2026 Menu With Major Changes: See What's On It Panera Bread Unveils Summer 2026 Menu With Major Changes: See What's On It
Panera Bread Unveils Summer 2026 Menu With Major Changes: See What's On It Panera Bread is making some of its biggest menu additions in years just in time for the summer. The fast-casual chain launched its summer 2026 menu on Wednesday, June 17. The refreshed options include the all-new Market Bowls, along with premium salads, cold coffee drinks, and protein-packed breakfast items. Market Bowls start at $9.99 and are available in whole or half portions. Options include Sesame Ginger Chicken, Carnitas Elote, and All-In Veggie. The Sesame Ginger Chicken bowl features seasoned diced chicken, herbed brown rice, arugula, edamame, cucumber, cilantro, red cabb…
Scottish Fans Discover BJ's Stores As Tartan Army Invades Northeast With Passion, Charity Scottish Fans Discover BJ's Stores As Tartan Army Invades Northeast With Passion, Charity
Scottish Fans Discover BJ's Stores As Tartan Army Invades Northeast With Passion, Charity BJ's Wholesale Club is the latest Northeast staple that the Tartan Army has invaded. Scottish nutrition influencer Fraser Reynolds stopped by a BJ's store to show what the wholesale retailer offers to his roughly 500,000 followers on Instagram and TikTok. Reynolds is among tens of thousands of supporters following the Scottish national team along the East Coast during the 2026 FIFA World Cup. In the 96-second video, Reynolds goes on "a wee walkabout" in BJ's with a friend and a huge inflatable dog balloon animal. They check out everything on sale from bulk foods, the freezers, and…
NY Metro Area College Basketball Star Ruled Permanently Ineligible Over Point Shaving  Scandal NY Metro Area College Basketball Star Ruled Permanently Ineligible Over Point Shaving  Scandal
NY Metro Area College Basketball Star Ruled Permanently Ineligible Over Point Shaving Scandal A promising college basketball career has been stopped by one of the NCAA’s harshest penalties. Former Iona University star Adam Njie Jr. has been ruled permanently ineligible for NCAA competition after a sports betting investigation, the NCAA announced Thursday, June 18. The NCAA said Njie violated its principles of honesty and sportsmanship by knowingly providing information to people involved in sports betting before two Iona men’s basketball games. The case involved Iona’s games against Rice on Dec. 1, 2024, and Sacred Heart on Dec. 6, 2024. According to the NCAA, Njie provided inform…
Why Tesla Didn't Electrify CT Town Pool After Splashdown On Opening Day Why Tesla Didn't Electrify CT Town Pool After Splashdown On Opening Day
Why Tesla Didn't Electrify CT Town Pool After Splashdown On Opening Day Opening day at the Steve Benko Pool in New Canaan didn't go quite as planned.  Instead of swimmers diving in, a Tesla did. A now-viral video taken by Kristen Schilo of New Canaan Dogs shows firefighters hoisting the electric vehicle from the pool at Waveny Park after it crashed through a fence and plunged into the water Tuesday morning, June 16.  Multiple lifeguards and police officers entered the pool to help the driver out of the submerged vehicle, police said. He was the only person inside. Concerns about the pool becoming electrified appear to be unfounded. According to EV F…
Apple Price Hikes Coming: Here's Why Apple Price Hikes Coming: Here's Why
Apple Price Hikes Coming: Here's Why You could soon pay more for iPhones, Macs, iPads, and other devices as Apple faces soaring costs for memory and storage chips, according to a report. Apple plans to raise prices on its products to offset surging memory and storage costs, outgoing CEO Tim Cook told The Wall Street Journal on Wednesday, June 17.  Cook, who replaced co-founder Steve Jobs, will be replaced by senior vice president of hardware engineering John Ternus on Tuesday, Sept. 1. While he didn't say when the increases would begin, how large they'd be, or which products would be affected, Cook ca…
Trump 'Completely Made Up' Story About Her, Stunned Italian Prime Minister Says Trump 'Completely Made Up' Story About Her, Stunned Italian Prime Minister Says
