/abonnement/Perhaps it was an alternative massacre? Kellyanne Conway, a senior counselor to President Trump, appeared to concoct a bogus “massacre” while justifying Trump’s controversial executive order on immigration during a Thursday night interview.

“I bet it’s brand new information to people that President Obama had a six-month ban on the Iraqi refugee program after two Iraqis came here to this country, were radicalized and they were the masterminds behind the Bowling Green massacre,” Conway told MSNBC’s Chris Matthews. “Most people don’t know that because it didn’t get covered.” Social media users were quick to point out that the supposed “massacre” didn’t get any media coverage because it never actually happened.(nydailynews)…[+]

A teen girl says in a lawsuit that her uncle, who owns a Southampton, L.I., excavation firm, repeatedly raped her over three years. Steven Mezynieski, 44, first sexually assaulted the girl when she was 15, according to the civil suit filed in Suffolk County Supreme court Thursday.The girl, identified by her initials J.G. in court papers, says the abuse began when she went on vacation to Punta Gorda, Fla., with Mezynieski.

Later, he used rope to restrain her in order perform oral sex on her without consent at his business, Driftwood Farms, the court papers say. The alleged abuse lasted from 2012 to 2014. “This man is a sick human being,” the girl’s lawyer, Rosemarie Arnold, said.(nydailynews)…[+]

President Trump lambasted the leader of Australia over a refugee agreement before asserting “this was the worst call by far” and abruptly hanging up the phone, according senior officials.

During what was supposed to be an hour-long call with Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, Trump complained that he was “going to get killed” politically because of an Obama administration agreement to admit 1,250 refugees living on islands off the north coast of Australia, officials told the Washington Post. Trump apparently also boasted about his Electoral College win and blasted Turnbull for supposedly trying to export the “next Boston bombers.” The hotheaded President aggressively ended the call after 25 minutes, according to officials briefed on the matter.(nydailynews)…[+]

A woman was killed and an off-duty NYPD cop critically injured after their car flipped over and erupted into a fireball in the Bronx, officials said Thursday.

The 32-year-old cop was driving a 2012 Dodge Charger along City Island Road when the muscle car flipped over and burst into flames as it entered the City Island Circle at Park Drive about 11:45 p.m. Wednesday.

Two cops assigned to the nearby NYPD firing range at Rodman’s Neck had just gotten off duty when they came upon the single-vehicle crash, officials said. They managed to pull the driver from the flaming wreck but couldn’t grab the unconscious and severely burned woman, who died at the scene. The woman had not been identified by Thursday morning, police sources said.(nydailynews)…[+]

President Trump threatened Thursday to withhold federal funds from University of California at Berkeley for canceling a speech by Breitbart editor Milo Yiannopoulos after violence broke out.

“If U.C. Berkeley does not allow free speech and practices violence on innocent people with a different point of view – NO FEDERAL FUNDS?” Trump tweeted shortly after 6 a.m. Trump’s threat came even though the university condemned the violent protests, and cited safety concerns for its cancellation. Protesters on campus smashed windows and threw smoke bombs at the student union building Wednesday night before the scheduled speech by Yiannopoulos, a self-proclaimed troll from the far-right news website. He had to be evacuated from the area.(nydailynews)…[+]

A 26-year-old Sacramento man died Monday after a toothache turned into an infection that spread to his lungs.

Vadim Kondratyuk Anatoliyevich, a professional long haul truck driver, began complaining about pain in his tooth about two weeks ago when he left a truck stop in Truckee, Calif., while traveling to New York,Fox40 reported. During the cross-country trek, Kondratyuk Anatoliyevich visited a dentist in Oklahoma, who cleaned out his infected tooth and prescribed him antibiotics, and he felt better through his arrival in New York, his wife Natliya told the news station. But things took a turn when Vadim started toward home, she said. The infection had worsened, causing her husband’s face and mouth to swell.Vadim eventually became too weak to drive, so his brother journeyed to pick him up. By the time they connected the father of two was having trouble breathing and couldn’t stand on his own, so the brothers pulled off to a Utah hospital. Four days later, Nataliya was blindsided by a phone call from a doctor, who delivered tragic news.(nydailynews)…[+]

BENSON, N.C. — Transportation workers say they’ve found six peepholes in the men’s restrooms at two rest areas on Interstate 40 in North Carolina. The Johnston County Sheriff’s Office told local news outlets that workers reported the peepholes at the rest areas near Benson on Monday. Capt. Jeff Caldwell said the holes were in the walls of the bathroom stalls. There were four holes at the rest area along the westbound lanes and two in the bathrooms at the rest area along the eastbound lanes. The damage was estimated at nearly $5,000 and has been repaired. Investigators think the holes were drilled sometime between Jan. 24 and Jan. 28.(nydailynews)…[+]

The Senate Finance Committee voted Wednesday to advance the nominations of President Trump’s designated Treasury and Health and Human Services secretaries, despite an ongoing boycott of the vote by Democrats on the panel. The committee voted 14-0 to confirm Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.) as Trump’s Health and Human Services head and Steve Mnuchin as his Treasury chief, sending their nominations to the full Senate for a confirmation vote. No Democrats showed up for the votes for a second consecutive day, as part of a continued effort to derail the confirmation process. But Republican on the panel changed the rules that had required Democrats to be present for quorum.(nydailynews)…[+]

The upstate New York native tapped to lead the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement as acting director was honored for deporting nearly a million undocumented immigrants during a three-year span.

President Trump quietly promoted Thomas D. Homan to relieve Daniel Ragsdale of acting director duties since taking over the agency’s top post on Jan. 20. The shuffle was announced without fanfare late Monday as the White House sacked former acting Attorney General Sally Yates for refusing to defend Trump’s travel ban.

Ragsdale oversaw ICE for 10 days as its parent agency – the Department of Homeland Security – struggled to carry out Trump’s executive order preventing travelers from seven banned predominantly Muslim countries from entering the United States.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents detained more than a hundred people at international airports nationwide, sparking a whirlwind of protests and condemnations from U.S. allies.(nydailynews)…[+]

Willemstad  Curaçao, one of the Caribbean’s best kept secret is the location of CANTO’s 33rd Annual General Meeting. The event is co-hosted by United Telecommunication Services and Bureau Telecommunicatie en Post and is being held at the Renaissance Resort & Casino, Curacao.

From the 29th -31st January, top executive telecommunication operators and suppliers from over 34 countries will focus on the theme: “Reimagining ICT as a Tool for National Growth and Development”. Reimagining ICT is high on CANTO’s agenda and focuses on ICT connectivity beyond the modernization of societies as a catalyst for real economic change.

CANTO commenced its meeting with an Opening Ceremony on Sunday 29th with a distinguished line up of officials. The speakers included the Prime Minister of Curaçao, Hon. Hensley Koeiman; Franklin Sluis, Managing Director of Bureau Telecommunicatie en Post; Paul de Geus, CEO of United Telecommunication and Services; Julian Wilkins, Chairman of CANTO; Rachel Cameron Director of CANTO and Teresa Wankin, Secretary General of CANTO.

Mrs. Wankin in her welcome remarks to the delegates pointed out that: ‘”This is the first time we have a member teaming up with a regulator to host the AGM which underscores that when it comes to collaborating on matters of common concern, our members always put the region first”. She elaborated by advising the members of the importance of CANTO and its membership as CANTO provides a platform that gives the telecoms industry a voice on the issues facing the region…[+]