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New York Post
25-06-2025
- Health
- New York Post
Chuck Schumer hospitalized for dehydration after feeling lightheaded during scorching heat wave
WASHINGTON — Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer was taken to a local hospital Wednesday morning for dehydration treatment as the Northeast battles a scorching heat wave. The Brooklyn Democrat, 74, became lightheaded while working out and was briefly hospitalized 'out of an abundance of caution,' a spokesperson told The Post. Sen. Chuck Schumer was hospitalized with dehydration. AP Advertisement Schumer, who was first elected to the Senate in 1998, has since been released and is back to work in the Capitol, the rep added.
New York Post
22-06-2025
- Politics
- New York Post
Rubio says it's ‘irrelevant' whether Iran was actively pursuing a nuke
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Sunday it's 'irrelevant'' whether the US had intelligence that Iran was actively pursuing a nuclear weapon before bombing it. Rubio said the mere fact that Iran had 'everything they need to build nuclear weapons' justified President Trump's decision to take action against the theocratic regime. 'That's irrelevant,' Rubio told CBS' 'Face the Nation' when pressed about US intelligence on Iran's nuclear ambitions. 'They have everything they need to build a weapon.' 3 Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Sunday downplays the debate over whether Iran was actually pursuing a nuclear weapon. CBS Advertisement Earlier this year, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard testified, 'The IC [intelligence community] continues to assess that Iran is not building a nuclear weapon and Supreme Leader [Ayatollah Ali] Khamanei has not authorized the nuclear weapons program he suspended in 2003.' President Trump has split with that assessment, and Gabbard has since contended her words were taken out of context and highlighted other portions of her testimony in which she warned about Iran's stockpile of enriched uranium. 3 Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has said her previous testimony that Iran wasn't pursuing a nuke has been misconstrued. AP Advertisement Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has already taken preemptive strikes against Iran, defended the moves by claiming he has 'absolutely clear' intelligence that Iran was 'working [on] a secret plan to weaponize the uranium.' Questions about the intelligence have been fueled by concerns over blunders in the past, such as claims about weapons of mass destruction that led up to the US's 2003 invasion of Iraq. Israel's attack against Iran came days before another round of negotiations with the theocratic regime over its nuclear program were set to take place. 'They have everything they need to build nuclear weapons. Why would you bury things in a mountain 300 feet under the ground,' Rubio argued, referring to the Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant. Advertisement 'You don't need 60 percent enriched uranium. The only countries in the world that have uranium at 60 percent are countries that have nuclear weapons.' Typically, 90% enrichment is seen as the weapons-level threshold, but scientists at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) have noted that it's easier to get from 60% to 90% enrichment than it is to get to 60%. Rubio was also pressed about the US's 'trust deficit' with Iran in terms of achieving any peaceful detente. 3 Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamanei is believed to be in hiding after the attacks against his regime. AP Advertisement 'The trust deficit started with Iran,' Rubio shot back after being asked about the odds of coming to an agreement. 'The ones that shouldn't be trusted are the Iranians because they're the ones that sponsor terrorism. 'Did they forewarn us before they blew up the embassy in Lebanon and killed over 200 American servicemen? Did they forewarn us before they built IEDs and blew the legs and arms off of American servicemen in Iraq?' he said. 'These are the people that are doing this forever.'
New York Post
06-06-2025
- New York Post
‘Playground' drama in jury room threatens to derail Harvey Weinstein's NY sex crimes retrial
'Playground' drama threatened to tank Harvey Weinstein's sex crimes retrial on Friday — when one juror asked off the case after claiming childish antics had made deliberations 'unfair and unjust.' Juror No. 7, described as a 25-year-old 'computer kid,' told the judge he'd heard other members of the panel gossiping about one of their own in an elevator at Manhattan Supreme Court after deliberations Thursday. 4 AP Advertisement 'The experience I've had in the day-and-a-half here, in good conscience, I don't think this is fair and just,' the juror told the court Friday morning when he was brought to the witness box to explain why he wanted to be dismissed. He described the chaotic scene behind closed doors as 'playground stuff,' with some on the panel of seven women and five men ignoring fellow jurors as they weighed the charges against Weinstein. 'There's a bit of shunning happening,' the young man said — before pleading for Judge Curtis Farber to dismiss him from the case. Advertisement Farber told the juror that there was no backing out, reminding him he 'took an oath' of service and that the trial would 'fall apart' if he left now. One of the 12 jurors was excused on Thursday after complaining of illness, and replaced with an alternate. The remaining three alternate panelists were then dismissed, meaning there would be no one to step in for Juror 7 if he was let off. Weinstein, 73, sat in his wheelchair and stared ahead without any visible reaction during the judge's questioning of the juror. When the court reconvened after the lunch break, Weinstein's attorney, Arthur Aidala, asked for a mistrial claiming that the judge should have questioned the juror further and asked more in-depth queries to get to the bottom of the elevator beef and the drama inside the jury room. Advertisement 4 Weinstein's attorney Arthur Aidala moved for a mistrial after a juror complained about 'playground' drama inside the deliberation room. Michael Nagle 'He looked at me right in the eyes and said, 'What's going on in there is not fair and unjust!'' the attorney said theatrically, launching into a 10-minute monologue as the judge quietly flicked through papers. Aidala described the juror as a '25-year-old kid who lives with his grandmother who is a computer kid' — and who had the 'guts' to go to the court with his concerns, which should not be minimized. 