The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum:’ America’s first gangster
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The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum:’ America’s first gangster

ByNews Polite

They were branded the “Jewish Mafia,” or the “Kosher Nostra” — four violent street-tough Jews with lots of criminal smarts who dominated tabloid headlines and the wanted posters that festooned the bulletin boards of US post offices across the land: The Lower East Side of Mrs. Mandelbaum’s era was a…

Reddit user refuses to give up meat or alcohol for temporary houseguest at his home
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Reddit user refuses to give up meat or alcohol for temporary houseguest at his home

ByNews Polite

A family drama among four adults currently living under the same roof has drawn thousands of reactions over the past few days. Writing on the Reddit page known as AITA (“Am I the a–hole?”), a husband and father shared that his stepson, “Ben,” who is 20, is living with the family “right…

Fantasy baseball’s best draft picks in first half go beyond stars
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Fantasy baseball’s best draft picks in first half go beyond stars

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Commercial Content 21+ By day’s end, we will be at the intermission of a wild season in which three of the top-10 fantasy players have already suffered season-ending injuries and several other top picks are struggling. Rookie flamethrower Paul Skenes is baffling opponents, some veterans have managed to turn back…

Nuggets’ first-round pick DaRon Holmes II likely out for season
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Nuggets’ first-round pick DaRon Holmes II likely out for season

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DaRon Holmes II’s rookie season likely is over before it started. Drafted No. 22 overall by the Suns and traded to the Nuggets, Holmes suffered a torn Achilles and is expected to miss the entire 2024-25 season, according to reports. The 6-foot-9 former Dayton star was injured during the Nuggets’ first…

My mother thinks we’re best friends — I feel like I’m the more mature one
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My mother thinks we’re best friends — I feel like I’m the more mature one

ByNews Polite

DEAR ABBY: I’ve been having an issue lately involving my mother. It feels like she isn’t really my “mother” but someone who thinks we’re best friends. It’s like she never really grew out of her high school days — and I’m almost 30.  I’ll have days at work where she…

Trump seen for first time after he’s shot by 20-year-old in attempted assassination, arrives at NJ airport
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Trump seen for first time after he’s shot by 20-year-old in attempted assassination, arrives at NJ airport

ByNews Polite

Donald Trump was seen striding down the steps of his private plane, Trump Force One, in the first image of the former president since a would-be assassin’s bullet nearly took his life. The former president was flanked by Secret Service as he walked down to the tarmac at Newark Liberty…

Fantasy baseball owners can help inspire MLB All-Star Game change
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Fantasy baseball owners can help inspire MLB All-Star Game change

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Commercial Content 21+ MLB is in dire need of a rules change for the All-Star Game, and as a representative of the fantasy baseball community, I implore you and your league mates to become keyboard warriors and email the Commissioner’s Office immediately. Put the participation trophies away. Not every kid…

Thomas Matthew Crooks ID’d as gunman who shot Trump during Pa. rally
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Thomas Matthew Crooks ID’d as gunman who shot Trump during Pa. rally

ByNews Polite

The gunman who attempted to assassinate former President Donald Trump Saturday was identified as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, sources told The Post. Crooks, of Bethel Park, Pa., squeezed off shots — one of which grazed Trump in the ear — at an outdoor rally in Butler, just outside Pittsburgh. Sources…