Trump 'Completely Made Up' Story About Her, Stunned Italian Prime Minister Says A photo dispute between two world leaders is now drawing diplomatic fallout. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni accused President Donald Trump of making up a story about her after the G7 summit in Evian-les-Bains, France, according to a video statement she posted on X on Friday, June 19. Click here for a new, updated story: Trump Responds To Italian Prime Minister's Claim He Made Up Story About Her Trump claimed in an interview broadcast on the Italian TV network La7 that Meloni wanted a photo with him so badly that she begged him for it.  Meloni rejected that account.…
Popular Toy Linked To Choking Incidents, Sparking Huge Recall Popular Toy Linked To Choking Incidents, Sparking Huge Recall
Popular Toy Linked To Choking Incidents, Sparking Huge Recall A popular baby teething toy is being recalled after several children choked or suffered respiratory distress. GOPO Toys issued the recall for about 70,410 GOPO TOYS Pull String Teething Toys, the Consumer Product Safety Commission announced on Thursday, June 18. The teethers violate the mandatory federal toy safety standard because the silicone strings are smaller and longer than allowed.  The recalled toy's strings can reach the back of a child's throat and become lodged, creating a serious and deadly choking hazard. GOPO has received three reports of children choking on the…
Class President Who Posed As Dutch Porn Star Stays In Jail Despite 200+ Charges Dropped: Docs Class President Who Posed As Dutch Porn Star Stays In Jail Despite 200+ Charges Dropped: Docs
Class President Who Posed As Dutch Porn Star Stays In Jail Despite 200+ Charges Dropped: Docs A former senior class president accused of posing as a Dutch porn star to manipulate and extort more than 20 teen boys remains behind bars, even after prosecutors dropped more than 200 felony counts from the case. Zachariah Abraham Meyers, 18, of McMurray, Pennsylvania, was originally charged with more than 300 felonies after Peters Township Police accused him of operating a massive catfishing and sextortion scheme targeting classmates and other teenage boys. Following his preliminary hearing, prosecutors consolidated the case to 67 felony counts, but a Washington County judge recently denie…
Air Force IDs 8 Killed In B-52 Bomber Crash Air Force IDs 8 Killed In B-52 Bomber Crash
Air Force IDs 8 Killed In B-52 Bomber Crash A deadly military test flight has now been followed by the names of those lost. The US Air Force released the identities of eight people killed after a Boeing B-52 Stratofortress crashed on Monday, June 15, shortly after takeoff at Edwards Air Force Base in California, according to an Edwards Air Force Base release. The Edwards Air Force Base post can be viewed here:  Those killed were identified as: Col. Gregory Watson, 53, weapon systems officer, Boeing (Air Force reservist, assigned 10th Air Force, Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, Fort Worth, Texas), Shreveport, L…
'Love Island USA' Executive Producer Dies Suddenly While Filming Season 8 'Love Island USA' Executive Producer Dies Suddenly While Filming Season 8
'Love Island USA' Executive Producer Dies Suddenly While Filming Season 8 A hit reality show is mourning one of the people who helped shape what viewers saw and heard. James Barker, an executive producer on "Love Island USA," died while the show’s eighth season was being filmed in Fiji in the South Pacific. He was 40. ITV America and Peacock confirmed on Monday, June 15, that Barker died after what they described as an "unexpected medical emergency," NBC News reported. No official cause of death has been publicly released. Barker joined "Love Island USA" in 2020 as a story producer and rose to executive producer, a role he held for the last three seasons, …
Girl From 'The Ring,' Star Of 'Lilo & Stitch' Dies At 35: Reports Girl From 'The Ring,' Star Of 'Lilo & Stitch' Dies At 35: Reports
Girl From 'The Ring,' Star Of 'Lilo & Stitch' Dies At 35: Reports The former child actor widely known as the psychic girl in "The Ring" and the voice of Lilo in Disney's "Lilo & Stitch" has died, according to reports. Daveigh Chase, 35, died from complications of meningitis on Tuesday, June 16. Roy Hernandez, Chase's boyfriend, announced her death to TMZ on Wednesday, June 17. Hernandez reportedly created a GoFundMe page for Chase as her health worsened. "Her condition has become critical, and the doctors have told me she may not have much time left," he wrote. "All she ever wanted was a place where we could live togethe…