'He looked at me right in the eyes and said, 'What's going on in there is not fair and unjust!'' Aidala railed. Advertisement Prosecutors said Weinstein's attorneys were 'grasping for straws' in their latest attempt at a mistrial, the sixteenth such bid Aidala has made so far in the case. The judge didn't even blink before he quickly shot down the bid to derail the trial. 'Nothing in his statement stated that the tensions in the jury room were abnormal tensions during deliberations,' Farber shot back at Aidala. 4 Polish model Kaja Sokola said that Harvey Weinstein molested her when she was 16. Steven Hirsch The jury began deliberating at 11:30 a.m. Thursday morning after hearing five weeks of testimony from three accusers — former TV production assistant Miriam 'Mimi' Haley, Polish model Kaja Sokola and former actress Jessica Mann — who all said that Weinstein had raped them. The panelists, so far during their deliberations, have asked for readbacks of testimony from two victims about the alleged sexual attacks. Weinstein's attorneys claim that the former Miramax boss is the 'poster boy' of cancel culture and that his relationships with the alleged victims were 'transactional,' consensual sexual encounters. Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Nicole Blumberg said during closing arguments that Weinstein — accused of sexual conduct by more than 80 women — wielded his 'power and influence' to rape the three accusers. Advertisement 4 Weinstein's attorneys' attempt of a mistrial has been denied more than a dozen times at trial. AP Weinstein, who maintains his innocence, was originally found guilty at trial in 2020 of criminal sex act and rape and given a 23-year prison sentence — but New York's highest court tossed the conviction last year. If convicted at the retrial, Weinstein would face up to 25 years in prison on two counts of first-degree criminal sexual act, and four years in prison on third-degree rape. The Hollywood creep was separately convicted in California of raping an Italian model at a film festival in 2013, where he is currently serving a 16-year prison term. He has appealed that conviction.
New York Post
27-05-2025
- Sport
- New York Post
US Olympic legend Mary Lou Retton arrested for DUI in West Virginia
Olympic gold medalist Mary Lou Retton was arrested earlier this month for DUI in West Virginia. The former Olympian was arrested in Marion County, W. Va., on May 17 for 'driving under influence of alcohol, controlled substances, or drugs,' according to records posted online by the West Virginia Magistrate Court system. Retton, 57, is facing one misdemeanor count of DUI, and she posted $1,500 bond the same day of her arrest. Advertisement 3 Mary Lou Retton (l.) with her daughter Shayla during a 'Today' interview. Screengrab News of Retton's arrest began circulating on Monday. The gymnast made headlines in 2023 when her daughters announced Retton had been battling a rare form of pneumonia that had the Olympic great fighting for her life in a hospital ICU. Advertisement Retton's family asked for donations through a crowdfunding site, which raised $200,000 in a day. She was eventually released from the hospital, and in an interview on 'Today' in January 2024, she opened up about the health scare. 'I am so grateful to be here. I am blessed to be here, because there was a time when they were about to put me on life support,' she said in the interview. Advertisement 3 Mary Lou Retton photographed on October 27, 2000 in Houston, TX. Getty Images Retton became a household name in the 1980s after winning gold at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. She took home five medals during the Olympics in 1984, and that included the gold in the all-around competition — a first for any American woman. 3 Mary Lou Retton reacts to applause after her performance at the Summer Olympics in Los Angeles on Aug. 3, 1984. AP Advertisement Retton also captured two silver medals and two bronze medals that year, while also being named the Sportsperson of the Year by Sports Illustrated in 1984 for her performance at the Olympics. She was named to the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame in 1997 and made appearances in movies and TV shows, including a 1993 episode of 'Baywatch' and the 1994 film 'Naked Gun 33 ¹/₃: The Final Insult.'
New York Post
15-05-2025
- Business
- New York Post
Wholesale prices plunge by most since 2020 despite Trump tariffs
US wholesale prices dropped unexpectedly in April for the first time in more than a year despite President Trump's sweeping taxes on imports. The producer price index — which tracks inflation before it hits consumers — fell 0.5% last month from March, the first drop since October 2023 and the biggest in five years. Compared to a year earlier, producer prices rose 2.4% last month, decelerating from a 3.4% year-over-year gain in March, the Labor Department reported Thursday. Excluding volatile food and energy prices, so-called core wholesale prices dipped 0.4% from March and rose 3.1% from a year earlier. Advertisement The producer price index — which tracks inflation before it hits consumers — fell 0.5% last month from March, the first drop since October 2023 and the biggest in five years. AP Economists had forecast that producer prices rose modestly in April. Services prices fell 0.7%, the biggest drop in government records going back to 2009, on shrinking profit margins at wholesalers and retailers. Wholesale food prices fell 1%, and egg prices plunged 39%, though they are still up nearly 45% from a year ago because of bird flu. Advertisement On Tuesday, the Labor Department reported that consumer prices rose just 2.3% last month from April 2024 — smallest year-over-year gain in more than four years. Economists have predicted that Trump's tariffs would drive up prices, and many expect the impact to show up in June or July. Still, Trump's tariffs are ever-changing, so it's hard to forecast their economic impact. On Monday, for instance, Trump unexpectedly agreed to a massive de-escalation of his trade war with China — third-biggest source of US imports — by scaling back his taxes on Chinese products to 30% from 145%; China slashed its retaliatory tariffs on US products from 125% to 10%. Economists have predicted that President Trump's tariffs would drive up prices, and many expect the impact to show up in June or July. Above, the president in in Qatar on Thursday. AP Advertisement 'Tariffs have yet to make much of a mark on pricing, though it's likely just a matter of time,'' Sal Guatieri, senior economist at BMO Capital Markets, wrote in a commentary.
