A 29-year-old man died after a motorist struck three people changing a flat tire on the side of an interstate in the Bronx early Thursday, authorities said.

The 52-year-old driver was traveling northbound on I-95 when he crashed into three men standing on the left shoulder of the three-lane thruway near Bartow Ave. in Baychester around 2 a.m., according to cops. Two of the victims suffered non-life threatening injuries and were taken to Jacobi Hospital, police said. The third victim was pronounced dead at the scene.(nydailynews.com)…[+]

WASHINGTON — In an unexpected reversal, President Barack Obama declined to sign a renewal of sanctions against Iran but let it become law anyway, in an apparent bid to alleviate Tehran’s concerns that the U.S. is backsliding on the nuclear deal.

Although the White House had said that Obama was expected to sign the 10-year-renewal, the midnight deadline came and went Thursday with no approval from the President. White House press secretary Josh Earnest said Obama had decided to let it become law without his signature.

“The administration has, and continues to use, all of the necessary authorities to waive the relevant sanctions” lifted as part of the nuclear deal, Earnest said in a statement.

Under the Constitution, the president has 10 days after Congress passes a bill to sign it, veto it or let it become law with no signature if Congress is still in session. Although lawmakers have returned home for the holidays, Congress technically has not adjourned and is holding “pro-forma” sessions this week.(nydailynews.com)…[+]

How about we just tag the people sharing the latest, nasty body-shaming meme. You may have seen the “tag someone” memes float past your Facebook timeline, resulting in laughs, ridicule and revulsion toward the person in the image.

The memes feature images of overweight men and women, or people with disabilities, and a name. “I’m looking for (name), can you tag him?” There are several pages dedicated to curating different versions of the meme. Lizzie Velásquez was one of the faces going around in the trend.Velásquez, 27, who is 5 feet 2 inches and weighs about 60 pounds, was born with a rare congenital disease called neonatal progeroid syndrome that prevents her from accumulating body fat, no matter how much she eats. Velásquez took to Instagram to voice her disappointment with the trend.(nydailynews.com)…[+]